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.
7,041 approved · 1,060 refused · 582 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Broad Buckler, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7QR
Received 2 Dec 2016157 Park View, Hastings, TN34 2PE
Received 2 Dec 201623 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PA
Received 6 Dec 2016Flat 2 First Floor, 77 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BJ
Received 2 Dec 201640 Tilekiln Lane, Hastings, TN35 5EN
Received 6 Dec 20162 Manston Way, Hastings, TN34 2TA
Received 7 Dec 201613 Horntye Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RT
Received 7 Dec 2016Land rear of 372 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BJ
Received 7 Dec 2016Ambassador Restaurant, 1 East Parade, Hastings, TN34 3AL
Received 7 Dec 2016Tamarisk Yard, Tamarisk Steps, Hastings, TN34 3DN
Received 7 Dec 201612 Fairlight Avenue, Hastings, TN35 5HS
Received 8 Dec 2016Flat 2, 61 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2LN
Received 8 Dec 2016Morrisons Petrol Station, 170 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RN
Received 8 Dec 2016Summerfields Business Centre, Horntye Park, Hastings, TN34 1UT
Received 8 Dec 201621, 22 & 23 Shining Cliff, Hastings, TN34 2GT
Received 12 Dec 201627 Silvan Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9RD
Received 13 Dec 20163 Shirley Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JW
Received 7 Dec 20169A North Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RD
Received 12 Dec 2016482 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BG
Received 12 Dec 20168 Amherst Road, Hastings, TN34 1TT
Received 13 Dec 2016101 St Helens Down, Hastings, TN34 2AR
Received 14 Dec 201619 East Parade, Hastings, TN34 3AL
Received 14 Dec 201619 East Parade, Hastings, TN34 3AL
Received 14 Dec 201626 Moorhurst Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9NB
Received 15 Dec 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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