Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
10,554 approved · 1,538 refused · 840 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Belvedere Park, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0WE
Received 19 Dec 2011West St Leonards County Primary School, Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BX
Received 19 Dec 201120 Centurion Rise, Hastings, TN34 2UL
Received 19 Dec 201125 Oxford Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9ER
Received 20 Dec 2011178-182 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RG
Received 20 Dec 2011Conquest Hospital, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7RD
Received 20 Dec 2011132 Frederick Road, Hastings, TN35 5AU
Received 20 Dec 2011The Lido, Seaside Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AL
Received 21 Dec 201157 Bembrook Road, Hastings, TN34 3PD
Received 21 Dec 2011Pelham Roundabout, Breeds Place, Hastings
Received 21 Dec 2011Sainsburys Local, Station Plaza, Devonshire Road, Hastings
Received 22 Dec 20119 Wrotham Close, Hastings, TN34 2RP
Received 22 Dec 2011108 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AG
Received 22 Dec 201115 Clyde Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QE
Received 23 Dec 2011109 Castle Hill Road, Hastings, TN34 3RD
Received 23 Dec 2011Land adjacent 15 Hollington Old Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AD
Received 23 Dec 2011Land rear of 102-108, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37
Received 26 Dec 2011Land to the west of Shorndene House, Beaufort Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37
Received 26 Dec 2011Former Focus DIY Store, 599 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 26 Dec 201140 Sedlescombe Road South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TB
Received 26 Dec 201124 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1QY
Received 23 Dec 2011119 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RL
Received 16 Nov 201117 Athelstan Road, Hastings, TN35 5JB
Received 3 Jan 2012Hillcrest School, Rye Road, Hastings, TN35 5DN
Received 3 Jan 2012Records 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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