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.
8,085 approved · 1,188 refused · 687 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Apr 2013 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
159 Hillside Road, Hastings, TN34 2QJ
Received 3 Jul 20209 Branksome Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UA
Received 6 Jul 202030 Fairlight Avenue, Hastings, TN35 5HS
Received 6 Jul 202064 Hoads Wood Road, Hastings, TN34 2BA
Received 6 Jul 202068 Park View, Hastings, TN34 2HF
Received 6 Jul 20206 Dymond Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JB
Received 7 Jul 2020128 Linley Drive, Hastings, TN34 2BY
Received 7 Jul 2020Land to the rear of, 25 Richland Close, Hastings, TN35 5ES
Received 7 Jul 202051 Vicarage Road, Hastings, TN34 3LZ
Received 7 Jul 2020Havelock Place, Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BP
Received 9 Jul 2020High Beech Chalet Park, Washington Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BS
Received 9 Jul 2020Ore Place Farm, The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2RA
Received 8 Jul 2020Vehicle Repair Workshop, 31 South Street St Leonards-on-sea, First Floor Club & Premises 3 Western Road, TN37 6AP
Received 8 Jul 2020Rocklands Private Caravan Park, Rocklands Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DY
Received 8 Jul 202029 Fletcher Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7QU
Received 8 Jul 2020Tryst, Croft Road, Hastings, TN34 3HB
Received 9 Jul 2020St Paul's Church of England Primary School, 44 Horntye Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RT
Received 9 Jul 2020Land at Junction of Grange Avenue and, Parkstone Road, Hastings
Received 10 Jul 2020103 Castle Hill Road, Hastings, TN34 3RD
Received 10 Jul 20209 Westmoreland Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9LF
Received 10 Jul 2020Tubman, 57 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1EL
Received 10 Jul 20201-5 Parkstone Parade, Hastings, TN34 2PS
Received 10 Jul 202086 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JW
Received 8 Jul 2020Land to rear of 9 Albany Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LP
Received 13 Jul 2020Records 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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