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.
7,662 approved · 1,144 refused · 647 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
47 Upper Glen Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AY
Received 25 Apr 20187 Adelaide Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9DA
Received 30 Apr 201826 Upper Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6SL
Received 27 Apr 20186-8 Pelham Arcade, Pelham Place, Hastings, TN34 3AE
Received 30 Apr 2018Site of Former Robert De Mortain Public House, The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2RD
Received 30 Apr 20189 High Wickham, Hastings, TN35 5PB
Received 30 Apr 201824-25 Alfred Street, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HD
Received 30 Apr 201818 Gresham Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UE
Received 1 May 201825 Coneyburrow Gardens(land adjacent), St Leonards-on-sea
Received 1 May 201819 East Parade, Hastings, TN34 3AL
Received 1 May 2018Priory Meadow Shopping Centre, Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1PH
Received 2 May 2018Pelham Cottage, 1 Pelham Place, Hastings, TN34 3AD
Received 2 May 2018209 Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JJ
Received 2 May 201812 Oakfield Road, Hastings, TN35 5AX
Received 2 May 2018Willowbank, 15 Beauharrow Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BL
Received 26 Apr 201862 St Marys Terrace, Hastings, TN34 3LR
Received 3 May 2018Winchester House, 93 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LR
Received 3 May 2018Winchester House, 93 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LR
Received 3 May 20182 Truman Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7TH
Received 3 May 201817 Vicarage Road, Hastings, TN34 3LZ
Received 4 May 201854 Baldslow Road, Hastings, TN34 2EY
Received 4 May 2018206 Old Church Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LR
Received 4 May 20181 The Mount, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HR
Received 2 May 2018137 Hughenden Road, Hastings, TN34 3TF
Received 7 May 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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