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.
9,814 approved · 1,423 refused · 805 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Flat 2, 165 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6LS
Received 19 Sept 2025Conquest Hospital, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7RD
Received 22 Sept 202558 Ironlatch Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JN
Received 22 Sept 20257 Sedgebrook Gardens, Hastings, TN34 2SZ
Received 22 Sept 2025land south and west of, Seven Acre Close, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 22 Sept 202526 Gresham Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UE
Received 23 Sept 202528 St Andrews Square, Hastings, TN34 1SR
Received 23 Sept 202559 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RE
Received 24 Sept 2025Land Rear of, 139-143 Ashburnham Road, Hastings, TN35 5LL
Received 24 Sept 2025Hill House, 13 Hill Street, Hastings, TN34 3HU
Received 24 Sept 2025Robsack Wood, Crowhurst Road, St Leonards-on-sea (adjoining 2 Bedgebury Close)
Received 2 Oct 202513 Courthouse Street, Hastings, TN34 3AU
Received 26 Sept 202524 White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JY
Received 26 Sept 202524 White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JY
Received 26 Sept 202514 Gresham Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0UE
Received 25 Sept 202534 Greville Road, Hastings, TN35 5AL
Received 25 Sept 202513 Courthouse Street, Hastings, TN34 3AU
Received 26 Sept 20258 Barnfield Close, Hastings, TN34 1TS
Received 30 Sept 2025Bannow Retirement Home, Quarry Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HG
Received 30 Sept 2025Bannow Retirement Home, Quarry Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0HG
Received 30 Sept 20253 Netherwood Close, Hastings, TN34 2RE
Received 26 Sept 20253 Ellenslea Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6HX
Received 1 Oct 2025The Farm House, Ivyhouse Lane, Hastings, TN35 4NN
Received 1 Oct 2025West Hill Cafe, Castle Hill Road, Hastings, TN34 3RD
Received 2 Oct 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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