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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.
10,171 approved · 1,480 refused · 826 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
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27 Boscobel Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NY
Received 25 Mar 202655 Magdalen Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EU
Received 25 Mar 202640 Eversley Crescent, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6QF
Received 25 Mar 2026Unit C, 7-8 Brook Way, Hastings, TN35 4NN
Received 26 Mar 2026Flat 10, 12 Brittany Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RD
Received 26 Mar 2026114 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AG
Received 27 Mar 20262 Upper Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6SJ
Received 27 Mar 2026Beaufort House, 25 St Johns Road (land at rear), St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6HN
Received 27 Mar 2026130 Harold Road, Hastings, TN35 5NN
Received 27 Mar 2026Former Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 30 Mar 2026Nationwide, Bank and Premises, 15 Wellington Place, Hastings, TN34 1BL
Received 30 Mar 2026211 Wishing Tree Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LD
Received 30 Mar 202628 Springfield Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TY
Received 31 Mar 20267 Ledsham Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7LG
Received 31 Mar 2026Units A and E, Brook Way, Hastings
Received 31 Mar 2026Clyde House, 258 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JL
Received 1 Apr 2026Shop and Premises, 26 Kings Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DU
Received 1 Apr 2026First Floor And Second Floor Flat, 34 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RB
Received 1 Apr 202616 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RB
Received 1 Apr 2026352 Harold Road, Hastings, TN35 5HG
Received 1 Apr 202646 Park View, Hastings, TN34 2HE
Received 2 Apr 2026Queen Anne Statue, Holmhurst St Mary, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PT
Received 2 Apr 2026Land to the rear 1 Celandine Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0XT
Received 2 Apr 2026Lansdowne Hotel, 1-2 Robertson Terrace, Hastings, TN34 1JE
Received 3 Apr 2026Records 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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