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.
7,935 approved · 1,172 refused · 669 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
5 Cross Street, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DP
Received 19 Nov 2019Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, Bohemia Road, Hastings, TN34 1ET
Received 19 Nov 2019Bulverhythe Retail Park, Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 19 Nov 2019Dudley Infant Academy, Harold Road, Hastings, TN35 5NJ
Received 22 Nov 2019128 Ashford Road, Hastings, TN34 2HJ
Received 20 Nov 2019Pinnacle Court, 284 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BU
Received 20 Nov 2019Hatherley Road Garages rear of 111 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AU
Received 21 Nov 201939 Milward Road, Hastings, TN34 3RP
Received 21 Nov 20196 Lower Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2LB
Received 21 Nov 2019Church Wood, (rear of 11 Whittlewood Close), Church In The Wood Lane, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 19 Nov 2019Basement, 251 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AN
Received 22 Nov 2019Chalet 84, High Beech Chalet Park, Washington Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BS
Received 22 Nov 2019Wolseley,(Unit 2), The Ridge West,, St Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings, TN37 7PJ
Received 22 Nov 2019Lloyds Pharmacy, 128 Battle Road, St Leonards-On-Sea, TN37 7AN
Received 22 Nov 2019Land adjacent to Ironlatch Cottages, The Suttons, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9RA
Received 25 Nov 201920 Priory Close, Hastings, TN34 1UJ
Received 25 Nov 2019Priory Meadow Shopping Centre (Adjoining Primark), Access Road Priory Meadow, Hastings, TN34 1PH
Received 25 Nov 2019Rose Cottage, 4 Gillsmans Hill, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 25 Nov 2019Baird Academy, Parker Road, Hastings, TN34 2DE
Received 29 Nov 2019Bulverhythe Retail Park, Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 26 Nov 20193 Laurel Walk, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9RH
Received 27 Nov 2019443 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BH
Received 27 Nov 2019152 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7EN
Received 27 Nov 2019Basement, 1A The Mount, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HR
Received 2 Dec 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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