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.
7,637 approved · 1,140 refused · 647 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
161 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BG
Received 6 Apr 2018182 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RG
Received 6 Apr 2018182 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RG
Received 6 Apr 201814 Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BP
Received 6 Apr 20184 Essenden Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NW
Received 6 Apr 201836-44 Amherst Road, (Former Horntye Allotments),Hastings, TN34 1TT
Received 6 Apr 2018Basement and Ground Floor, 60 Southwater Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6JS
Received 9 Apr 20187 Warrior Square, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6BA
Received 10 Apr 2018Basement, 25 Albany Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LP
Received 10 Apr 20182 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings, TN34 3SB
Received 10 Apr 2018Second Floor And Third Floor Flat, 4 Markwick Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RE
Received 6 Apr 2018Second Floor And Third Floor Flat, 4 Markwick Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RE
Received 6 Apr 201811 Edward Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6ES
Received 9 Apr 2018The Stade Family Amusement Park, The Stade, Hastings, TN34 3AR
Received 10 Apr 2018The Stade Family Amusement Park, The Stade, Hastings, TN34 3AR
Received 10 Apr 2018Shop and Premises, 20 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6NH
Received 11 Apr 2018Shop and Premises, 20 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6NH
Received 11 Apr 20185A East Ascent, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DS
Received 11 Apr 20184 Brunel Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9RT
Received 11 Apr 2018Land rear of, 28-42 Barley Lane, Hastings
Received 12 Apr 20184 Pelham Crescent, Hastings, TN34 3AF
Received 12 Apr 201812 Mill Lane, Hastings, TN35 4LJ
Received 12 Apr 2018Great Ridge Farmhouse, 2 Sandhurst Gardens, Hastings, TN34 2SW
Received 12 Apr 2018Land to the rear of 11 Linton Road, Hastings, TN34 1TN
Received 13 Apr 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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