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.
7,865 approved · 1,164 refused · 664 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Plynlimmon Road, Hastings, TN34 3LT
Received 1 Jul 20198 Berlin Road, Hastings, TN35 5JD
Received 2 Jul 20192 Brookdale, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7FE
Received 1 Jul 2019Former Methodist Church, 325 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BE
Received 2 Jul 2019134 Ashburnham Road, Hastings, TN35 5LJ
Received 2 Jul 2019237 Little Ridge Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HN
Received 2 Jul 2019237 Little Ridge Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HN
Received 2 Jul 201921 Cambridge Gardens, Hastings, TN34 1EH
Received 1 Jul 201955 Priory Avenue, Hastings, TN34 1UH
Received 2 Jul 2019Flat 1, 17 Priory Avenue, Hastings, TN34 1UH
Received 2 Jul 201972 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JJ
Received 28 Jun 20197 Knoll Rise, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NT
Received 28 Jun 2019Land adjacent to 71 West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 25 Jun 2019Little Warren Cottage, Hastings Country Park, Fairlight Road, Hastings, TN35 4AA
Received 2 Jul 2019Helenswood Academy Lower School, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PS
Received 2 Jul 2019125A Ashford Road, Hastings, TN34 2HY
Received 3 Jul 20199 Maplehurst Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7NA
Received 3 Jul 2019Lantern House, 142 Martineau Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DR
Received 4 Jul 2019Chalet 27, High Beech Chalet Park, Washington Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BS
Received 4 Jul 20191A Wykeham Road, Hastings, TN34 1UA
Received 3 Jul 2019Congregational Church, London Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 4 Jul 20193 Mews Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0EA
Received 4 Jul 201914 Prospect Place, Hastings, TN34 1LN
Received 4 Jul 201935 Ghyllside Drive, Hastings, TN34 2NA
Received 5 Jul 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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