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.
10,493 approved · 1,530 refused · 835 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
3A Rothsay Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JJ
Received 1 Dec 2011Conquest Hospital, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7RD
Received 1 Dec 201148 The Croft, Hastings, TN34 3HH
Received 1 Dec 2011Conquest Hospital, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7RD
Received 1 Dec 2011139 Hoads Wood Road, Hastings, TN34 2BB
Received 1 Dec 2011Nationwide Building Society, 15 Wellington Place, Hastings, TN34 1NY
Received 1 Dec 2011Highway verge north of Crowhurst Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 1 Dec 201120 West Street, Hastings, TN34 3AN
Received 2 Dec 201120 West Street, Hastings, TN34 3AN
Received 2 Dec 20111 Applewood Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JS
Received 5 Dec 201135 Caves Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BY
Received 5 Dec 2011Flat 4, 7 Dane Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QU
Received 6 Dec 2011Land Adjacent To And Rear Of 73, Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 6 Dec 20115 Mercatoria, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0EB
Received 7 Dec 2011128 Hoads Wood Road, Hastings, TN34 2BA
Received 8 Dec 201176 St Saviours Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AR
Received 8 Dec 2011Public Convenience Silverhill Junction, London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 0TA
Received 9 Dec 2011Apollo Guest House, 25 Cambridge Gardens, Hastings, TN34 1EH
Received 9 Dec 201112 Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DD
Received 9 Dec 2011389 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BE
Received 9 Dec 2011St Marys Nursing Home, 41 Carisbrooke Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JT
Received 9 Dec 201158 Springfield Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 12 Dec 2011317 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BD
Received 12 Dec 2011The Hastings Centre, The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2SA
Received 9 Dec 2011Records 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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