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.
7,330 approved · 1,101 refused · 622 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Stirling Road, Castleham Industrial Estate, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9NW
Received 5 Jul 201712 Beaufort Road & Land Rear of 4-20 Beaufort Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6QA
Received 29 Jun 20176 Earl Street, Hastings, TN34 1SG
Received 4 Jul 2017First Floor Flat, 438 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BB
Received 4 Jul 2017Site of former Hastings College of Arts and Technology, Archery Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HX
Received 4 Jul 201767 Collinswood Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NX
Received 4 Jul 2017Homedane House, Denmark Place, Hastings, TN34 1PQ
Received 27 Apr 201743 White Rock, Hastings
Received 5 Jul 201798 Old Roar Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HD
Received 4 Jul 201778 Alexandra Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6LE
Received 5 Jul 2017Solle Mews, School Road, Hastings, TN35 5FD
Received 5 Jul 2017123 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BN
Received 6 Jul 201740 Tower Road West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RG
Received 6 Jul 2017Sandown Primary School, The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AA
Received 5 Jul 201735 Elphinstone Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2DJ
Received 6 Jul 2017Ground floor flat, 68 Vale Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6PS
Received 7 Jul 2017Flat B Ground Floor Right, 58 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NE
Received 10 Jul 201782 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0EJ
Received 7 Jul 2017Plot 35, Rossetti Gardens (Mayfield J), land south of Mayfield Lane, St Leonards-on-Sea TN38 9AP
Received 11 Jul 201724 Hill Street, Hastings, TN34 3HU
Received 10 Jul 2017The Coach House, 17 St Helens Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2JT
Received 11 Jul 201738 George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EA
Received 11 Jul 201715 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2LG
Received 12 Jul 20176 The Crescent, Hastings, Madeira Drive, TN34 2NL
Received 13 Jul 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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