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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Hastings Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
10,096 approved · 1,469 refused · 822 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Jul 2003 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
93 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ES
Received 2 Feb 2026Fishpond Farm House, Barley Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DU
Received 2 Feb 202617 Grange Road, Hastings, TN34 2RL
Received 3 Feb 202641A Caves Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BY
Received 3 Feb 20267 Brede Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7QT
Received 4 Feb 202626 Kings Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DU
Received 4 Feb 2026Former Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 5 Feb 202624 Beauchamp Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9HW
Received 5 Feb 2026368 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AS
Received 5 Feb 2026Former Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 5 Feb 20263 Ridgewood Gardens, Hastings, TN34 2LZ
Received 6 Feb 2026Indoor Bowls Centre, White Rock Pleasure Gardens, Falaise Road, Hastings, TN34 1EU
Received 9 Feb 2026123-125 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 9 Feb 202610 Grosvenor Crescent, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BX
Received 6 Feb 2026Land North of subway and SE of, Bethune Way, Hastings
Received 9 Feb 2026Former Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 9 Feb 202652A Burry Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6QZ
Received 10 Feb 2026123-125 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 10 Feb 202642 Kingsley Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BX
Received 29 Jan 20264 Oaklands Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QJ
Received 9 Feb 2026Fernside House, 49 Hollington Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SE
Received 5 Feb 202628 St Andrews Square, Hastings, TN34 1SR
Received 11 Feb 202631 Parker Road, Hastings, TN34 3TH
Received 12 Feb 202642 Bexleigh Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BB
Received 13 Feb 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Hastings Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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