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.
9,724 approved · 1,401 refused · 805 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Jul 2003 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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, 1-2 Trinity Street, Hastings, TN34 1HG
Received 28 Jul 20252 Woodcombe, Hastings, TN34 2RU
Received 14 Jul 20259 Upper Glen Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AX
Received 16 Jul 202516 Beaufort Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6QA
Received 28 Jul 2025Land adjoining Hastings Contemporary, Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, TN34 3DW
Received 28 Jul 2025Land at, Station Plaza, Station Approach, Hastings, TN34 1BA
Received 28 Jul 2025Land Adjacent 7 Beynon Way, Hastings, TN34 2AE
Received 29 Jul 202524 Laton Road, Hastings, TN34 2ES
Received 29 Jul 2025Ground Floor, 10 Markwick Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RE
Received 30 Jul 2025NatWest Bank, Bank Chambers, 28 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1GW
Received 31 Jul 2025NatWest Bank, Bank Chambers, 28 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1GW
Received 31 Jul 2025NatWest Bank, Bank Chambers, 28 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1GW
Received 31 Jul 202534A High Street, Hastings, TN34 3ER
Received 21 Jul 2025Hastings Central Library, 13 Claremont, Hastings, TN34 1HE
Received 22 Jul 2025Hastings Central Library, 13 Claremont, Hastings, TN34 1HE
Received 22 Jul 202521 The Croft, Hastings, TN34 3HH
Received 1 Aug 202521 The Croft, Hastings, TN34 3HH
Received 1 Aug 20252 Marianne House, 77 Old London Road, Hastings, TN35 5PQ
Received 4 Aug 20254 Carisbrooke Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JS
Received 21 Jul 2025116 St Helens Down, Hastings, TN34 2AR
Received 24 Jul 2025120 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0BN
Received 5 Aug 2025120 Parker Road, Hastings, TN34 3TT
Received 25 Jul 202550 Middle Road (Land to Rear), Hastings, TN35 5DL
Received 7 Aug 2025Flat above, 47 Kings Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DY
Received 7 Aug 2025Records 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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