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.
10,894 approved · 1,578 refused · 858 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Alma Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6QT
Received 28 Mar 2012Moreton Resource Centre, Boscobel Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 29 Mar 2012105 High Beech Chalet Park, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BS
Received 28 Mar 20127 Wellington Square, Hastings
Received 29 Mar 20122 Speckled Wood, Hastings, TN35 5AH
Received 29 Mar 201222 Lyndhurst Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2BD
Received 29 Mar 20123 Crown Court, Crown Land, Hastings, TN34 3DJ
Received 29 Mar 201290 All Saints Street, Hastings, TN34 3BE
Received 29 Mar 201212 Wishing Tree Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JG
Received 30 Mar 2012Site of former 5 to 15 odds, Fellows Road, Hastings, TN34 3TY
Received 30 Mar 2012Land north on 60, Western Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DJ
Received 30 Mar 201251A Ashburnham Road, Hastings, TN35 5JL
Received 30 Mar 201225 Castle Street, Hastings, TN34 3DY
Received 30 Mar 201248 The Croft, Hastings, TN34 3HH
Received 30 Mar 2012Mountside Nursing Home, 9-11 Laton Road, Hastings, TN34 2ET
Received 3 Apr 20125 The Uplands, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HL
Received 3 Apr 20125 The Uplands, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HL
Received 3 Apr 201238 Tile Barn Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9QU
Received 3 Apr 2012Land adjacent 1 Chiltern Drive, Hastings, TN34 3PY
Received 2 Apr 2012My Way Lodge, The Ridge West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PP
Received 4 Apr 2012Land to Rear of 56 - 62 St Helens Down, Hastings
Received 4 Apr 20126 Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LQ
Received 4 Apr 20126 Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LQ
Received 4 Apr 2012Tesco Supermarket, Church Wood Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9RB
Received 4 Apr 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