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.
7,918 approved · 1,172 refused · 669 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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3 Plynlimmon Road, Hastings, TN34 3LT
Received 23 Oct 201919 Park Drive, Hastings, TN34 2PR
Received 24 Oct 2019577 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AX
Received 28 Oct 2019Land Adjoining Fishponds Cottages, Barley Lane, Hastings Country Park, Hastings
Received 28 Oct 201950 Sedlescombe Road South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TJ
Received 10 Sept 201974 Mildenhall Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7EF
Received 24 Oct 2019114 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PQ
Received 29 Oct 2019219 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5LU
Received 30 Oct 201932 Ashford Road, Hastings, TN34 2HA
Received 28 Oct 2019Land to the East of, 109 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 31 Oct 2019Land rear of, 28-42 Barley Lane, Hastings
Received 1 Nov 2019The Tabernacle Evangelical Church, Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1DJ
Received 31 Oct 2019311 The Ridge (St Helens Church Hall), Hastings, TN34 2RA
Received 6 Nov 201923 Hazelwood Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HL
Received 6 Nov 2019Zion Cottage, 43 Ebenezer Road, Hastings, TN34 3BS
Received 4 Nov 2019117 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AU
Received 4 Nov 2019Shop and Premises, 122 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RP
Received 4 Nov 2019Land rear of, 111-114 Marina,(adjacent to Sussex Road), St Leonards-on-sea
Received 5 Nov 2019D Arcy Hall, White Rock Gardens, Hastings, TN34 1LD
Received 5 Nov 2019Christ Church, 458 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BG
Received 5 Nov 2019Christ Church, 458 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BG
Received 5 Nov 201957 Ashford Way, Hastings, TN34 2HG
Received 5 Nov 2019Great Ridge Farmhouse, 2 Sandhurst Gardens, Hastings, TN34 2SW
Received 5 Nov 2019189 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RG
Received 7 Nov 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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