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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.
9,437 approved · 1,343 refused · 794 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Jul 2003 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
64 Canute Road, Hastings, TN35 5HT
Received 12 Dec 2024Flat 3 Ground Floor, 116-117 All Saints Street, Hastings, TN34 3BG
Received 12 Dec 2024Flat 3 Ground Floor, 116-117 All Saints Street, Hastings, TN34 3BG
Received 12 Dec 2024Flat 1 Second Floor, 116-117 All Saints Street, Hastings, TN34 3BG
Received 12 Dec 2024Flat 1 Second Floor, 116-117 All Saints Street, Hastings, TN34 3BG
Received 12 Dec 2024Land between 15 The Suttons and Ironlatch Cottages, Crowhurst Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JS
Received 16 Dec 2024215 Hollington Old Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9DS
Received 16 Dec 202437 Pine Avenue, Hastings, TN34 3PP
Received 17 Dec 2024Place Farmhouse, Barley Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DT
Received 18 Dec 202440 Fletcher Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7QX
Received 18 Dec 2024150 Blackman Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9EH
Received 19 Dec 2024Terrain Vehicles, Units 8, 10 & 12 Bridge Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AP
Received 20 Dec 2024Site of former 59, High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EN
Received 20 Dec 2024Shop and Premises, 60 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DT
Received 20 Dec 202439 Ghyllside Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2QB
Received 20 Dec 2024Former The St Leonards Academy Darwell Campus, Darwell Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JP
Received 23 Dec 2024Former The St Leonards Academy Darwell Campus, Darwell Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JP
Received 23 Dec 202437 Whitefriars Road, Hastings, TN34 3LA
Received 23 Dec 202430 Albany Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LN
Received 19 Dec 202410 Badgers Way, Hastings, TN34 2QD
Received 23 Dec 2024Flat 2, 64B High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EW
Received 23 Dec 202467 Sedlescombe Road South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TJ
Received 24 Dec 2024First Floor Flat, 32 Wellington Road, Hastings, TN34 3RN
Received 23 Dec 202417 Branksome Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UA
Received 23 Dec 2024Records 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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