67 Sedlescombe Road South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TJ Data via plota.co.uk

HS/FA/25/00739 - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Change of use of ground floor storage/reception room (Sui Generis) to an office (Class E(g)(i)), and reception room changed to an additional bedroom within a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) (Sui Generis), increasing number of bedrooms from 6 to 7 (retrospective) (amended description) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Dec 2025
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Validated
9 Jan 2026
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Consultation
10 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 changes would not harm the conservation area, residents, neighbours, highways or parking.
  • Consultees raised no objections, and no public responses were received.
  • The committee voted unanimously to grant permission subject to conditions.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, consultation responses, officer assessment, committee questions, vote and decision.

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

Documents 24

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Site constraints 5

Springfield Road, St Leonards 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 ↗
Local nature reserve about 164 m away: Ponds 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.
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
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; 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.

Sales history 3

Last sold for £530,000 in July 2024. Detached house, freehold.

26 July 2024£530,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale
21 May 2004£400,000
16 July 2001£180,000

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
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
TN38 0TJ
Received
10 Dec 2025
Validated
9 Jan 2026
Ward
SILVERHILL 2018
Case officer
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Decision
GRANTED PERMISSION
Decision date
10 Jun 2026
Decision level
PLANNING COMMITTEE
Applicant
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Agent
GD Surveyors Ltd
Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 152 days from validation, 90 days slower than Hastings's median of 62 for changes of use. Approved, as 64% 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
10 Mar 2026
Site or press notice
10 Mar 2026
Committee
10 Jun 2026
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

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

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.