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Hastings Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Hastings Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates12,830Searchable applications
144Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 11,634 approved or refused records
1,478Refused applications
10,156 approved · 1,478 refused · 824 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Jul 2003 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information PlanningContact planning First Aid (SECAmb)Local plan Planning policyConservation areas Building conservationArticle 4 directions Article 4 Directions
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas18 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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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.
More application records
- DecidedHS/PR/26/00148
Application for a Certificate of proposed Lawful development for a loft conversion with new rear dormer and front rooflight
18 Newgate Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6SB
Received 16 Mar 2026 - DecidedHS/FA/26/00149
Installation of defibrillator and bleed kit cabinets to external wall of Nationwide Building Society branch
Building Society, 38-40 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AN
Received 16 Mar 2026 - DecidedHS/TP/26/00150
Ash x3 - Reduce by 3 metres, Ash x3 - Fell, 4xDead Elm - Fell
Telephone Engineering Centre, 363 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PE
Received 16 Mar 2026 - DecidedHS/FA/26/00152
Rear single storey side extension, front single storey side extension to existing garage with flat roof to replace existing pitched, together with external material alterations including rendering over existing brickwork, tiled areas replaced with cedar battens, felt roofs replaced with metal standing seam, existing windows replaced with aluminium windows and addition of veranda to rear ground floor with roof extended to suit.
8 Collinswood Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NU
Received 17 Mar 2026 - DecidedHS/FA/26/00153
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of Planning Permission HS/FA/24/00257 - Amendments to external window and door arrangements
Former, 10 Maplehurst Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7NA
Received 17 Mar 2026 - DecidedHS/CD/26/00154
Discharge of conditions: 10 (highway scheme); 11 (construction management plan); 16 (surface water drainage details); 17 (maintenance and management plan), 18 (materials), 19 (boundary enclosures) and 24 (climate change mitigation and adaptation measures) of Planning Permission HS/FA/22/00409
Site of Former Dane Court Nursing Home, 32-36 Chapel Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6HU
Received 17 Mar 2026 - DecidedHS/FA/26/00155
Installation of 3 replacement external doors providing access to the communal areas.
Mardan Court, 2 Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LH
Received 18 Mar 2026 - DecidedHS/AA/26/00156
The installation of replacement signage to include 1 no. white internally illuminated "McDonald's" letterset with white detail beneath, 1 no. yellow internally illuminated Golden Arch and 1 no. yellow internally illuminated golden underscore above the entrance door. Existing internally illuminated projecting sign to be retained.
McDonald's, 8-9 Hastings, Wellington Place, TN34 1NY
Received 18 Mar 2026 - DecidedHS/FA/26/00157
Redecoration of shopfront elevations and associated works.
McDonald's, 8-9 Hastings, Wellington Place, TN34 1NY
Received 19 Mar 2026 - DecidedHS/CD/26/00158
Discharge of condition 18 (material schedule) of Planning Permission HS/FA/25/00764
123-125 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 19 Mar 2026 - DecidedHS/CD/26/00159
Discharge of conditions: 3 (demolition method statement) and 4 (destructive asbestos survey) of Demolition Permission HS/DM/25/00725
26 Hollington Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SG
Received 17 Mar 2026 - DecidedHS/TP/26/00160
T4 and T5 Oaks - Fell to ground level and treat stump to inhibit regrowth
4 Applewood Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JS
Received 20 Mar 2026 - DecidedHS/TP/26/00161
T6 Oak ? Reduce height and crown spread to 12m leaving balanced crown. Prune on a triennial cycle to maintain at broadly reduced dimensions
3 Applewood Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JS
Received 20 Mar 2026 - DecidedHS/TP/26/00162
Sycamore x 4 - Fell to ground level. Austrian Pine - Prune 1 linear metre Common ash - Fell to ground level. Oak - Remove deadwoodCommon Ash - Remove deadwood
Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints, Ledsham Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7LE
Received 23 Mar 2026 - DecidedHS/TP/26/00163
T1 Sycamore - Reduce the crown by 3 linear meters T2 Sycamore - Reduce the crown by 4 Linear meters and one limb to be cut back into shape
Gloucester Lodge, Quarry Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HG
Received 23 Mar 2026 - DecidedHS/CD/26/00164
Discharge of conditions: 4 (materials) and 5 (resin bonded gravel sample) of Planning Permission HS/FA/21/00994
Roadways and footpaths at Pelham Crescent, Hastings
Received 23 Mar 2026 - DecidedHS/FA/26/00165
Erection of four semi-detached, single storey dwellings
Land Rear of, 461-467 Bexhill Road, (Amsterdam Way), St Leonards-on-sea
Received 23 Mar 2026 - DecidedHS/CC/26/00166
Partial change of use of section of library building from an adult learning use (Use Class F1(a)) to Register Office (Use Class E(g)(i)) (HS/3542/CC)
Hastings Central Library, 13 Claremont, Hastings, TN34 1HE
Received 17 Mar 2026 - DecidedHS/CC/26/00167
Partial change of use of the second floor of the library building from an adult learning use (Use Class F1(a)) to a Register office (Use Class E(g)(i)), including internal layout reconfiguration and the installation of stud walls to create 4 consultation rooms and a ceremony space (HS/3544/CCLB)
Hastings Central Library, 13 Claremont, Hastings, TN34 1HE
Received 17 Mar 2026 - DecidedHS/CD/26/00168
Discharge of condition 3 (product information & samples) of Listed Building Consent HS/LB/25/00216
Roadways and footpaths at Pelham Crescent, Hastings
Received 23 Mar 2026 - RegisteredHS/FA/26/00169
Proposed single storey extension at the rear of property
2 Strongs Passage, Hastings, TN34 3BY
Received 19 Feb 2026 - DecidedHS/FA/26/00170
Change of use of part first floor and second floor from residential to Use Class F1 non-residential institution
2 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AE
Received 23 Mar 2026 - DecidedHS/PR/26/00171
Application for a Certificate of proposed Lawful development for the removal of existing rear extension and erection of a new brick built extension. Alterations to the existing garage structure to include side wall to be removed and replaced, altered openings and new roof. Extension to provide Utility Area, Cycle store and boiler to be relocated.
15 Charles Road West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RT
Received 23 Mar 2026 - DecidedHS/CD/26/00173
Discharge of condition 4 (Noise Impact Assessment) of Planning Permission HS/FA/25/00485
3 Shepherd Court, 1 Shepherd Street, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0ET
Received 23 Mar 2026
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What these statistics cover
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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