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.
8,420 approved · 1,227 refused · 713 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Jan 2010 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21A Caves Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BY
Received 3 Jan 2022Miniature Golf and Crazy Golf Courses on the Stade, Marine Parade, Hastings, TN34 3AG
Received 5 Jan 202231 Conqueror Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8DD
Received 5 Jan 2022Flat, 30A George Street, Hastings, TN34 3EA
Received 24 Dec 2021Shop and Premises, 20 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6NH
Received 5 Jan 20229 York Buildings, Wellington Place, Hastings, TN34 1NY
Received 6 Jan 20229 York Buildings, Wellington Place, Hastings, TN34 1NY
Received 6 Jan 2022239 Hillside Road, Hastings, TN34 2QY
Received 6 Jan 20227 Saxon Court, Chapel Park Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6JZ
Received 6 Jan 20222 The Russets, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7FA
Received 6 Jan 2022The Old Brewery, High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ER
Received 7 Jan 2022The Old Brewery, High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ER
Received 7 Jan 2022St Marks United Reformed Church, Hughenden Place, Hastings, TN34 3TB
Received 7 Jan 2022Bus Shelter Adjacent Tesco Express, Old London Road, Hastings
Received 7 Jan 20223 The Byeway, Hastings, TN34 2AY
Received 10 Jan 20227 The Coppice, Hastings, TN34 1YR
Received 10 Jan 202235 Springfield Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TY
Received 10 Jan 2022Valetta, 84 Croft Road, Hastings, TN34 3HB
Received 10 Jan 20223 Edmund Road, Hastings, TN35 5JY
Received 10 Jan 20229 Redmayne Drive, Hastings, TN34 1RD
Received 10 Jan 202221 Perth Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7EA
Received 11 Jan 2022175 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7ER
Received 29 Dec 20213 Pelham Crescent, Hastings, TN34 3AF
Received 10 Jan 2022Mission Church (St Annes), 11 Chambers Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9HY
Received 12 Jan 2022Records 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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