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.
7,011 approved · 1,058 refused · 579 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Mar 2015 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
69 Birch Way, Hastings, TN34 2JY
Received 14 Oct 201619 St Marys Terrace, Hastings, TN34 3LS
Received 12 Oct 2016124 Edmund Road, Hastings, TN35 5LQ
Received 14 Oct 201652 Park Way, Hastings, TN34 2PJ
Received 17 Oct 20162 Ridgewood Gardens, Hastings, TN34 2LZ
Received 18 Oct 2016Ground Floor, 30 Ashburnham Road, Hastings, TN35 5JL
Received 14 Oct 20169 St Margarets Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EN
Received 16 Oct 2016Bohemia Lodge, Clarence Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6SH
Received 14 Oct 2016General Dynamics plots E and J, Castleham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9NJ
Received 17 Oct 201685 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AB
Received 19 Oct 2016St Leonards Motors, Church Wood Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9QQ
Received 19 Oct 201613 Park Crescent, Hastings, TN34 2PP
Received 19 Oct 2016Shop and Premises, 406-410 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BB
Received 19 Oct 201659 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BE
Received 21 Oct 2016Flat 7, Wilton House, Grosvenor Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 24 Oct 201621 Priory Close, Hastings, TN34 1UJ
Received 24 Oct 201654 Towerscroft Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JB
Received 24 Oct 201643-49 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0EQ
Received 24 Oct 20161 Ridgewood Gardens, Hastings, TN34 2LZ
Received 21 Oct 2016Yates Wine Lodge, 53-57 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HY
Received 24 Oct 2016Unit 1, 3 Harold Place, Hastings, TN34 1JA
Received 24 Oct 201667 Castleham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9NU
Received 25 Oct 201633 Fletcher Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7QU
Received 20 Oct 201651 King Edward Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2NG
Received 25 Oct 2016Records 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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