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.
7,909 approved · 1,167 refused · 666 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Flat 6, 24 Charles Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QH
Received 7 Oct 201977 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2LH
Received 7 Oct 201978 Alexandra Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6LE
Received 7 Oct 2019Land East of Newts way, Newts Way, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 7 Oct 2019Shop and Premises LHS, Lacuna Place, Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BG
Received 8 Oct 2019The White Rock Hotel, 1-10 White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JU
Received 8 Oct 2019Lennox House, 141 The Ridge, Hastings
Received 11 Oct 2019205 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AJ
Received 9 Oct 2019Site of, 4-5 Stockleigh Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JP
Received 10 Oct 2019Grove House, Grove Road, Hastings, TN35 4JS
Received 14 Oct 2019The Bath House, West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NA
Received 23 Sept 2019Offices and Premises, 307 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AH
Received 14 Oct 2019440 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7NY
Received 10 Oct 201912-14 Maunsell Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9NN
Received 10 Oct 20196 Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LQ
Received 11 Oct 201923 Dudley Road, Hastings, TN35 5JP
Received 15 Oct 201910 Hollinghurst Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JP
Received 11 Oct 2019Wychnour Cottage, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BP
Received 11 Oct 201929 Earl Street, Hastings, TN34 1SG
Received 11 Oct 2019Top Maisonette, 167 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6LS
Received 14 Oct 2019406-410 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BB
Received 17 Oct 20198 Lancaster Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 17 Oct 2019Lennox House, 69 Pine Avenue, Hastings
Received 17 Oct 2019529 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2SB
Received 14 Oct 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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