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.
8,134 approved · 1,193 refused · 692 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
12 Friars Way, Hastings, TN34 2AZ
Received 28 Sept 202018 The Heights, Hastings, TN35 5EP
Received 26 Sept 20201 Brede Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7QT
Received 30 Sept 202029 Nelson Road, Hastings, TN34 3RX
Received 29 Sept 2020Store 4, Bottle Alley, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6FD
Received 29 Sept 202064 Bexleigh Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BB
Received 29 Sept 2020130 Harold Road, Hastings, TN35 5NN
Received 29 Sept 20201 The Mount, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HR
Received 29 Sept 2020338 Harold Road, Hastings, TN35 5NF
Received 30 Sept 20208 Mistral Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7RY
Received 30 Sept 20209 St Nicholas Mansions, 171-173 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6LS
Received 30 Sept 2020Land to the rear of 825 The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PX
Received 30 Sept 202033 Burry Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6QY
Received 1 Oct 2020104A High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ES
Received 1 Oct 202059 Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BY
Received 1 Oct 2020Filsham Nurseries, 37 Charles Road West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RT
Received 2 Oct 2020Filsham Nurseries, 37 Charles Road West, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RT
Received 2 Oct 202020 Park View, Hastings, TN34 2HE
Received 2 Oct 20201 Knoll Rise, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NT
Received 2 Oct 202035 - 39 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0EG
Received 2 Oct 2020Fluid, Nightclub and Premises, 20 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HL
Received 2 Oct 20205 North Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RD
Received 5 Oct 2020All Souls Church, Berlin Road, Hastings, TN35 5JB
Received 5 Oct 202010 The Byeway, Hastings, TN34 2AY
Received 5 Oct 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage