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.
7,814 approved · 1,162 refused · 654 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
137-138 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BT
Received 25 Jan 2019253 Parker Road, Hastings, TN34 3UA
Received 25 Jan 2019First Floor & second floors, 2-6 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DG
Received 28 Jan 201959 Filsham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PG
Received 28 Jan 201910 Alfred Road, Hastings, TN35 5HX
Received 29 Jan 201963 George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EE
Received 28 Jan 201963 George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EE
Received 28 Jan 201970 Mount Road, Hastings, TN35 5LA
Received 28 Jan 201972 Mount Road, Hastings, TN35 5LA
Received 28 Jan 201945 Cambridge Gardens, Hastings
Received 29 Jan 201999 Vale Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6PX
Received 30 Jan 2019Basement Flat, 14 St Johns Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6HP
Received 31 Jan 20194 Clinton Crescent, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RW
Received 31 Jan 2019Rose Lodge, The Roundel, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HE
Received 4 Feb 2019Land to the rear of Former Hollington Methodist Church, 325 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BE
Received 5 Feb 2019223 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BH
Received 5 Feb 2019Bullet Cafe, 38 & 38A Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HT
Received 5 Feb 2019Bullet Cafe, 38 & 38A Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HT
Received 5 Feb 201919 Cornwallis Terrace, Hastings, TN34 1EB
Received 5 Feb 201926 Ironlatch Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JE
Received 7 Feb 2019Rear Of, 22 Percy Road, Hastings, TN35 5AR
Received 6 Feb 2019St Helens Church Hall, The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2RA
Received 6 Feb 201959 Priory Road, Hastings, TN34 3JJ
Received 8 Feb 2019Shearbarn Holiday Park, Barley Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DX
Received 8 Feb 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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