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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.
9,613 approved · 1,373 refused · 799 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27 Reedswood Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DW
Received 4 Apr 2025Garage, Rear of 77 Victoria Avenue, (Travellers Lane) ,Hastings, TN35 5BT
Received 8 Apr 2025Open Space adjacent to Sandrock Park and North of St Helens Church including The Lodge, 309 The Ridge, Hastings
Received 16 Apr 202527 Ochiltree Road, Hastings, TN34 2AJ
Received 16 Apr 2025Land adjacent to 33 Nelson Road (rear of 133 Milward Road), Hastings
Received 17 Apr 2025Gensing Manor, 19 Dane Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QW
Received 17 Apr 20251 Ridgewood Gardens, Hastings, TN34 2LZ
Received 17 Apr 2025Saxon Mount School, Edinburgh Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8HH
Received 18 Apr 2025Second Floor Flat, 21 Stockleigh Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JP
Received 12 Apr 2025Former Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 22 Apr 20252 Ironlatch Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JE
Received 24 Apr 2025Land adjacent 2 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AU
Received 24 Apr 2025244 Elphinstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2AX
Received 24 Apr 202527 Quarry Road, Hastings, TN34 3SE
Received 10 Apr 202545 Eversfield Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DB
Received 25 Apr 202510 Ormerod Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LN
Received 25 Apr 20255 Park Lodge Court, Kenilworth Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JQ
Received 16 Apr 202566 Alfred Road, Hastings, TN35 5HY
Received 15 Apr 2025West Lodge, Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BA
Received 29 Apr 2025Former Observer Building, 53 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1DT
Received 29 Apr 202524 White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JY
Received 1 May 20253 Ledsham Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7LG
Received 1 May 20251 St Matthews Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 1 May 2025Church of St Peter and St Paul, Parkstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2NT
Received 2 May 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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