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.
7,396 approved · 1,112 refused · 631 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
31 Cornwallis Street, Hastings, TN34 1SS
Received 29 Sept 2017Morrisons, 170 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RN
Received 29 Sept 201796 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0EJ
Received 29 Sept 201725-29 Ashburnham Road, Hastings
Received 29 Sept 2017Land rear of 1 & 3 Chapel Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 2 Oct 2017157 Harold Road, Hastings, TN35 5NW
Received 2 Oct 2017Wyevale Garden Centre, Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 4 Oct 201792 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JW
Received 4 Oct 2017397 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2RJ
Received 4 Oct 20179 East Parade, Hastings, TN34 3AL
Received 4 Oct 201748 Kings Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DY
Received 5 Oct 2017104 Marina,(Ground Floor Flat), St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BP
Received 5 Oct 20175 Castledown Terrace, Hastings, TN34 3RQ
Received 5 Oct 2017114 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PQ
Received 5 Oct 201722 Hill Street, Hastings, TN34 3HU
Received 2 Oct 2017116A Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PQ
Received 6 Oct 201718 Mare Bay Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8EQ
Received 2 Oct 20174 Cockcrow Wood, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HW
Received 29 Sept 2017Offices rear of, Waldegrave Arch, Waldegrave Street, Hastings, TN34 1SL
Received 5 Oct 2017Garage and Premises, 37 Strood Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6PN
Received 6 Oct 201738A White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JL
Received 9 Oct 201771 Hoads Wood Road, Hastings, TN34 2BB
Received 9 Oct 2017Little Acres Farm, Frederick Road, Hastings
Received 5 Oct 20176 Mare Bay Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8EQ
Received 10 Oct 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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