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.
6,929 approved · 1,055 refused · 575 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
70 Tower Road West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RL
Received 1 Jul 201634 The Croft, Hastings, TN34 3HH
Received 4 Jul 2016108 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6LT
Received 4 Jul 2016Queensway North, Queensway, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 4 Jul 2016114 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PQ
Received 1 Jul 2016Hastings Central Library, 13 Claremont, Hastings, TN34 1HE
Received 4 Jul 2016Units Su39 - Su41 & Unit SU 43b, Queens Parade, Priory Meadow, Hastings, TN34 1PH
Received 1 Jul 2016Former Observer building, 53 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1HZ
Received 6 Jul 20166 The Finches, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LQ
Received 5 Jul 201626 Beauharrow Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BL
Received 6 Jul 2016Badgers Way, Barley Lane, Hastings
Received 6 Jul 20161 Marianne House, 77 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5PQ
Received 6 Jul 2016Shop and Premises, 45-47 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RE
Received 6 Jul 201615 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2LG
Received 7 Jul 2016Land at Site of Former, 155-157 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RN
Received 8 Jul 20167 Turnberry Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0WL
Received 5 Aug 20161 Marianne House, 77 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5PQ
Received 7 Jul 201614A Croft Road, Hastings, TN34 3HJ
Received 8 Jul 2016Tower View, 33 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PA
Received 8 Jul 201687 Willingdon Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9HE
Received 8 Jul 20164 Hill Street, Hastings, TN34 3HU
Received 11 Jul 2016Gardens to Entrance of, Underground Car Park, Carlisle Parade, Hastings, TN34 1JG
Received 11 Jul 20161 Fletcher Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7QU
Received 12 Jul 2016136 Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DY
Received 12 Jul 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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