HS/FA/25/00642

1. 27 Oct 2025

   Received by Hastings

2. 22 Dec 2025

   Decision issued: GRANTED PERMISSION

3. 25 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.

Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go: siting, design, access and landscaping are all fixed at this stage. It is the standard route for new buildings, conversions and changes of use. The statutory target is eight weeks for smaller schemes and thirteen weeks for major development, though complex cases often take longer by agreement.

More on full applications applications in our guide

• HS/FA/25/00574 Granted

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

  Temporary mobile kiosk serving food and drink located adjacent to the existing West Hill Cafe- Relocate the position of the kiosk such that the existing cafe internal front area can be utilised for internal cafe seating.

  2 Oct 2025 75m away Full applications
• HS/FA/26/00093 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 (mixed use Class E and Class F1) and reprovision of toilets on the site of the existing West Hill Café. Creation of a new pathway/boardwalk and installation of external lighting on pathways. Installation of air source heat pumps and solar panels and associated landscaping improvements (amended description)

  16 Feb 2026 75m away Full applications
• HS/FP/26/00427 Awaiting decision

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

  Request for an Order under Section 257 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to extinguish part of Public Footpath HAS/288/1 to enable development associated with planning application HS/FA/26/00093

  10 Jul 2026 75m away
• 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.

  6 Mar 2026 75m away Heritage and listed buildings
• HS/FA/25/00553 Awaiting decision

  59 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RE

  Conversion of first floor from ancillary space of Class E barbershop to Class C3 self-contained one-bedroom residential flat (amended description)

  24 Sep 2025 162m away Full applications
• HS/FA/26/00119 Refused

  65 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RE

  Proposed change of use of ground floor from Class E (retail) to mixed use Class E (restaurant) and Sui Generis (hot food takeaway) with alterations to the shopfront. Change of use of first floor from Class E (retail) to studio flat (Class C3) . First floor rear extension. Installation of extraction vent to rear elevation. Use of roof of ground floor rear extension as courtyard including siting of refuse storage. Installation of two rooflights (amended description)

  2 Mar 2026 162m away Full applications

• HS/FA/26/00155 Granted

  Mardan Court, 2 Upper Maze Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0LH

  Installation of 3 replacement external doors providing access to the communal areas.

  18 Mar 2026 Full applications
• HS/FA/26/00132 Granted

  ALDI, 555 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PB

  Planning application for siting an InPost Parcel Locker

  10 Mar 2026 Full applications
• HS/FA/26/00280 Granted

  45 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HL

  Changes to fenestration to include changing a window to a door on the rear elevation and adding an AOV(Automatic Opening Vent) on the roof.

  11 May 2026 Full applications
• HS/FA/26/00257 Refused

  Second Floor And Third Floor Flat, 22 Charles Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0QH

  Subdivision of 2nd and 3rd floor maisonette into 2no. self contained flats. Extension to front elevation dormer window.

  27 Apr 2026 Full applications
• HS/FA/26/00436 Awaiting decision

  19D Church Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6EF

  Provide external outdoor terrace area on existing flat roof above 2nd floor kitchen.

  17 Jul 2026 Full applications