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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 dates12,196Searchable applications
145Recorded as pending
87%Approval rate · 11,057 approved or refused records
1,387Refused applications
9,670 approved · 1,387 refused · 802 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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More application records
- DecidedHS/CD/25/00310
Discharge of conditions 4 (materials); 8 (landscaping); 10 (landscape management plan); 11 (tree protection details); 14 (foul sewerage details) and 22 (sustainable drainage scheme) of Outline Application HS/OA/15/00168.
Former The St Leonards Academy Darwell Campus, Darwell Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JP
Received 30 May 2025 - DecidedHS/FA/25/00311
Proposed replacement of 6 No. timber sliding sash windows to the rear (south) and side (west) elevations, with UPVC Rehau Heritage sliding sash windows.
Flat 9, 57 Church Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6HJ
Received 30 May 2025 - DecidedHS/FA/25/00312
Retrospective change of use from E(a) use to wine bar/wine shop (Mixed-Use Class E and Sui Generis) (amended description)
Shop and Premises, 68 George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EE
Received 30 May 2025 - DecidedHS/LB/25/00313
Retrospective change of use from E(a) use to wine bar/wine shop (Mixed-Use Class E and Sui Generis). Retrospective external painting from dark blue to light blue (amended description)
Shop and Premises, 68 George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EE
Received 30 May 2025 - DecidedHS/CD/25/00315
Discharge of conditions: 9 (Construction Traffic Management Plan), 12 (drainage details), 14 (surface water details), 16 (drainage system maintenance and management),17 (flood risk during construction), 19 (site characterisation investigation and risk assessment), 20 (remediation scheme) and 23 (construction environmental management plan) of Outline Permission HS/OA/19/00153
Land to the Rear of 419 to 447 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AR
Received 3 Jun 2025 - DecidedHS/CD/25/00316
Discharge of conditions 2 (materials), 5 (construction environmental management plan) and 6 (method statement for translocation of protected species) of Reserved Matters HS/DS/22/00912
Land to the Rear of 419 to 447 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AR
Received 3 Jun 2025 - DecidedHS/DM/25/00318
Notification for prior approval for demolition of single storey detached prefabricated timber panel sports pavilion / changing rooms.
Bexhill East Sports Pavilion (Car Park), Bulverhythe Playing Fields, Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 4 Jun 2025 - DecidedHS/FA/25/00319
Split existing ground floor shop to create 2 units. Class E(b) restaurant with ancillary sui generis takeaway within unit 1, and class E within unit 2 with installation of extract duct and vent to rear and new shopfront (amended description).
Shop and Premises, 120-122 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RP
Received 4 Jun 2025 - DecidedHS/FA/25/00320
Variation of Condition 16 (opening hours) of Planning Permission HS/FA/23/00536 - Amendment to change the operational hours for the basement, ground and third floors to: Monday - Saturday: 06:00 - 22:00 and Sunday and Public Holidays: 08:00-18:00 (Amended description)
12 Claremont, Hastings, TN34 1HA
Received 4 Jun 2025 - DecidedHS/FA/25/00322
To install a mobile sauna with solar PV panels and external lighting; associated separate changing rooms and ancillary storage for a period of 5 years (amended description)
Car Park, Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings
Received 9 Jun 2025 - DecidedHS/EX/25/00323
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for an Existing Use as self storage units (Class B8)
Curtis Storage (Lancing) Ltd, Bulverhythe Depot, 161 Bulverhythe Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AF
Received 9 Jun 2025 - DecidedHS/FA/25/00324
Rear single storey extension, link between garage and house created and rear first floor infill extension. Replacement entrance canopy, new driveway layout and boundary wall and gates and conversion/alteration of existing garage
25 Tower Road West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RJ
Received 9 Jun 2025 - DecidedHS/CD/25/00325
Discharge of condition 3 (materials) of Reserved Matters HS/DS/21/01044
Harrow Lane playing fields, Harrow Lane, St Leonards on sea
Received 9 Jun 2025 - DecidedHS/CD/25/00327
Discharge of condition 7 (soft landscaping) of Planning Permission HS/FA/24/00190
Former Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 10 Jun 2025 - DecidedHS/FA/25/00328
Change of Use to a mixed use of 8 separate dwellings and 1 office space to the ground floor. Replacement windows and external doors, new rainwater goods and insulated roof coverings. Increase of ridge height of portion of the building, installation of Air Source Heat Pumps, new mechanical extract fans to kitchen and bathrooms and associated landscaping.
Astec House, 10-12 Sedlescombe Road South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TA
Received 10 Jun 2025 - DecidedHS/CD/25/00330
Discharge of condition 13 (materials) of Planning Permission HS/FA/24/00257
10 Maplehurst Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7NA
Received 10 Jun 2025 - DecidedHS/FA/25/00332
Erection of front entrance porch.
5 Sandringham Heights, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9UA
Received 10 Jun 2025 - DecidedHS/FA/25/00333
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of Planning Permission HS/FA/21/00512 granted on appeal APP/B1415/W/21/3285052 Amendments - Reduction in rear elevation and removal of rear gable end.
16 Harold Road, Hastings, TN35 5NL
Received 11 Jun 2025 - DecidedHS/FA/25/00334
Erection of two dwellings
1 Shirley Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JW
Received 11 Jun 2025 - DecidedHS/PR/25/00335
Application for a Certificate of Proposed Lawful development for a new pitched roof and rooflights to existing side extension. New flat roof to existing first floor bathroom with parapet, and new window to rear elevation. New pitched roof and rooflights to existing single storey kitchen, with raised parapet wall on the boundary. Remodelling of existing rear elevation fenestration
33 Whitefriars Road, Hastings, TN34 3LA
Received 12 Jun 2025 - DecidedHS/AA/25/00336
Erection of 2 No. externally illuminated fascia signs. (amended description)
476 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BG
Received 12 Jun 2025 - DecidedHS/FA/25/00338
Part-retrospective application for erection of a single-storey motor vehicle workshop with associated external vehicle parking, involving the creation of external social and amenity area for students; access will be facilitated by the existing vehicular access off Parker Road, along with retention of modular classroom, shipping containers and resultant parking layout (amended description).
East Sussex College Hastings, Parker Road, Hastings, TN34 3SU
Received 13 Jun 2025 - DecidedHS/TP/25/00339
T1 Holm Oak - Pollard to approximately 4-5 metres T2 Pine - Fell to ground level, to be replaced with 1 no. Pine. (amended description)
Flat 1, Avon Court, 45 The Green, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SY
Received 3 Jun 2025 - DecidedHS/FA/25/00340
Variation of conditions: 2 (approved plans), 4 (construction method statement), 5 (drainage); 8 (soft and hard landscaping), 9 (details of doors, windows, roof finial, rooflights, pedestrian gate and gate piers and decorative details), 10 (materials) and 15 (tree planting) of Planning Permission HS/FA/23/00722. Amendments - Drainage method to be changed to attenuation and updated connection method into public sewer, and changes to wording of conditions 4, 8, 9, 10 and 15. Amendment to site layout, landscaping, height, siting, roof form and fenestration of new dwelling, relocation of refuse store and cycle store/shed, change to location of ASHP, amendment of material palette/design of front facade, addition of steps along the front of site and correction of plans to show site levels in accordance with recent topographical survey data (Amended Description)
1 St Matthews Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 6 Jun 2025
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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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