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.
7,375 approved · 1,106 refused · 630 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hastings Central Library, 13 Claremont, Hastings, TN34 1HE
Received 21 Aug 2017165 Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DZ
Received 22 Aug 2017317 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6NE
Received 24 Aug 201722 Copper Beeches, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7RR
Received 24 Aug 201769 Ghyllside Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2QB
Received 24 Aug 2017Winchester House, 93 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LR
Received 25 Aug 201732 Vicarage Road, Hastings, TN34 3LY
Received 24 Aug 2017Flat 1, 1 Wykeham Road, Hastings, TN34 1UA
Received 24 Aug 201714 Fairlight Avenue, Hastings, TN35 5HS
Received 25 Aug 201718 Caves Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BY
Received 24 Aug 201720 Winchelsea Lane, Hastings, TN35 4LG
Received 24 Aug 20176 The Mount, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HR
Received 25 Aug 2017Athena House, 1-2 Sussex Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BS
Received 25 Aug 201722 Croft Road, Hastings, TN34 3HJ
Received 25 Aug 201742 Warren Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DT
Received 12 Sept 20173 Charles Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 25 Aug 201711 Baldslow Road, Hastings, TN34 2EZ
Received 25 Aug 2017114 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JW
Received 25 Aug 201791-93, 109 and rear of 103 Middle Road, Hastings
Received 29 Aug 201787 Ghyllside Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2QB
Received 29 Aug 201763 Mount Road, Hastings, TN35 5LA
Received 29 Aug 201763 Mount Road, Hastings, TN35 5LA
Received 24 Aug 201718-26 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1DJ
Received 30 Aug 201717 White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JY
Received 30 Aug 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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