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.
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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.
10,757 approved · 1,564 refused · 848 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Jul 2003 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land rear of 1 Stapley Close, Stapley Close, Hastings, TN35 5AU
Received 28 Feb 2012Land Between Ticehurst Close And Valley Side Road, Frederick Road, Hastings, TN35 5AU
Received 28 Feb 201285 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LR
Received 28 Feb 2012Ambulance Station, Bohemia Road, Hastings, TN34 1ET
Received 27 Feb 2012Rear of South View, 3 Salters Lane, Hastings, TN34 3HB
Received 29 Feb 2012Site of former, 314 The Ridge, Hastings
Received 29 Feb 2012Day Nursery and Premises, 17 Calvert Road, Hastings, TN34 3NG
Received 1 Mar 2012First to fourth floor, 38 White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JL
Received 1 Mar 2012Land south of Stone Court, Gillsmans Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SP
Received 1 Mar 2012Land rear of 102-108, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37
Received 1 Mar 201259 St Helens Down, Hastings, TN34 2BG
Received 1 Mar 201227 Cambridge Gardens, Hastings, TN34 1EH
Received 1 Mar 201220-23 Castle Street, Hastings, TN34 3DY
Received 1 Mar 2012Land North of 31, Fern Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UJ
Received 1 Mar 20123 Amberley View, St Marys Terrace, Hastings, TN34 3PW
Received 1 Mar 201240 Oxford Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9EY
Received 1 Mar 20123-5 Tower Road West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RG
Received 2 Mar 20128 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PB
Received 2 Mar 2012Car Showroom, 323 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AJ
Received 2 Mar 201247 Hillside Road, Hastings, TN34 2JX
Received 2 Mar 201266-70 Middle Road, Hastings, TN35 5DL
Received 5 Mar 2012190 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BL
Received 5 Mar 201223 Celandine Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0XT
Received 6 Mar 2012364 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AS
Received 6 Mar 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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