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.
6,937 approved · 1,056 refused · 575 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
360A Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BJ
Received 19 Jul 201681 Elphinstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2BP
Received 18 Jul 201675 - 79 Castle Hill Road, Hastings, TN34 3RA
Received 22 Jul 2016Hawthorn Cottage, The Ridge West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PP
Received 22 Jul 2016The Kings Head Inn, 25 Courthouse Street, Hastings, TN34 3AU
Received 25 Jul 2016The Kings Head Inn, 25 Courthouse Street, Hastings, TN34 3AU
Received 25 Jul 2016Hastings Pier, White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JY
Received 22 Jul 2016Hastings Pier, White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JY
Received 22 Jul 2016Hastings Pier, White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JY
Received 22 Jul 2016Hastings Pier, White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JY
Received 22 Jul 2016Castlemaine, 4 Avondale Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SA
Received 26 Jul 201658 Harbour Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8EP
Received 21 Jul 2016Shop and Premises, 10 Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DX
Received 26 Jul 20166 Wingate Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SD
Received 26 Jul 20169 Cornwallis Terrace, Hastings, TN34 1EB
Received 26 Jul 2016237 Little Ridge Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HN
Received 27 Jul 2016237 Little Ridge Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HN
Received 27 Jul 2016Ground Floor Flat, 71B West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NF
Received 26 Jul 2016WH Smith, Unit MS3, Kings Walk, Priory Meadow, Hastings, TN34 1PH
Received 28 Jul 2016Woodbine Cottage, 2 High Wickham, Hastings, TN35 5PB
Received 28 Jul 2016127 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RP
Received 28 Jul 20162 The Green, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SY
Received 28 Jul 2016Amberley, 13 Gillsmans Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SJ
Received 29 Jul 2016104 Park View, Hastings, TN34 2PD
Received 29 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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