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.
7,517 approved · 1,128 refused · 637 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
162 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7EN
Received 26 Feb 201817 Hoover Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7TA
Received 23 Feb 201823 Springfield Valley, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RP
Received 8 Feb 2018Glenwood, 151 Old Roar Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HH
Received 26 Feb 20187 Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LQ
Received 26 Feb 2018Land West of Helios and North of, Gillsmans Hill, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 27 Feb 2018244A St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2NE
Received 27 Feb 2018Homedane House, Denmark Place, Hastings, TN34 1PQ
Received 28 Feb 2018123 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BN
Received 1 Mar 201845 Hillside Road, Hastings, TN34 2JX
Received 1 Mar 201856 Edmund Road, Hastings, TN35 5LF
Received 1 Mar 2018Shop and Premises, 3 East Beach Street, Hastings, TN34 3AR
Received 2 Mar 20182 Hardwicke Road, Hastings, TN34 3PF
Received 2 Mar 2018St Dominics Nursing Home, 71 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PA
Received 1 Mar 20182 Trafalgar Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7QP
Received 2 Mar 20182 Langham Close, Hastings, TN34 2JQ
Received 5 Mar 2018Ground First and Second Floor Flat, 89 Milward Road, Hastings, TN34 3RS
Received 5 Mar 20186 Barnfield Close, Hastings, TN34 1TS
Received 5 Mar 201854 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LS
Received 5 Mar 20185 Maplehurst Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7NB
Received 5 Mar 2018Bridge Cafe adjacent, 83 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AJ
Received 1 Mar 201812 Brookland Close, Hastings, TN34 2DF
Received 6 Mar 201855 Priory Avenue, Hastings, TN34 1UH
Received 7 Mar 201823 Martineau Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DS
Received 6 Mar 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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