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.
7,687 approved · 1,148 refused · 648 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 East Parade, Hastings, TN34 3AL
Received 4 Jun 201822 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2LG
Received 5 Jun 2018Queensbury House, 1 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BP
Received 5 Jun 201833 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ER
Received 5 Jun 201833 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ER
Received 5 Jun 20181 Cockcrow Wood, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HW
Received 6 Jun 2018Flat 8, Wilton House, 1 Grosvenor Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0AG
Received 7 Jun 2018427 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2RT
Received 7 Jun 201837 Charles Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QQ
Received 7 Jun 201816 Pilot Road, Hastings, TN34 2AP
Received 8 Jun 201826 High Beech Chalet Park, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BS
Received 11 Jun 2018Top Floor Flat, 30 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PN
Received 11 Jun 201818 Ore Place, Hastings, TN34 2LR
Received 11 Jun 201879 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JW
Received 7 Jun 2018The Little Fish and Chip Shop, Lower Promenade, Warrior Square, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6FA
Received 13 Jun 2018The Little Fish and Chip Shop, Lower Promenade, Warrior Square, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6FA
Received 13 Jun 201847 Park View, Hastings, TN34 2HF
Received 11 Jun 201822 Devonshire Road, Hastings, TN34 1NE
Received 12 Jun 2018Store 1, Bottle Alley, Eversfield Place, Lower Promenade, St Leonards-on-sea TN37 6FD
Received 13 Jun 201859 Madeira Drive, Hastings, TN34 2NH
Received 13 Jun 201843-49 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0EQ
Received 14 Jun 2018Ararart Supermarket, 43 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HL
Received 14 Jun 201843 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HL
Received 14 Jun 201843 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HL
Received 14 Jun 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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