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.
7,704 approved · 1,150 refused · 648 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Apr 2013 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 The Willows, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PA
Received 6 Jul 201829 Whitefriars Road, Hastings, TN34 3JY
Received 6 Jul 2018Land to the rear of 27 Adelaide Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9DA
Received 3 Jul 2018Ground Floor Flat, 105 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NF
Received 3 Jul 201857-59 Castle Hill Road, Hastings, TN34 3RA
Received 5 Jul 2018Land to rear of 21-24 (Site Formally 23 Kings Road) St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DU
Received 5 Jul 201821 Ormerod Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LN
Received 5 Jul 2018Unit A, Brook Way, Hastings, TN35 4NN
Received 6 Jul 2018372 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BJ
Received 6 Jul 2018180 Elphinstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2BN
Received 9 Jul 2018Flat 12, 57 Church Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6HJ
Received 9 Jul 20186 Beaufort Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6QA
Received 9 Jul 2018First Floor, 379 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6PA
Received 11 Jul 201857 Albany Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LJ
Received 10 Jul 2018Railings fronting 37-75 Marline Road, St Leonards on sea TN38 9HR
Received 10 Jul 2018Plot R Offerfair Self Storage, Drury Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9BA
Received 10 Jul 201819 Quarry Road, Hastings, TN34 3SE
Received 11 Jul 2018440 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7NY
Received 11 Jul 2018107 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ET
Received 12 Jul 2018107 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ET
Received 12 Jul 2018311-323 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AJ
Received 11 Jul 20181 & 2 Ravine Close, Hastings, TN34 2BH
Received 11 Jul 2018Hawthorn Cottage, The Ridge West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PP
Received 12 Jul 2018Ground Floor, 35 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RA
Received 13 Jul 2018Records 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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