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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.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Hastings Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
10,184 approved · 1,482 refused · 826 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
110A High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ET
Received 6 Apr 202619 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HL
Received 6 Apr 2026Sunbeam Cottage, 103 Rye Road, Hastings, TN35 4LL
Received 7 Apr 2026Old Salvation Army Hall, Menzies Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9BB
Received 30 Mar 20266 Summer Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0GP
Received 26 Mar 2026Ark Alexandra Academy William Parker Campus (rear of 66 Parkstone Road), Park Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2PG
Received 25 Mar 2026248 Wishing Tree Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LA
Received 7 Apr 202642 Redmayne Drive, Hastings, TN34 1RD
Received 7 Apr 2026Chalet 62, High Beech Chalet Park, Washington Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BS
Received 7 Apr 2026Flat 3, Avon Court, 45 The Green, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SY
Received 8 Apr 20261 Edinburgh Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8HH
Received 8 Apr 2026183 Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JJ
Received 9 Apr 2026Offices and Premises, 9 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PB
Received 9 Apr 2026Offices and Premises, 9 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PB
Received 13 Apr 202623 Moscow Road, Hastings, TN35 5LP
Received 13 Apr 202697 Fairlight Road, Hastings, TN35 5EJ
Received 14 Apr 202624 Eversfield Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6BY
Received 14 Apr 2026133 Park View, Hastings, TN34 2PE
Received 14 Apr 202616 The Kestrels, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LW
Received 7 Apr 2026Cedar Crest, 134 St Helens Down, Hastings, TN34 2AR
Received 7 Apr 202634 Cooden Ledge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8ET
Received 13 Apr 20267 Applewood Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JS
Received 13 Apr 202645 Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BY
Received 14 Apr 20261 Brede Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7QT
Received 15 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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