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.
7,730 approved · 1,152 refused · 649 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
31A St Matthews Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TT
Received 7 Aug 2018229 Hillside Road, Hastings, TN34 2QY
Received 7 Aug 201818 Dunclutha Road, Hastings, TN34 2JA
Received 9 Aug 2018Flat 1a, Quebec Mansions, 102 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PG
Received 7 Aug 2018370 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AS
Received 8 Aug 20185 Richborough Close, Hastings, TN34 2PB
Received 9 Aug 2018Queensway Gateway Road (land between Queensway and Sedlescombe Road North),St Leonards-on-sea
Received 9 Aug 20187-8 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1QP
Received 9 Aug 20187-8 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1QP
Received 9 Aug 2018180 Elphinstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2BN
Received 9 Aug 2018Land adjacent 26, St Margarets Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 9 Aug 2018137 Old Roar Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HH
Received 10 Aug 2018Fluid, Nightclub and Premises, 20 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HL
Received 10 Aug 2018Flat 10, The Moorings, 71 The Bourne, Hastings, TN34 3BD
Received 10 Aug 2018Flat 2 First Floor, 77 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BJ
Received 10 Aug 201867 Sedlescombe Road South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TJ
Received 10 Aug 2018Land adjoining, 14-16 Harley Way, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 13 Aug 2018219 Priory Road, Hastings, TN34 3JB
Received 13 Aug 201818 Gresham Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UE
Received 13 Aug 20184 Pelham Crescent, Hastings, TN34 3AF
Received 13 Aug 2018Chalet 22, High Beech Chalet Park, Washington Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BS
Received 8 Aug 2018Hastings Pier, White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JY
Received 14 Aug 201834 Devonshire Road, Hastings, TN34 1NF
Received 10 Aug 2018Land to the Rear of 81 Lower Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2LE
Received 14 Aug 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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