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.
7,826 approved · 1,162 refused · 656 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Selmeston Close, Hastings, TN34 1TH
Received 20 Mar 201926 Kensington Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9TL
Received 25 Mar 2019136 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BT
Received 20 Mar 2019D Arcy Hall, White Rock Gardens, Hastings, TN34 1LD
Received 21 Mar 20196A Greville Road, Hastings, TN35 5AL
Received 22 Mar 2019Land East Of, Burgess Road, Hastings
Received 25 Mar 201914 Claremont (The Printworks), Hastings, TN34 1HA
Received 20 Mar 20195 Conqueror Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DD
Received 21 Mar 20193 St Clements Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DT
Received 22 Mar 2019146A Milward Road, Hastings, TN34 3RT
Received 25 Mar 20197 Ironlatch Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JE
Received 25 Mar 201936 Devonshire Road, Hastings, TN34 1NF
Received 25 Mar 20191A Robertson Street,(previously The Spectacle Hut),Hastings, TN34 1HL
Received 25 Mar 2019HSBC, 4-5 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HW
Received 22 Mar 2019HSBC, 4-5 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HW
Received 22 Mar 2019Crown House, 57 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BE
Received 22 Mar 2019Crown House, 57 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BE
Received 22 Mar 20192 Shardan Place, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7GD
Received 25 Mar 20192 Carinus Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7NS
Received 25 Mar 2019Sussex Waste Management site, Whitworth Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PZ
Received 12 Mar 2019The Havelock Public House, 27 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BP
Received 26 Mar 201961 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AB
Received 26 Mar 20196 Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LQ
Received 26 Mar 2019Fernwood Care Home, 30 Fern Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UH
Received 27 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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