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.
9,650 approved · 1,382 refused · 800 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
19 Robertson Street, Hastings
Received 15 May 2025The John Logie Baird Public House, 29-31 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BE
Received 15 May 202518 Robertson Street, Hastings
Received 16 May 2025105 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AD
Received 16 May 2025Corner Plot, Land at Enviro21 Park, Queensway Avenue South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9AG
Received 16 May 20257 Kathleen Close, Hastings, TN34 1DG
Received 16 May 2025827 The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PX
Received 16 May 2025137 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2AB
Received 19 May 2025Land at and South of Holmhurst St Mary, (Rear of 6 Westdean Close), The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 20 May 2025Queen Anne Statue, Holmhurst St Mary, The Ridge, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PT
Received 21 May 20252A Ridgewood Gardens, Hastings, TN34 2LZ
Received 9 May 2025114 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AG
Received 22 May 2025Former Broomgrove Power Station Site, Broomgrove Road, Hastings
Received 23 May 202595 Winterbourne Close, Hastings, TN34 1XQ
Received 27 May 20253 Cumberland Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QL
Received 26 May 2025The Knoll, 129 Old Roar Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HD
Received 26 May 2025Ground Floor, 10 Markwick Terrace, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0RE
Received 26 May 202537 Old Harrow Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7EG
Received 29 May 2025Recreation Ground Opposite Ore Village Primary Academy, Rye Road, Hastings
Received 29 May 2025Shop and Premises, 1-2 Trinity Street, Hastings, TN34 1HG
Received 21 May 202552 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings, TN34 3SH
Received 29 May 20259 Ledsham Way, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7LG
Received 21 May 202551 St Helens Down, Hastings, TN34 2BG
Received 20 May 2025Former The St Leonards Academy Darwell Campus, Darwell Close, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JP
Received 30 May 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.
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