25 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BP Data via plota.co.uk

HS/PA/26/00242 - PA Part 3 Class MA Refused
Change of useNew homesCommercial premises

Proposal

Notification for prior approval for change of use of upper floors from commercial (use Class E) to two flats (C3) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
17 Apr 2026
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Consultation
20 Apr 2026
✗
Refused
8 Jun 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 8 Jun 2026 · DELEGATED · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents 23

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Decision · 8 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF FINAL DELEGATED REPORT Report · 8 Jun 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 3

PDF SENIOR SUSTAINABLE URBAN DRAINAGE AND FLOOD RISK OFFICER Consultee Comment · 1 May 2026 View ↗ PDF PLANNING STATEMENT Other · 20 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF FLOOD RISK STATEMENT Other · 20 Apr 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 13

PDF LOCATION AND BLOCK PLANS Drawing · 20 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING FLOOR PLANS Drawing · 20 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED FLOOR PLANS Drawing · 20 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING FRONT AND REAR ELEVATIONS Drawing · 20 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED FRONT AND REAR ELEVATIONS Drawing · 20 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING SIDE ELEVATIONS Drawing · 20 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED SIDE ELEVATIONS Drawing · 20 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING SECTIONS Drawing · 20 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED SECTIONS Drawing · 20 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING ISOMETRIC VIEW Drawing · 20 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED ISOMETRIC VIEW Drawing · 20 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED ISOMETRIC VIEW Drawing · 20 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING ISOMETRIC VIEW Drawing · 20 Apr 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 20 Apr 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 3

PDF WASTE Consultee Comment · 14 May 2026 View ↗ PDF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Consultee Comment · 11 May 2026 View ↗ PDF CONSERVATION OFFICER COMMENTS (CONS OFFICER) Consultee Comment · 21 Apr 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

IMG Site Notice Site Notice · 21 Apr 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

Hastings Town Centre conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From the sea. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
Public footpath about 16 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Heritage at risk: Hastings Town Centre
On the register of historic places assessed as at risk.
A designated building, monument, park or conservation area assessed as at risk from neglect, decay or development. Proposals that secure its future are looked on favourably.
Historic England ↗
Local nature reserve about 204 m away: Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
6 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Former Memorial Photographic Studios, Grade II, about 58 m from the postcode pin · 6 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Hastings built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Building

Floor area196 m² (2,110 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (asset rating 104)
UseRetail/Financial and Professional Services
HeatingHeating and Natural Ventilation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in January 2026, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Hastings
Application type
PA Part 3 Class MA
Postcode
TN34 1BP
Received
17 Apr 2026
Validated
17 Apr 2026
Ward
CASTLE 2018
Case officer
Show
Target decision
12 Jun 2026
Decision
Prior Approval Refused
Decision date
8 Jun 2026
Decision level
DELEGATED
Applicant
Show
Agent
4D Planning
Freehold owner
Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 52 days from validation, 10 days faster than Hastings's median of 62 for changes of use. Refused, as 36% of changes of use here are.

46%decided within 8 weeks
64%approved
5%go to committee

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Hastings in the last twelve months, from validation. Hastings decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
20 Apr 2026
Site or press notice
21 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry
12 Jun 2026

Historical activity at this location

27 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2016 Approved
Alterations to shopfront
HS/FA/16/00249
2016 Approved
Alterations to shopfront
HS/FA/16/00249
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
17 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HL
Variations of conditions 8 (details of new external doorsets and windows) and 11 (details…
HS/FA/25/00497
2025 Approved
1-3 Robertson Street (Former Owens), Hastings, TN34 1HL
Insertion of a pair of new doors into an existing shop front on ground floor, front eleva…
HS/FA/25/00532
2025 Approved
17 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HL
Variations of conditions 8 (details of new external doorsets and windows) and 11 (details…
HS/FA/25/00497
2025 Approved
1-3 Robertson Street (Former Owens), Hastings, TN34 1HL
Insertion of a pair of new doors into an existing shop front on ground floor, front eleva…
HS/FA/25/00532
2025 Approved
NatWest Bank, Bank Chambers, 28 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1GW
Refurbishment of the architectural metalwork to the balconies at first floor level on the…
HS/LB/25/00438
2025 Approved
NatWest Bank, Bank Chambers, 28 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1GW
Refurbishment of the architectural metalwork to the balconies at first floor level on the…
HS/LB/25/00438
2025 Approved
Queensbury House, 1 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BP
Redevelopment of the existing building to provide 80 purpose built shared co-living accom…
HS/FA/25/00083
2025 Approved
Queensbury House, 1 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BP
Redevelopment of the existing building to provide 80 purpose built shared co-living accom…
HS/FA/25/00083
2025 Approved
The John Logie Baird Public House, 29-31 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BE
Removal of the front terraced area in order to extend the internal customer seating to th…
HS/FA/25/00280
2025 Approved
The John Logie Baird Public House, 29-31 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BE
Removal of the front terraced area in order to extend the internal customer seating to th…
HS/FA/25/00280
2025
NatWest Bank, Bank Chambers, 28 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1GW
Installation of two galvanised steel CAT ladders to the rear of the building, providing a…
HS/FA/25/00436
2025
NatWest Bank, Bank Chambers, 28 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1GW
Installation of two galvanised steel CAT ladders to the rear of the building, providing a…
HS/LB/25/00437
2025
NatWest Bank, Bank Chambers, 28 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1GW
Installation of two galvanised steel CAT ladders to the rear of the building, providing a…
HS/FA/25/00436
2025
NatWest Bank, Bank Chambers, 28 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1GW
Installation of two galvanised steel CAT ladders to the rear of the building, providing a…
HS/LB/25/00437
2025 Approved
19 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HL
Change of use of part of the basement and ground floors and change of use of the 1st / 2n…
HS/FA/25/00094
2025 Approved
19 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HL
Change of use of part of the basement and ground floors and change of use of the 1st / 2n…
HS/FA/25/00094
2025 Approved
NatWest Bank, Bank Chambers, 28 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1GW
ATM Collar and ATM shroud to replace existing
HS/AA/25/00064
2025 Approved
NatWest Bank, Bank Chambers, 28 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1GW
Replacement of the external ATM
HS/FA/25/00062
2025 Approved
NatWest Bank, Bank Chambers, 28 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1GW
Replacement of the external ATM and of external signage (amended)
HS/LB/25/00063
2025 Approved
NatWest Bank, Bank Chambers, 28 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1GW
ATM Collar and ATM shroud to replace existing
HS/AA/25/00064
2022 Approved
His Place Church, Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HL
External Repairs ? including masonry, roof, structural steelwork, and windows repairs
HS/LB/22/00161
2022 Approved
NatWest Bank, Bank Chambers, 28 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1GW
Replace all existing signage with new branded signage and window graphics
HS/AA/22/00394
2022 Approved
NatWest Bank, Bank Chambers, 28 Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1GW
Replace all existing signage with new branded signage and window graphics
HS/AA/22/00394
2021 Approved
2 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1DJ
Change of use of 1st, 2nd & 3rd floors from residential (C3) to offices (E(c) & (E(g)(i))
HS/FA/21/00893
2021 Approved
Ground & Lower Ground Floors, 35 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1DJ
Proposed change of use from Shop and Office (Use Class E) to 2 no. residential dwellings…
HS/FA/21/00982
Hastings
Planning Authority Score
3.8/10
Below average
#206 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Hastings ranks #139 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. 50% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (90%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Hastings decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
87%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #172 of 296
90%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #190 of 296
67%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #139 of 296
50%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #224 of 296
73%
Minor dwellings approved
49 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
7 decided (10+ homes)
76%
Change of use approved
25 decided
338
Total decisions
44 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.