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.
7,826 approved · 1,162 refused · 656 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Queens Road & 15 Russell Street, Hastings, TN34 1QY
Received 27 Mar 2019Upper Promenade above The Little Fish and Chip Shop(Goat Ledge), Warrior Square, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6FA
Received 27 Mar 2019Ground Floor Flat, 38 Eversfield Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DB
Received 27 Mar 2019The Havelock Public House, 27 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BP
Received 26 Mar 2019The Havelock Public House, 27 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BP
Received 26 Mar 2019Site of former 57 - 59, Western Road, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 28 Mar 20195 Burdett Place, Hastings, TN34 3ED
Received 27 Mar 2019Woods House,(The Old Observer Building), Telford Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LY
Received 28 Mar 201914 Beauharrow Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BL
Received 21 Mar 2019Ground Floor, Havelock Place, Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BP
Received 28 Mar 2019Land adjacent Ashbrooke Lodge, 268 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JL
Received 29 Mar 201946 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0EJ
Received 29 Mar 2019Rocklands Private Caravan Park, Rocklands Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DY
Received 28 Mar 2019Woodland Cottage, 15 Hollington Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SE
Received 1 Apr 20197 Upper Glen Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AX
Received 1 Apr 201945 Cambridge Gardens, Hastings, TN34 1EN
Received 1 Apr 201943-44 Cambridge Gardens, Hastings, TN34 1EN
Received 1 Apr 2019Land East Of, Burgess Road, Hastings
Received 2 Apr 201914 Tackleway, Hastings, TN34 3DE
Received 1 Apr 2019Flat 5, 16 Markwick Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RE
Received 1 Apr 2019Flat 5, 16 Markwick Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RE
Received 1 Apr 201926-28 Tower Road West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RG
Received 2 Apr 201916 Charles Road West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RU
Received 2 Apr 201970 Alexandra Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6LE
Received 2 Apr 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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