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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.
10,200 approved · 1,483 refused · 826 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
7 St Helens Down, Hastings, TN34 2BG
Received 15 Apr 202633-35 Carisbrooke Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JN
Received 16 Apr 202633 Alma Villas, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6QU
Received 16 Apr 2026Greeba Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BQ
Received 16 Apr 2026Beauport Holiday Park, The Ridge West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PP
Received 17 Apr 202670 Hollington Old Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9DP
Received 17 Apr 2026Shop, 7 Bank Buildings, Station Road, Hastings, TN34 1NG
Received 17 Apr 202625 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BP
Received 17 Apr 2026Crowleys, Public House, 56 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BE
Received 21 Apr 2026Proposed Queensway Gateway Road (land between Queensway and Sedlescombe Road North),St Leonards-on-sea
Received 21 Apr 2026148 Parker Road, Hastings, TN34 3TU
Received 21 Apr 202613 Ponswood Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9BU
Received 22 Apr 2026Hastings Central Library, 13 Claremont, Hastings, TN34 1HE
Received 20 Apr 2026Hastings Central Library, 13 Claremont, Hastings, TN34 1HE
Received 20 Apr 2026Basement and Ground Floor Flats, 10 Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LQ
Received 21 Apr 20268 Caple Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LW
Received 22 Apr 20264 Godwin Road, Hastings, TN35 5JR
Received 23 Apr 20263 The Beeches, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7TU
Received 23 Apr 202614 Archery Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0FZ
Received 24 Apr 202621 White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JY
Received 27 Apr 202634 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PN
Received 27 Apr 202634 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PN
Received 27 Apr 2026Second Floor And Third Floor Flat, 22 Charles Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QH
Received 27 Apr 2026318 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AL
Received 29 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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