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.
7,267 approved · 1,087 refused · 617 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Apr 2013 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
451 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AR
Received 11 Apr 2017Rear First Floor Flat 2, 10 Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LQ
Received 11 Apr 201716 Chambers Crescent, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9HZ
Received 10 Apr 2017Site of former 28 Dane Road and, 37 Brittany Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 11 Apr 201765 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0EG
Received 11 Apr 2017Rocklands Private Caravan Park, Rocklands Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DY
Received 12 Apr 201730 Westminster Crescent, Hastings, TN34 2AW
Received 12 Apr 2017Long Waites, 31 Martineau Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DS
Received 12 Apr 2017465 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AT
Received 13 Apr 2017Winchester House, 93 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LR
Received 13 Apr 201765 Springfield Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TU
Received 12 Apr 20176 Hollington Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SG
Received 12 Apr 201710 Alfred Road, Hastings, TN35 5HX
Received 13 Apr 20175 George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EG
Received 13 Apr 2017Access to Phillips House Drury Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9AZ
Received 14 Apr 201716 Priory Close, Hastings, TN34 1UJ
Received 14 Apr 2017447 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BB
Received 14 Apr 2017Winchester House, 93 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LR
Received 13 Apr 20178 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EY
Received 17 Apr 20178 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EY
Received 17 Apr 2017447 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BB
Received 14 Apr 201736 Conqueror Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DD
Received 19 Apr 201738 Harbour Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8EP
Received 19 Apr 2017187 Downs Road, Hastings, TN34 2DY
Received 19 Apr 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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