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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Hastings Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
7,243 approved · 1,083 refused · 611 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent Ore Valley Road, Ore Valley, Hastings, East Sussex
Received 20 Mar 2017Lower Ground and Ground Floor 5 George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EG
Received 21 Mar 201715 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PB
Received 21 Mar 201715 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PB
Received 21 Mar 20171 Collinswood Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NU
Received 16 Mar 2017Flat 5, 2 Warrior Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EB
Received 21 Mar 2017Land between 13 and 16, Edward Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LP
Received 21 Mar 201710A Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LQ
Received 21 Mar 201720 Manhattan Gardens, Hastings, TN35 5DQ
Received 21 Mar 2017Rossetti Gardens (Mayfield J), St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9AP
Received 22 Mar 201720 Upper Church Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AS
Received 22 Mar 2017Spring Cottage, 6 Portland Place, Hastings, TN34 1QN
Received 23 Mar 201726 Essenden Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NW
Received 23 Mar 2017Beach, Pelham Parade and Denmark Place, and adjoining Hastings Lifeboat Station Hastings
Received 23 Mar 201721 Fairlight Avenue, Hastings, TN35 5HS
Received 24 Mar 201711 Burhill Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0XP
Received 27 Mar 2017Underground Car Park, Carlisle Parade, Hastings
Received 23 Mar 201711 Maplehurst Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7NA
Received 27 Mar 2017Spring Cottage, 6 Portland Place, Hastings, TN34 1QN
Received 27 Mar 20171 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DP
Received 27 Mar 20171A Maze Hill Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HJ
Received 27 Mar 20171A Maze Hill Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HJ
Received 27 Mar 2017Western Platform, former bathing pool site, West St Leonards TN38 0AQ
Received 27 Mar 2017Units 9 & 10 North Ridge Park, Haywood Way, Hastings, TN35 4PP
Received 27 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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