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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.
10,212 approved · 1,484 refused · 827 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Gensing Manor, 19 Dane Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QW
Received 29 Apr 202625 Mountbatten Close, Hastings, TN35 4LE
Received 29 Apr 2026125 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2EL
Received 29 Apr 20266 and 7 Grosvenor Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AE
Received 30 Apr 2026Fire Station, 40 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AD
Received 30 Apr 202659 Winterbourne Close, Hastings, TN34 1XQ
Received 1 May 2026118 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5LZ
Received 4 May 2026Goat Ledge, Lower Promenade, Warrior Square, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6FA
Received 5 May 20262 St Helens Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2JT
Received 6 May 2026212 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2NB
Received 6 May 2026Iris Court & Primrose Court, Snowdrop Rise, Celandine Drive, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 6 May 202611-15 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DA
Received 7 May 2026261 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AN
Received 7 May 20263 Farmlands Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7UE
Received 8 May 2026The Studio, 9 De Cham Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6HE
Received 8 May 2026Land rear of 4 Towerscroft Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JE
Received 8 May 202645 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HL
Received 11 May 2026Pine Crest, 82 Pine Avenue, Hastings, TN34 3PR
Received 11 May 202619 Wadhurst Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AZ
Received 11 May 20265 Alexandra Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6LD
Received 12 May 2026Holy Trinity Church, Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HT
Received 12 May 2026Flat 4, 3 Pelham Crescent, Hastings, TN34 3AF
Received 12 May 20268 Mann Street, Hastings, TN34 1SE
Received 12 May 2026Highbury House, 404 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2RR
Received 12 May 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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