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.
9,415 approved · 1,342 refused · 793 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Jul 2003 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Shop and Premises, 150 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RN
Received 19 Nov 20241 Coxheath Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8ES
Received 29 Nov 2024Brass Monkey, Public House and Premises, 18 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BP
Received 29 Nov 2024100 & 100A High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ES
Received 29 Nov 202440 Edwin Road, Hastings, TN35 5JT
Received 29 Nov 2024Former Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 29 Nov 2024Lennox House, 69 Pine Avenue, Hastings
Received 21 Nov 2024Flat 3, 24 Holmesdale Gardens, Hastings, TN34 1LY
Received 20 Nov 20249 Amherst Road, Hastings, TN34 1TT
Received 3 Dec 20247 West Street, Hastings, TN34 3AN
Received 3 Dec 20247 West Street, Hastings, TN34 3AN
Received 3 Dec 202468-71 Castleham Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9NU
Received 5 Dec 2024Former Ashdown House, Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB
Received 6 Dec 2024Shop and Premises, 29 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DA
Received 6 Dec 2024476 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5BG
Received 6 Dec 2024120 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BN
Received 6 Dec 2024120 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BN
Received 9 Dec 2024104C High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ES
Received 10 Dec 2024Warehouse rear of 15 - 21 Norman Road, South Street, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AP
Received 10 Dec 202493 Pevensey Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LR
Received 10 Dec 202430 Church Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6HA
Received 10 Dec 2024Flat 2, 1-2 Villa Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EJ
Received 10 Dec 202437 Pinders Road, Hastings, TN35 5HE
Received 10 Dec 202412 Prospect Place, Hastings, TN34 1LN
Received 11 Dec 2024Records 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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