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.
7,820 approved · 1,162 refused · 656 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
64 Canute Road, Hastings, TN35 5HT
Received 18 Feb 201917 The Heights, Hastings, TN35 5EP
Received 13 Feb 201984 Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DW
Received 18 Feb 201984 Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DW
Received 18 Feb 2019Rose Cottage, 4 Gillsmans Hill, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 18 Feb 2019Rose Cottage, 4 Gillsmans Hill, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 18 Feb 2019The Anchor Inn, 13 George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EG
Received 19 Feb 2019The Anchor Inn, 13 George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EG
Received 19 Feb 20198 Undercliff, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DH
Received 19 Feb 201926 Beauharrow Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BL
Received 19 Feb 20191 Harold Road, Hastings, TN35 5NJ
Received 21 Feb 201956 Blackman Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9EE
Received 20 Feb 201919 Hollington Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SE
Received 19 Feb 201948 Hurrell Road, Hastings, TN34 3PN
Received 19 Feb 201968 Lower Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2LD
Received 20 Feb 2019Land to the North Side of, Lancaster Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 19 Feb 2019Ye Olde Pump House, 64 George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EE
Received 20 Feb 2019The Hastings Arms, 2 George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EG
Received 20 Feb 2019The Hastings Arms, 2 George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EG
Received 20 Feb 201917 Hollington Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SE
Received 21 Feb 2019Ye Olde Pump House, 64 George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EE
Received 21 Feb 2019512 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AY
Received 21 Feb 2019514 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AY
Received 21 Feb 201933 North Street, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0EX
Received 25 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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