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.
11,483 approved · 1,717 refused · 899 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
59 George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EE
Received 18 Sept 201259 George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EE
Received 18 Sept 2012Restaurant And Premises, 5 & 6 Castle Street, Hastings, TN34 3DY
Received 18 Sept 20129 Prospect Place, Hastings, TN34 1LN
Received 18 Sept 2012Kenilworth, 60 Sedlescombe Road South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TJ
Received 19 Sept 201292A Alexandra Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6LE
Received 21 Sept 201219 Wartling Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9QX
Received 21 Sept 201216 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EY
Received 24 Sept 201224 Park View, Hastings, TN34 2HE
Received 24 Sept 2012219 Railway Cottages, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AW
Received 25 Sept 20121 High Wickham, Hastings, TN35 5PB
Received 24 Sept 2012Land Adjacent to 5 Market Passage, Market Street, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DG
Received 26 Sept 201281 Upper Glen Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AY
Received 26 Sept 20122 Portland Terrace, Portland Place, Hastings, TN34 1QG
Received 26 Sept 2012Wychnour Cottage, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BP
Received 27 Sept 2012First Floor And Second Floor Flat, 41 Elphinstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2EG
Received 27 Sept 2012815-817 The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PX
Received 27 Sept 20122 Exmouth Place, Hastings, TN34 3JA
Received 26 Sept 201262 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RE
Received 27 Sept 201255 Edmund Road, Hastings, TN35 5LE
Received 28 Sept 201233 Blacklands Drive, Hastings, TN34 2DH
Received 28 Sept 2012Flat A, 16 Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 1 Oct 2012The White House Hotel, 12 Godwin Road, Hastings, TN35 5JR
Received 1 Oct 201218 St Helens Down, Hastings
Received 28 Sept 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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