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.
8,637 approved · 1,256 refused · 731 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Jan 2010 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bohemia Lodge, Clarence Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6SH
Received 30 Nov 2022Woodbank, 8 St Helens Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2JT
Received 1 Dec 2022Units A and E, Brook Way, Hastings
Received 2 Dec 2022391 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BD
Received 5 Dec 2022Promenade Opposite 48-49 Eversfield Place, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 5 Dec 2022Former University of Brighton in Hastings (now VIVE), Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BE
Received 5 Dec 202233 Parkstone Road, Hastings, TN34 2NR
Received 6 Dec 2022148 Milward Road, Hastings, TN34 3RT
Received 28 Nov 2022The Old Penny School House, 31 Magdalen Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6ET
Received 6 Dec 2022The Old Penny School House, 31 Magdalen Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6ET
Received 6 Dec 2022Land and trees east of, Harkness Drive, Hastings, TN34 2LS
Received 6 Dec 20222 Larch Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RZ
Received 8 Dec 202220 Hoads Wood Road, Hastings, TN34 2BJ
Received 9 Dec 202294 Burry Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6QX
Received 9 Dec 20225 St Marys Road, Hastings, TN34 3LN
Received 9 Dec 202222 Stockleigh Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JP
Received 1 Dec 20226 Collinswood Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NU
Received 12 Dec 202214 Beauharrow Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BL
Received 13 Dec 202214 Ironlatch Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JE
Received 13 Dec 20228 Grosvenor Crescent, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BX
Received 13 Dec 2022Shop and Premises, 82 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RN
Received 7 Dec 202220 Winchelsea Lane, Hastings, TN35 4LG
Received 6 Dec 2022High Beech Chalet Park, (Adjacent to Chalet no 98), Washington Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BS
Received 6 Dec 2022Combe Haven Holiday Park, Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BZ
Received 13 Dec 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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