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.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Hastings Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
7,659 approved · 1,144 refused · 647 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Morrisons, 170 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RN
Received 23 Apr 2018126 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BN
Received 23 Apr 2018126 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BN
Received 23 Apr 201883 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AJ
Received 23 Apr 201828A St Matthews Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TT
Received 24 Apr 2018280 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BA
Received 24 Apr 2018Brook Way Business Park, Brook Way, Ivy House Lane, Hastings
Received 24 Apr 2018Ground Floor, 62 Vale Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6PS
Received 25 Apr 201897 and 97A Fairlight Road, Hastings, TN35 5EJ
Received 23 Apr 2018Rocklands Private Caravan Park, Rocklands Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DY
Received 25 Apr 201814 Park Drive, Hastings, TN34 2PR
Received 25 Apr 20182 East Parade, Hastings, TN34 3AL
Received 26 Apr 2018Minnis Rock, 1 High Wickham, Hastings, TN35 5PB
Received 25 Apr 2018Willowbank, 15 Beauharrow Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BL
Received 25 Apr 20189 Courthouse Street, Hastings, TN34 3AU
Received 26 Apr 2018Morrisons, 170 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RN
Received 26 Apr 201851 Woodland Vale Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6JJ
Received 26 Apr 2018Rear of 64 - 74, Hughenden Road, Hastings, TN34 3TG
Received Not published43 Plynlimmon Road,(Flat 2), Hastings, TN34 3LX
Received 26 Apr 20189 Shining Cliff, Hastings, TN34 2GT
Received 20 Apr 201811 Field Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DL
Received 23 Apr 201850 Upper Broomgrove Road, Hastings, TN34 3PH
Received 25 Apr 201868 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0EJ
Received 27 Apr 201868 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0EJ
Received 27 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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