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.
7,411 approved · 1,113 refused · 632 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Offices and Premises, 383 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BE
Received 1 Nov 2017Restaurant and Premises, 23 White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JY
Received 1 Nov 2017212 Little Ridge Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HN
Received 2 Nov 2017Langham House, 5-6 Albert Road, Hastings, TN34 1QT
Received 2 Nov 20174 Cockcrow Wood, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HW
Received 2 Nov 201775 Victoria Avenue, Hastings, TN35 5BT
Received 2 Nov 2017Basement store, 272 Harold Road, Hastings, TN35 5NG
Received 2 Nov 2017The Old Custom House,19 East Parade, Hastings, TN34 3AL
Received 2 Nov 201724 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PN
Received 30 Oct 201724 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PN
Received 30 Oct 201750 Sedlescombe Road South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TJ
Received 6 Nov 201720 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EY
Received 3 Nov 201720 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EY
Received 3 Nov 201719 Markwick Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RF
Received 6 Nov 20179 Strongs Passage, Hastings, TN34 3BY
Received 6 Nov 201762 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AE
Received 1 Dec 201711 The Byeway, Hastings, TN34 2AY
Received 4 Nov 201730 Westminster Crescent, Hastings, TN34 2AW
Received 6 Nov 201761 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JJ
Received 7 Nov 2017Ground Floor, 37 Springfield Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 7 Nov 201743 White Rock, Hastings
Received 9 Nov 2017Communal gardens of 95, 97, 54 and 82, High Beech Chalet Park, Washington Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BS
Received 3 Nov 2017Morrisons, 170 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RN
Received 7 Nov 2017Former BHS, Unit Vs2, Queens Square, Priory Meadow, Hastings, TN34 1PH
Received 8 Nov 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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