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8,637 approved · 1,256 refused · 731 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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.
Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 15 Dec 202229 Park Drive, Hastings, TN34 2PR
Received 15 Dec 20226 Springfield Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TU
Received 15 Dec 2022Former The St Leonards Academy Darwell Campus, Darwell Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JP
Received 16 Dec 20226-10 Castleham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9NR
Received 16 Dec 2022Sandown Primary School, The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AA
Received 15 Dec 202218 Applewood Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JS
Received 12 Dec 20225 Claremont, Hastings, TN34 1HA
Received 16 Dec 202221 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DA
Received 16 Dec 2022Unit 2 Lacuna Place, Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BG
Received 16 Dec 2022Shop and Premises, 82 Bohemia Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RN
Received 14 Dec 202218 Queens Apartments, Robertson Terrace, Hastings, TN34 1JN
Received 20 Dec 2022Flat 1, 1 Wykeham Road, Hastings, TN34 1UA
Received 20 Dec 2022Sandrock Cottage, 172 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2RH
Received 20 Dec 202232 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PN
Received 16 Dec 2022440 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7NY
Received 21 Dec 2022York Road Buildings between, 4-6 York Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6PU
Received 21 Dec 202249 St Helens Down, Hastings, TN34 2BG
Received 21 Dec 2022246 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7BA
Received 16 Dec 2022Sainsbury's, John Macadam Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7SQ
Received 21 Dec 2022Flat 4, 75 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BJ
Received 22 Dec 202231 Tackleway, Hastings, TN34 3DA
Received 23 Dec 202229 Langham Road, Hastings, TN34 2JE
Received 23 Dec 2022Former Westerleigh School northern playing field, Hollington Park Close, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 23 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.
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