West Hill Cafe, Castle Hill Road, Hastings, TN34 3RD

This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 3 approved, 0 refused.

• HS/LB/26/00127 Granted

  West Hill Cafe, Castle Hill Road, Hastings, TN34 3RD

  Demolition of the existing café and toilets and redevelopment to form a single storey visitor centre with café, restaurant and bar, takeaway, gallery/interpretation zones, retail and re-provision of toilets on the site of the existing West Hill Café. Creation of a new pathway/boardwalk and installation of external lighting on pathways, wayfinding and signage. Installation of air source heat pumps and solar panels and associated landscaping improvements.

  Decided 8 Jul 2026 Heritage and listed buildings
• HS/FA/26/00093 Granted

  West Hill Cafe, Castle Hill Road, Hastings, TN34 3RD

  Decided 8 Jul 2026

1. 2 Oct 2025

   Received by Hastings

2. 21 Nov 2025

   Decision issued: GRANTED PERMISSION

3. 25 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Hastings granted permission on 21 November 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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• West Hill Cafe, Castle Hill Road, Hastings, TN34 3RD

  HS/LB/26/00127 Submitted 6 Mar 2026 0m away

  Demolition of the existing café and toilets and redevelopment to form a single storey visitor centre with café, restaurant and bar, takeaway, gallery/interpretation zones, retail and re-provision of toilets on the site of the existing West Hill Café. Creation of a new pathway/boardwalk and installation of external lighting on pathways, wayfinding and signage. Installation of air source heat pumps and solar panels and associated landscaping improvements.

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings Demolition 78 docs
  Small domestic

• Footpath HAS/288/1 adjoining West Hill Cafe, Castle Hill Road, Hastings, TN34 3RD

  HS/FP/26/00427 Submitted 10 Jul 2026 0m away

  Request for an Order under Section 257 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to extinguish pa...

  Decided 2 docs

• 9B Castledown Avenue, Hastings, TN34 3RJ

  HS/FA/25/00642 Submitted 27 Oct 2025 75m away

  Replacement of 6 no. timber sliding sash windows with uPvc sliding sash windows to the front, side and rear elevations

  Granted Full applications Windows or glazing 8 docs

• 19 Milward Road, Hastings, TN34 3RP

  HS/FA/26/00405 Submitted 10 Jul 2026 186m away

  87% historically approved · decision due ~28 Oct

  Conversion of Existing C2 Shared House to Large House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) (Sui-Generis) ...

  Awaiting decision 13 docs

• West Hill House, 7 Exmouth Place, Hastings, TN34 3JA

  HS/CD/26/00359 Submitted 12 Jun 2026 223m away

  Discharge of Condition 4: Proposed Foundations and Reconstruction Works of Listed Building Consen...

  Granted 3 docs

• 2 Exmouth Place, Hastings, TN34 3JA

  HS/FA/21/00345 Submitted 9 Apr 2021 223m away

  To convert a window into a doorway

  Granted Householder Windows or glazing 5 docs
  Domestic

• HS/FA/26/00223 Granted

  24 Eversfield Place, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6BY

  Retrospective application for works to the ground floor rear garden areas including new retaining wall

  Received 14 Apr, published by the council 25 Jul 2026 Full applications
• HS/FA/26/00096 Refused

  Aldersgate Terrace, Shepherd Street, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0ET

  Proposed conversion of existing single storey dwelling to form 2no. self contained flats. Proposed roof alteration with raised ridge height and the installation of 6no. conservation roof lights.

  Received 17 Feb, published by the council 25 Jul 2026 Full applications
• HS/FA/26/00261 Granted

  Gensing Manor, 19 Dane Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QW

  Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) and condition 21 (mock windows) of Planning Permission HS/FA/25/00538 - Amendments to lower ground floor fenestration. Alterations to dormers and installation of rooflights. Condition 21 relates to a change to drawing number only as a result of variation to condition 2.

  Received 29 Apr, published by the council 25 Jul 2026 Full applications
• HS/FA/26/00087 Granted

  7 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PB

  Proposed Change of Use of 7 Wellington Square from former Accountants Office (Class E) to single dwelling (Class C3). Installation of conservation rooflight to lower ground floor rear projection. Introduction of slate tiles to rear elevation lean-to projection and reinstatement of a three-over-six vertical sliding sash window to rear dormer.

  Received 13 Feb, published by the council 25 Jul 2026 Full applications
• HS/FA/26/00184 Granted

  130 Harold Road, Hastings, TN35 5NN

  Removal of condition 1 (restrictive occupancy) of Planning Permission HS/FA/67/00554 to allow for occupation as a self-contained residential unit.

  Received 27 Mar, published by the council 25 Jul 2026 Full applications