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.
7,465 approved · 1,119 refused · 633 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
Former Factory Site, Fellows Road, Hastings, TN34 3TY
Received 17 Nov 201789 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LR
Received 20 Nov 2017Hastings Central Library, 13 Claremont, Hastings, TN34 1HE
Received 20 Nov 2017The Robert De Mortain, 373 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2RD
Received 21 Nov 2017451 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea TN38 8AR
Received 21 Nov 2017Land adjoining Croft Lodge House, Campkin Gardens, St. Leonards-on-Sea, TN37 7PP
Received 21 Nov 2017Proposed Visitor Centre Hastings Country Park, Lower Coastguard Lane, Fairlight, Hastings, TN35 4AB
Received 21 Nov 201729 Croft Road, Hastings, TN34 3HJ
Received 21 Nov 201711 Vale Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6PT
Received 22 Nov 20175 Seymour Villas, Hoads Wood Road, Hastings, TN34 2AQ
Received 22 Nov 2017Royal Mews, Caves Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BZ
Received 22 Nov 201721 Ledsham Park, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7LQ
Received 23 Nov 201790 Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BU
Received 24 Nov 201711 Baldslow Road, Hastings, TN34 2EZ
Received 24 Nov 201723 St Helens Down, Hastings, TN34 2BG
Received 24 Nov 201714 Maplehurst Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7NA
Received 22 Nov 201796 Priory Road, Hastings, TN34 3JE
Received 27 Nov 2017LAND ADJACENT TO, 34 ST MARGARETS ROAD, ST LEONARDS-ON-SEA, TN37 6EH
Received 27 Nov 2017Language School and Premises, 110 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JW
Received 27 Nov 2017Land Adjacent To, 34 St Margarets Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EH
Received 27 Nov 201711 Gillsmans Park, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SN
Received 27 Nov 2017183 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BG
Received 28 Nov 20173 Chailey Close, Hastings, TN34 2RG
Received 28 Nov 2017125 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BN
Received 28 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage