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.
7,822 approved · 1,162 refused · 656 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Premier Inn, 1 John Macadam Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DB
Received 4 Mar 2019Croft House, The Croft, Hastings, TN34 3HH
Received 5 Mar 2019107 Bulverhythe Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AD
Received 5 Mar 201950 Sedlescombe Road South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TJ
Received 5 Mar 201916 Carisbrooke Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JS
Received 6 Mar 20198 Amherst Road, Hastings, TN34 1TT
Received 5 Mar 201920 Laton Road, Hastings, TN34 2ES
Received 7 Mar 2019Rocklands Private Caravan Park, Rocklands Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DY
Received 6 Mar 2019Bus shelter fronting, 30-31 Havelock Road, Hastings
Received 6 Mar 2019Bus Shelter opposite 54, The Bourne, Hastings
Received 6 Mar 2019Bus Shelter, Breeds Place, Hastings
Received 6 Mar 2019Bus Shelter Opposite, 26 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1QY
Received 6 Mar 201916 Harold Road, Hastings, TN35 5NL
Received 6 Mar 2019139 Beaconsfield Road, Hastings, TN34 3TW
Received 6 Mar 2019817 The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PX
Received 7 Mar 2019Land at The Hollington Oak, 210 Wishing Tree Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LB
Received 8 Mar 20195A Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PB
Received 7 Mar 2019Former Factory Site, Fellows Road, Hastings, TN34 3TY
Received 7 Mar 20193 Jefferson Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7TS
Received 7 Mar 2019Hastings Lodge, 39-43 Warrior Square, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6BG
Received 7 Mar 2019372 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BJ
Received 7 Mar 2019139 Hoads Wood Road, Hastings, TN34 2BB
Received 8 Mar 2019The Kings Head Inn, 61 Rye Road, Hastings, TN35 5DH
Received 8 Mar 20191A Park Wood Road, Hastings, TN34 2RN
Received 8 Mar 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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