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.
7,852 approved · 1,163 refused · 662 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ground and Part Lower Ground Floor, 3-4 Tower Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6JE
Received 24 May 2019West St Leonards Community Centre, 130 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BL
Received 24 May 2019199 Frederick Road, Hastings, TN35 5AU
Received 24 May 201923 Dudley Road, Hastings, TN35 5JP
Received 24 May 201919 Chalvington Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7SB
Received 24 May 2019187 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BG
Received 27 May 2019Land adjacent to 1 Welton Rise, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7RG
Received 24 May 20191 St Matthews Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TN
Received 25 May 201979 William Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DE
Received 23 May 2019Caple Ne Ferne, 2A Albany Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LN
Received 28 May 2019Top Floor Flat, 75 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LR
Received 28 May 2019Offerfair 6-8 Brook Way, Hastings, TN35 4NN
Received 29 May 201939A Tackleway, Hastings, TN34 3BU
Received 29 May 2019The Cutter, 11-13 East Parade, Hastings, TN34 3AL
Received 30 May 2019Helenswood Sports Centre, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PS
Received 30 May 2019The Cutter, 11-13 East Parade, Hastings, TN34 3AL
Received 30 May 201997 Hollington Old Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9DP
Received 30 May 201951 Gresham Way, (Rear of ) St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UG
Received 30 May 2019Land rear of 6 Sedlescombe Road South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TA
Received 31 May 201964 Quebec Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9HJ
Received 31 May 20199 Wesley Salmon Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0GE
Received 30 May 2019Land West of Helios and North of, Gillsmans Hill, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 31 May 201960 Elphinstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2ED
Received 4 Jun 2019Beauport Holiday Park, The Ridge West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PP
Received 3 Jun 2019Records 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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