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.
7,052 approved · 1,062 refused · 584 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Spring Cottage, 6 Portland Place, Hastings, TN34 1QN
Received 23 Dec 2016Little Acres Farm, Frederick Road, Hastings
Received 26 Dec 201650 George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EA
Received 26 Dec 2016Flat 1, 1 Emmanuel Road, Hastings, TN34 3LB
Received 2 Jan 20171 St Helens Down, Hastings, TN34 2BG
Received 3 Jan 201716 Hazelwood Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HL
Received 3 Jan 2017Land East Of, Burgess Road, Hastings
Received 4 Jan 20176 Walton Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JD
Received 4 Jan 2017Old Town Hall Museum, High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EW
Received 4 Jan 2017144 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings, TN34 3SN
Received 2 Jan 2017Rx1, Sidney Little Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 6 Jan 2017Shop, 12A Pelham Arcade, Pelham Place, Hastings, TN34 3AE
Received 6 Jan 2017Maple Lodge, 117A St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JW
Received 9 Jan 2017Land Adjoining 22 Springfield Valley Road, Springfield Valley, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RP
Received 9 Jan 201764 Upper Broomgrove Road and 176 Parker Road, Hastings, TN34 3PH
Received 9 Jan 20171-3 Nelson Road, Hastings, TN34 3RX
Received 21 Dec 201635 Heron Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DX
Received 6 Jan 201710 Cavendish Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NR
Received 10 Jan 2017Land to the rear of 1 Pinders Road, Hastings, TN35 5HE
Received 12 Jan 201736 Beauharrow Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BL
Received 12 Jan 2017239-241 Priory Road, Hastings, TN34 3JB
Received 11 Jan 20178 Amherst Road, Hastings, TN34 1TT
Received 11 Jan 2017206 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings, TN34 3SR
Received 12 Jan 201710 Francis Bird Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7GJ
Received 13 Jan 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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