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.
7,199 approved · 1,078 refused · 603 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Apr 2014 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Summerfields Business Centre, Horntye Park, Hastings, TN34 1UT
Received 16 Mar 201736 Queens Apartments, Robertson Terrace, Hastings, TN34 1JN
Received 3 Mar 2017130 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BN
Received 3 Mar 2017Hawthorn Cottage, The Ridge West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PP
Received 7 Mar 20178 Old Humphrey Avenue, Hastings, TN34 3BT
Received 7 Mar 2017Site of former Hastings College of Arts and Technology, Archery Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HX
Received 3 Mar 20173 Mount Pleasant Crescent, Hastings, TN34 3SG
Received 10 Mar 20171 East Parade, Hastings, TN34 3AL
Received 13 Mar 20171 East Parade, Hastings, TN34 3AL
Received 13 Mar 2017The Kings Head Inn, 61 Rye Road, Hastings, TN35 5DH
Received 10 Mar 201735 All Saints Street, Hastings, TN34 3BJ
Received 27 Feb 201735 White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JY
Received 1 Mar 20173A The Uplands, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HL
Received 3 Mar 20175 George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EG
Received 10 Mar 201717 Ironlatch Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JE
Received 9 Mar 20179 Wesley Salmon Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0GE
Received 9 Mar 201727 Shepherd Street, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0ET
Received 15 May 2017Land to the rear of 25 Greenfields Close, and Garden of 26 Greenfields Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7LP
Received 10 Mar 2017Flat 1, 7 Charles Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QA
Received 13 Mar 201718 Kite Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DR
Received 13 Mar 2017Land rear of, 10-12 Briers Avenue, Hastings
Received 13 Mar 2017Car Park, Alma Court, Alma Villas, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 10 Mar 201765 Albany Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 10 Mar 2017The Robert De Mortain, 373 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2RD
Received 10 Mar 2017Records 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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