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Hastings

Limited recent decision data is available for Hastings, so we don't show a headline approval rate here — the figures below cover all application types on record.

Across all application types on record (2023-01-25–2026-04-09): 87.1% of 1,824 decisions approved.

2,079Total applications
1,588Approved
236Refused
108Withdrawn
0Pending
87.1%Approval rate (all types)
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Decision Level
2,063Not Available
By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Full Planning Application 472 397 75
84.1%
Householder 404 360 44
89.1%
Discharge of Conditions 349 315 34
90.3%
Tree Works (TPO) 189 177 12
93.7%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 150 119 31
79.3%
Listed Building Consent 110 96 14
87.3%
Advertisement Consent 41 36 5
87.8%
Non-Material Amendment (S96a) 28 23 5
82.1%
County Deemed Permission (Reg 3 & 4) 15 13 2
86.7%
Prior Approval (Class MA — Commercial to Residential) 13 10 3
76.9%
Reserved Matters 11 10 1
90.9%
Telecommunications 11 8 3
72.7%
General PD - Extensions 8 7 1
87.5%
Planning in Principle 6 3 3
50.0%
Demolition 5 5 0
100.0%
Outline Planning 4 3 1
75.0%
PA Part 14 Class J 3 3 0
100.0%
PA Part 18 Class A 1 1 0
100.0%
PA Part 20 Class AB 1 0 1
0.0%
Variation of S106 Agreement 1 0 1
0.0%
PA Part 3 Class G 1 1 0
100.0%
Hazardous substances 1 1 0
100.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 144 117
81.2%
2023-Q4 176 154
87.5%
2024-Q1 165 141
85.5%
2024-Q2 164 137
83.5%
2024-Q3 170 147
86.5%
2024-Q4 152 135
88.8%
2025-Q1 152 142
93.4%
2025-Q2 117 101
86.3%
2025-Q3 140 120
85.7%
2025-Q4 162 146
90.1%
2026-Q1 131 112
85.5%
2026-Q2 12 10
83.3%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
CASTLE 2018 297 252 45
84.8%
OLD HASTINGS 2018 193 173 20
89.6%
ASHDOWN 2018 169 150 19
88.8%
CENTRAL ST LEONARDS 2018 165 147 18
89.1%
MAZE HILL 2018 147 134 13
91.2%
CONQUEST 2018 111 105 6
94.6%
GENSING 2018 110 94 16
85.5%
ST HELENS 2018 95 80 15
84.2%
BAIRD 2018 87 78 9
89.7%
WEST ST LEONARDS 2018 86 72 14
83.7%
BRAYBROOKE 2018 86 70 16
81.4%
SILVERHILL 2018 77 69 8
89.6%
Planning guides

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