Highbury House, 404 The Ridge, Hastings, TN34 2RR Data via plota.co.uk

HS/PR/26/00288 - Certificate of Lawful Use/Dev (prop) Approved

Proposal

Application for a Certificate of Proposed Lawful development for a single storey rear extension. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
12 May 2026
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Approved
8 Jul 2026

Approved on 8 Jul 2026 · DELEGATED · Last checked 17 Jul 2026

Site constraints 4

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Local nature reserve about 334 m away: St Helen's Wood; National landscape about 186 m away: High Weald; 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £200,000 in February 2019. Detached house, freehold.

18 February 2019£200,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Hastings
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Use/Dev (prop)
Postcode
TN34 2RR
Received
12 May 2026
Validated
12 May 2026
Ward
CONQUEST 2018
Case officer
Show
Target decision
8 Jul 2026
Decision
GRANTED PERMISSION
Decision date
8 Jul 2026
Decision level
DELEGATED
Applicant
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Agent
De Novo Associates Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 57 days from validation, about the council's usual 55 days. Approved, as 82% of extensions here are.

57%decided within 8 weeks
82%approved
157decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14929221
Planning Portal ref
PP-14929221
Statutory expiry
7 Jul 2026
Hastings
Planning Authority Score
3.8/10
Below average
#206 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.