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.
7,349 approved · 1,104 refused · 626 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PA
Received 25 Jul 201738 Priory Road, Hastings, TN34 3JH
Received 26 Jul 2017Site of former Delivery Sorting Office adjacent 57, Kings Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 24 Jul 2017Site of former Delivery Sorting Office adjacent 57, Kings Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 24 Jul 201797 Bulverhythe Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AD
Received 26 Jul 2017Flat 5, 24 Chapel Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6HU
Received 26 Jul 2017165 Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DZ
Received 25 Jul 2017Land adjacent to, 28 Fearon Road,(Land rear of 37-39 Blacklands Drive) Hastings, TN34 2DL
Received 25 Jul 201712 Hollington Court, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SF
Received 26 Jul 2017465 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2RT
Received 27 Jul 2017Land Adjacent, 777 The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 28 Jul 201767 Collinswood Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NX
Received 28 Jul 2017Warehouse and Premises, 312A Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AL
Received 28 Jul 2017209 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7ER
Received 27 Jul 2017Flat, 5B Wykeham Road, Hastings
Received 28 Jul 20175 Larch Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RZ
Received 28 Jul 2017Public Conveniences, Harold Place, Hastings, TN34 1JA
Received 31 Jul 201717 Grange Road, Hastings, TN34 2RL
Received 25 Jul 201744 The Croft, Hastings, TN34 3HH
Received 28 Jul 201744 The Croft, Hastings, TN34 3HH
Received 28 Jul 2017Shop and Premises, 60 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EN
Received 28 Jul 2017Shop and Premises, 60 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EN
Received 28 Jul 2017Land west of 66, Mount Pleasant Road, Manor Road, Hastings
Received 31 Jul 2017100 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PG
Received 31 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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