Indoor Bowls Centre, White Rock Pleasure Gardens, Falaise Road, Hastings, TN34 1EU Data via plota.co.uk

HS/FA/26/00073 - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Proposed reconfiguration and replacement of windows from White Critall style windows to white upvc windows, with new upvc doors to front elevations and the installation of Cedral cladding to front and part flank elevations. Remedial repairs to concrete canopy and metal painted first floor posts supporting roof overhang above.(amended description) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
9 Feb 2026
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Consultation
5 Mar 2026
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Committee
10 Jun 2026
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Approved
10 Jun 2026

Approved on 10 Jun 2026 · PLANNING COMMITTEE · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Hastings Planning Committee on 10 Jun 2026.

Approved unanimously

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the works would not harm the building, wider area or neighbouring residential amenity.
  • No objections were received from consultees or the public, while a councillor questioned the choice of white UPVC windows.
  • The committee unanimously granted full planning permission subject to conditions.
Read how the committee decided The proposed works, site history, officers’ assessment, consultation, committee debate, vote and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Hastings's committee minutes of 10 Jun 2026.

Site constraints 3

Local nature reserve about 221 m away: Summerfields Wood
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.
Also on the record
Conservation area about 57 m away: Magdalen Road, St Leonards; 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 11 September 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.

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Important details

Council
Hastings
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
TN34 1EU
Received
9 Feb 2026
Validated
9 Feb 2026
Ward
CENTRAL ST LEONARDS 2018
Case officer
Show
Decision
GRANTED PERMISSION
Decision date
10 Jun 2026
Decision level
PLANNING COMMITTEE
Applicant
Show
Agent
Baker Architectural Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 121 days from validation, 66 days slower than Hastings's median of 55 for extensions. Approved, as 82% of extensions here are.

56%decided within 8 weeks
82%approved
155decided 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

Consultation
5 Mar 2026
Site or press notice
23 Apr 2026
Committee
10 Jun 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