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.
7,787 approved · 1,162 refused · 652 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5A Hollinghurst Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JU
Received 15 Nov 2018Priory Meadow Shopping Centre, Priory Meadow, Hastings, TN34 1PH
Received 15 Nov 2018Cave within East Hill behind no 31, Rock a Nore Road, Hastings
Received 16 Nov 20184 Selmeston Close, Hastings, TN34 1TH
Received 16 Nov 2018The Stade Family Amusement Park, The Stade, Hastings, TN34 3AR
Received 16 Nov 201829 Church Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6HA
Received 14 Nov 2018Second Floor Flat, 37 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RA
Received 19 Nov 2018Flat,(1st, 2nd & Loft Floor), 43 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HL
Received 19 Nov 201868 Elphinstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2EB
Received 19 Nov 2018115 Marina ( Rear garden fronting Caves Road), St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BN
Received 19 Nov 2018South Saxon House Surgery, 4 Whatlington Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9TE
Received 20 Nov 20188 Malcolm Peth, 11 Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LQ
Received 20 Nov 201827-29 White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JY
Received 20 Nov 20181 Playden Gardens, Hastings, TN34 2SH
Received 23 Nov 201877 Alfred Road, Hastings, TN35 5HZ
Received 23 Nov 201843 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HL
Received 27 Nov 2018Conquest Hospital, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7RD
Received 23 Nov 20187 Valley Side Road, Hastings, TN35 5AD
Received 23 Nov 2018Flat 15, Charmaine Court, 1-3 St Margarets Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EH
Received 26 Nov 2018Flat 5, 19 St Margarets Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EH
Received 23 Nov 201843 Fairstone Close, Hastings, TN35 5EZ
Received 27 Nov 2018Whitebeach Care Home, 24 Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LA
Received 29 Nov 201816 Dunclutha Road, Hastings, TN34 2JA
Received 28 Nov 2018First and Second Floor Flat, 117 All Saints Street, Hastings, TN34 3BG
Received 28 Nov 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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