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.
7,317 approved · 1,096 refused · 622 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 The Slides, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LE
Received 9 Jun 20173 Church Wood Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JW
Received 8 Jun 201726 Laton Road, Hastings, TN34 2ES
Received 14 Jun 2017Workshop, 1A Harold Mews, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0EA
Received 14 Jun 201723 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PA
Received 12 Jun 201735 Fernside Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UU
Received 12 Jun 201738A High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ER
Received 12 Jun 201738A High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ER
Received 12 Jun 2017180 Elphinstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2BN
Received 14 Jun 20178 Godwin Road, Hastings, TN35 5JR
Received 15 Jun 201729 Parkstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2NR
Received 15 Jun 2017Woodbine Cottage, 2 High Wickham, Hastings, TN35 5PB
Received 15 Jun 201717 Bulverhythe Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AA
Received 15 Jun 201725 Emmanuel Road, Hastings, TN34 3LB
Received 15 Jun 2017Kathleen Close, (formerly Land off Robert Tressell Close) Hastings, TN34 1UP
Received 16 Jun 201731 Lewis Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9EJ
Received 16 Jun 201727-29 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1DJ
Received 14 Jun 201771 Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BY
Received 16 Jun 2017Land at Robsack Wood, Crowhurst Road, rear of 2 Bedgebury Close, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 16 Jun 20175 Eversfield Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6BY
Received 16 Jun 20175 Eversfield Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6BY
Received 16 Jun 201711 Beauport Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PQ
Received 16 Jun 201760 Elphinstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2ED
Received 14 Jun 2017Ground and Part Lower Ground Floor, 3-4 Tower Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6JE
Received 16 Jun 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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