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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Hastings Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
7,867 approved · 1,164 refused · 665 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 Brookdale, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7FE
Received 5 Jul 2019Land adjacent 20, Tedder Terrace, Hastings, TN35 4JP
Received 5 Jul 20197 St Margarets Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EN
Received 8 Jul 20195 Burdett Place, Hastings, TN34 3ED
Received 8 Jul 20195 Burdett Place, Hastings, TN34 3ED
Received 8 Jul 2019Basement, 3 Ellenslea Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6HX
Received 9 Jul 2019Part of the former Spyway School building, Hollington Park School Grounds, Gillsmans Hill, St Leonards-On-Sea, TN38 0SP
Received 9 Jul 2019Old Hastings House, 132 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ET
Received 9 Jul 2019Old Hastings House, 132 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ET
Received 9 Jul 20199 Tillington Terrace, Hastings, TN35 5JS
Received 10 Jul 201928 Tackleway, Hastings, TN34 3DA
Received 10 Jul 20191 - 12 Eversfield Mews, Western Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DS
Received 10 Jul 20191 East Ascent, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DS
Received 10 Jul 201910 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PB
Received 11 Jul 201910 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PB
Received 11 Jul 2019115 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JW
Received 15 Jul 2019Greenhouse, Alexandra Park, St Helens Road, Hastings
Received 15 Jul 2019Basement Flat, 14 St Johns Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6HP
Received 15 Jul 2019Former Filsham Nurseries, 37 Charles Road West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RT
Received 16 Jul 20194 Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BA
Received 16 Jul 20194 Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BA
Received 16 Jul 20197 St Margarets Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EN
Received 17 Jul 2019White Rock Fountain (Seafront), Hastings TN34 1JL
Received 19 Jul 2019Land rear of 10, Elphinstone Road, Hastings
Received 19 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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