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.
6,804 approved · 1,049 refused · 567 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Mar 2015 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
1 Victoria Cottages, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BQ
Received 12 May 2016Flat 1, 17 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DP
Received 17 May 2016Former Observer building, 53 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1HZ
Received 17 May 2016179 Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DN
Received 17 May 2016Hairdressing Salon and Premises, 125 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings, TN34 3SL
Received 17 May 201634 Kings Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DX
Received 18 May 201634 Kings Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DX
Received 18 May 2016Land to rear of 1 Pinders Road, Hastings TN35 5HE
Received 23 May 20161A Barnfield Close, Hastings, TN34 1TS
Received 20 May 201611 Montgomery Road, Hastings, TN35 4LA
Received 23 May 201629 Edinburgh Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8HH
Received 19 May 2016St Mary Magdalen Church, Church Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EE
Received 20 May 201677 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AB
Received 24 May 2016Land rear of 73, Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 24 May 20162 Priory Houses, St Michaels Place, Hastings, TN34 1LL
Received 24 May 2016Penang, Charles Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QX
Received 25 May 2016Ashdown Community Centre, Downey Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7LJ
Received 26 May 2016Site of former 347-349, London Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 26 May 201622 Warren Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DT
Received 27 May 2016Robsack Wood Primary Academy, 100 Whatlington Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9TE
Received 26 May 2016Hastings Pier, White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JY
Received 27 May 2016Hastings Pier, White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JY
Received 27 May 2016Hastings Pier, White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JY
Received 27 May 2016Hastings Pier
Received 27 May 2016Records 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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