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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.
10,273 approved · 1,494 refused · 829 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pharmacy and Premises, 39-41 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DA
Received 13 Jul 2026Wish House, 111A High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ET
Received 13 Jul 202641 Vale Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6PT
Received 13 Jul 2026The Ice House, Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, TN34 3DW
Received 13 Jul 202622 Linton Crescent, Hastings, TN34 1TJ
Received 14 Jul 2026Land at Chiltern Drive, Hastings, TN34 3PH
Received 14 Jul 2026Lansdowne Hotel, 1-2 Robertson Terrace, Hastings, TN34 1JE
Received 15 Jul 202639 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1DJ
Received 15 Jul 202628 Buchanan Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0GA
Received 15 Jul 20264 Ghyllside Way, Hastings, TN34 2QG
Received 15 Jul 2026200 Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JH
Received 16 Jul 2026Footpath HAS/288/1 adjoining West Hill Cafe, Castle Hill Road, Hastings, TN34 3RD
Received 10 Jul 2026Land Rear Of, 421-447 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 16 Jul 202619D Church Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EF
Received 17 Jul 202623 Farley Bank, Hastings, TN35 5QA
Received 17 Jul 202645 Farley Bank, Hastings, TN35 5QA
Received 17 Jul 202665 Farley Bank, Hastings, TN35 5QA
Received 17 Jul 202685 Farley Bank, Hastings, TN35 5QA
Received 17 Jul 2026The Deluxe, 2-6 Pelham Place, Hastings, TN34 3AD
Received 17 Jul 202613 Battle Crescent, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AW
Received 20 Jul 202615 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6NH
Received 20 Jul 2026Fishpond Farm House, Barley Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DU
Received 21 Jul 2026The Deluxe, 2-6 Pelham Place, Hastings, TN34 3AD
Received 22 Jul 202616 Barrow Rise, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7ST
Received 28 Jul 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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