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.
7,971 approved · 1,177 refused · 671 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Queensbury House, 1 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BP
Received 14 Jan 2020Hardrada, 5 Hardrada Rise, Hastings, TN34 2PZ
Received 15 Jan 202010 Strongs Passage, Hastings, TN34 3BY
Received 14 Jan 20202 Allegria Court, Quarry Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HQ
Received 14 Jan 2020128 Fairlight Road, Hastings, TN35 5EL
Received 14 Jan 20204 Highlands Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HT
Received 14 Jan 20203 The Mount, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HR
Received 15 Jan 20201 Stanmer Court, Chapel Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6HS
Received 15 Jan 2020Garden Flat, 59 Croft Road, Hastings, TN34 3HJ
Received 15 Jan 2020Site of former, 13-14 Caves Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BY
Received 15 Jan 2020Hastings Motorcycle Centre, 406-410 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BB
Received 15 Jan 2020104 Filsham Road, (Flats 1 & 2), St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0PG
Received 17 Jan 202050 St Marys Terrace, Hastings, TN34 3LR
Received 17 Jan 20202 Wychnour, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BP
Received 17 Jan 2020107 Bulverhythe Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AD
Received 21 Jan 2020Millwood House, Drury Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9BA
Received 21 Jan 2020Millwood House, Drury Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9BA
Received 21 Jan 202074 to 75 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BJ
Received 21 Jan 202018 Harold Road, Hastings, TN35 5NL
Received 21 Jan 202017 Brook Street, Hastings, TN34 1RX
Received 22 Jan 2020Hastings Information Centre, Town Hall, Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1TL
Received 22 Jan 202043 Fairstone Close, Hastings, TN35 5EZ
Received 22 Jan 2020Flat 4,(Second Floor), 207 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6LU
Received 23 Jan 202040 Edmund Road, Hastings, TN35 5LF
Received 23 Jan 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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