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.
8,764 approved · 1,274 refused · 749 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Laleham Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JH
Received 31 Oct 202387 Priory Road, Hastings, TN34 3JJ
Received 1 Nov 2023Woodlands, 15 Gillsmans Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SJ
Received 3 Nov 202360 Springfield Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TU
Received 10 Nov 202317 Dunclutha Road, Hastings, TN34 2JA
Received 10 Nov 2023Site of former 59, High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EN
Received 13 Nov 202337 Gensing Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HE
Received 13 Nov 20239-15 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 13 Nov 202327 Boscobel Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NY
Received 13 Nov 20236 Barham Close, Hastings, TN34 2PA
Received 13 Nov 202370 Ghyllside Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2QH
Received 13 Nov 202317 Cookson Gardens, Hastings, TN35 5QH
Received 14 Nov 2023Land Between, 395-403 Bexhill Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AS
Received 14 Nov 202360 Plynlimmon Road, Hastings, TN34 3LU
Received 14 Nov 20231 Oxford Terrace, Hastings, TN34 3DH
Received 15 Nov 2023Flat 5, 6 Markwick Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RE
Received 15 Nov 20236 Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LQ
Received 8 Nov 202337 Winterbourne Close, Hastings, TN34 1XQ
Received 10 Nov 2023The Knoll, 129 Old Roar Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HD
Received 17 Nov 202320 Branksome Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UA
Received 20 Nov 202310 Lyndhurst Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2BD
Received 20 Nov 2023Pinders Shaw, 2 Pinders Walk, Hastings, TN35 5HD
Received 13 Nov 20239 Old House Gardens, Hastings, TN34 2JS
Received 21 Nov 202387 Collinswood Drive, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0NX
Received 22 Nov 2023Records 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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