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.
7,733 approved · 1,153 refused · 651 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Lifeguard Hut at Pelham Beach, Pelham Place, Hastings
Received 10 Aug 2018Former Lifeguard Hut at Pelham Beach, Pelham Place, Hastings
Received 10 Aug 201883 Hughenden Road, Hastings, TN34 3TF
Received 14 Aug 20183 Conqueror Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DD
Received 14 Aug 201861 Churchill Avenue, Hastings, TN35 4LD
Received 14 Aug 20182 Ridgewood Gardens, Hastings, TN34 2LZ
Received 16 Aug 201865 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NF
Received 16 Aug 2018Ground Floor Flat, 6 Coghurst Road, Hastings, TN35 5AS
Received 17 Aug 201817 Combermere Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RS
Received 16 Aug 2018141 Beaconsfield Road, Hastings, TN34 3TW
Received 17 Aug 2018139 Beaconsfield Road, Hastings, TN34 3TW
Received 17 Aug 201817 White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JY
Received 17 Aug 2018137 Milward Road, Hastings, TN34 3RT
Received 17 Aug 2018126 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BN
Received 17 Aug 2018126 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BN
Received 17 Aug 2018Medlow Court, 56 Eversfield Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DB
Received 17 Aug 2018Castlemaine, 4 Avondale Road and Castlemaine Cottage, 5 Gillsmans Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SA
Received 20 Aug 201859 Madeira Drive, Hastings, TN34 2NH
Received 20 Aug 2018Miniature Golf and Crazy Golf Courses on the Stade, Marine Parade, Hastings, TN34 3AG
Received 20 Aug 2018151 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2EH
Received 21 Aug 20182B White Rock Gardens, Hastings, TN34 1LD
Received 21 Aug 2018Unit Su42, Queens Parade, Priory Meadow, Hastings, TN34 1PH
Received 22 Aug 201847 Warrior Square, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6BG
Received 20 Aug 2018101 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NF
Received 22 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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