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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.
9,528 approved · 1,357 refused · 797 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Travellers Lane, Hastings, TN35 5QE
Received 23 Jan 2025Land west of, Fletcher Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea (rear of 3 Waterloo Close, TN37 7QW)
Received 27 Jan 2025Asda, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AA
Received 28 Jan 20252 Alfred Road, Hastings, TN35 5HX
Received 3 Feb 202517 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HL
Received 3 Feb 2025Lansdowne Hotel, 1-2 Robertson Terrace, Hastings, TN34 1JE
Received 4 Feb 2025Former Observer Building, 53 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1DT
Received 5 Feb 2025Former Car Park, Cornwallis Street, Hastings
Received 5 Feb 202558 Chapel Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6JB
Received 6 Feb 2025209 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7ER
Received 6 Feb 2025TA Centre, Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 6 Feb 2025100 and 100A High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ES
Received 6 Feb 202519 Grange Road, Hastings, TN34 2RL
Received 3 Feb 2025Queensbury House, 1 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BP
Received 7 Feb 20254 Pelham Crescent, Hastings, TN34 3AF
Received 7 Feb 20254 Pelham Crescent, Hastings, TN34 3AF
Received 7 Feb 20251 Shardan Place, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7GD
Received 7 Feb 2025Former Car Park, Cornwallis Street, Hastings
Received 7 Feb 2025Kenrith Court, St Helens Crescent, Hastings, TN34 2SQ
Received 10 Feb 202532 Collier Road, Hastings, TN34 3JR
Received 10 Feb 2025237 Little Ridge Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HN
Received 10 Feb 2025Hastings Central Library, 13 Claremont, Hastings, TN34 1HE
Received 5 Feb 2025Flat 1,(Lower Ground Floor), 10 Terrace Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6UF
Received 12 Feb 202519 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HL
Received 17 Feb 2025Records 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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