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.
7,225 approved · 1,080 refused · 610 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
213 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2NB
Received 13 Mar 20179 High Wickham, Hastings, TN35 5PB
Received 13 Mar 201740 Elphinstone Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2DJ
Received 13 Mar 201731 Willowbed Walk, Hastings, TN34 2QL
Received 13 Mar 2017435 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AR
Received 13 Mar 2017St Johns Court, St Johns Road, (formerly land adjacent 57 Church Road,)St Leonards-on-sea
Received 14 Mar 2017Units A and C, The Roebuck Centre, Roebuck Street, Hastings, TN34 3BB
Received 15 Mar 2017West Hill Pavilion Workshop, Exmouth Place, Hastings, TN34 3JA
Received 15 Mar 201735 White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JY
Received 15 Mar 2017Land at Church Street, Hastings
Received 15 Mar 201720 St Helens Down, Hastings, TN34 2BQ
Received 16 Mar 2017Flat 2 Second Floor, 27 White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JY
Received 17 Mar 2017Land rear of 48 Fletcher Avenue and fronting Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7QX
Received 10 Mar 2017777 The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PT
Received 17 Mar 201726 Etchingham Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9AB
Received 16 Mar 2017Hastings Pier, White Rock, White Rock, Hastings TN34 1JY
Received 16 Mar 2017106 Parker Road, Hastings, TN34 3TT
Received 16 Mar 201726 Beauharrow Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BL
Received 16 Mar 201748 Alfred Road, Hastings, TN35 5HY
Received 16 Mar 2017142 Downs Road, Hastings, TN34 2DZ
Received 16 Mar 201718 Devonshire Road, Hastings, TN34 1NE
Received 20 Mar 2017Ground Floor Offices, 8 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PB
Received 20 Mar 201740 Tilekiln Lane, Hastings, TN35 5EN
Received 17 Mar 2017199 Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JJ
Received 20 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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