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.
10,794 approved · 1,568 refused · 850 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
198 Harrow Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JZ
Received 4 Mar 2012Site of former Tan House and Ice House, Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, TN34 3DW
Received 7 Mar 2012Christ Church Blacklands, Laton Road, Hastings, TN34 3ES
Received 6 Mar 20121 Wychnour, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 8EA
Received 7 Mar 2012Land Adjacent to St Dominics Nursing Home, Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PG
Received 7 Mar 2012206 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AE
Received 7 Mar 201258 Springfield Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 7 Mar 20129A& 9B Castledown Avenue, Hastings, TN34 3RJ
Received 7 Mar 2012Restaurant, 2-3 Pelham Arcade, Pelham Place, Hastings, TN34 3AE
Received 8 Mar 20122 Barley Lane, Hastings, TN35 5NX
Received 7 Mar 2012Land west of, Fletcher Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 8 Mar 2012Wychnour Cottage, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BP
Received 8 Mar 2012Flat 9, Stafford Court, 50-51 Eversfield Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DB
Received 9 Mar 201228 High Beech Chalet Park, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BS
Received 9 Mar 2012Land rear of, 151-177 Linley Drive, Hastings
Received 9 Mar 2012176 Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DZ
Received 9 Mar 2012176 Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DZ
Received 9 Mar 2012Keppel, 48 The Croft, Hastings, TN34 3HH
Received 9 Mar 2012Links Signs Ltd, Plot small f, Drury Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9BA
Received 13 Mar 2012157 Stonehouse Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9BS
Received 13 Mar 2012108 High Beech Chalet Park, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BS
Received 12 Mar 2012Flat 5, 385 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BE
Received 13 Mar 201246 Asten Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DJ
Received 13 Mar 201219 Icklesham Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9TZ
Received 14 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage