1-3 Robertson Street (Former Owens), Hastings, TN34 1HL Data via plota.co.uk

HS/FA/25/00532 - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Insertion of a pair of new doors into an existing shop front on ground floor, front elevation. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
12 Sept 2025
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Validated
24 Sept 2025
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Consultation
9 Oct 2025
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Approved
10 Nov 2025

Approved on 10 Nov 2025 · DELEGATED · Last checked 15 Oct 2026

Documents 23

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF FINAL DELEGATED REPORT Report · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Decision Decision · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF DESIGN, ACCESS AND HERITAGE STATEMENT Other · 26 Sept 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 16

PDF PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN Amended Plans · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED FRONT ELEVATION Amended Plans · 9 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF BLOCK PLAN Amended Plans · 9 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED COMMERCIAL ENTERNACE PART PLAN Amended Plans · 9 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED COMMERCIAL ENTERNACE SECTION Amended Plans · 9 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED COMMERCIAL ENTERANCEFRONT ELEVATION Amended Plans · 9 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED COMMERCIAL ENTRANCE PART PLAN Superseded Drawing · 26 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED COMMERCIAL ENTRANCE SECTION Superseded Drawing · 26 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED COMMERCIAL ENTRANCE ELEVATION Superseded Drawing · 26 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF SITE LOCATION PLAN Drawing · 26 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 26 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF EXISTING ELEVATION Drawing · 26 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN Superseded Drawing · 26 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF SITE WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN Drawing · 26 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED ELEVATION Superseded Drawing · 26 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF BLOCK PLAN Superseded Drawing · 26 Sept 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 16 Sept 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 2

PDF CONSERVATION OFFICER COMMENTS (CONS OFFICER) Consultee Comment · 13 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF CONSERVATION OFFICER COMMENTS (CONS OFFICER) Consultee Comment · 7 Oct 2025 View ↗

Other documents 1

IMG Site Notice Site Notice · 14 Oct 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 6

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
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 ↗
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 ↗
Special protection area 115 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.
9 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Former Memorial Photographic Studios, Grade II, 48 m away · 9 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
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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Other new applications on this street

1 Jun 2026Approved

19 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HL

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11 May 2026Approved

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24 Jun 2026Approved

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9 Jun 2026Approved

Part first floor. 1-3 Robertson Street, (Former Owens), Hastings, TN34 1HN

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Important details

Council
Hastings
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
TN34 1HL
Received
12 Sept 2025
Validated
24 Sept 2025
Ward
CASTLE
Case officer
Show
Target decision
19 Nov 2025
Decision
GRANTED PERMISSION
Decision date
10 Nov 2025
Decision level
DELEGATED
Applicant
Show
Agent
Haines Phillips Architects

How this decision compares

Decided in 47 days from validation, 13 days faster than Hastings's median of 60 for full applications. Approved, as 78% of full applications here are.

47%decided within 8 weeks
78%approved
9%go to committee

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 15 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
9 Oct 2025
Site or press notice
17 Oct 2025
Statutory expiry
19 Nov 2025

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
1-3 Robertson Street, (Former Owens), Hastings, TN34 1HN
Insertion of a new doorset comprising 4no. doors into an existing opening in the existing…
HS/FA/25/00709
2025 Approved
1-3 Robertson Street, (Former Owens), Hastings, TN34 1HN
Insertion of a new doorset comprising 4no. doors into an existing opening in the existing…
HS/FA/25/00709
2025 Approved
Lansdowne Hotel, 1-2 Robertson Terrace, Hastings, TN34 1JE
Erection of six storey rear extension to accommodate lift. Formation of new windows on si…
HS/FA/25/00596
2025 Approved
Lansdowne Hotel, 1-2 Robertson Terrace, Hastings, TN34 1JE
Erection of six storey rear extension to accommodate lift. Formation of new windows on si…
HS/FA/25/00596
2025
Part first floor. 1-3 Robertson Street, (Former Owens), Hastings, TN34 1HN
Change of use from an Amusements with video and pinball games to a sports bar hosting ind…
HS/FA/26/00005
2025
Part first floor. 1-3 Robertson Street, (Former Owens), Hastings, TN34 1HN
Change of use from an Amusements with video and pinball games to a sports bar hosting ind…
HS/FA/26/00005
2025 Approved
The Chatsworth Hotel, 7 Carlisle Parade, Hastings, TN34 1JG
Change of Use from Residential Institution to provide short stay accommodation for Intern…
HS/FA/25/00633
2025 Approved
The Chatsworth Hotel, 7 Carlisle Parade, Hastings, TN34 1JG
Change of Use from Residential Institution to provide short stay accommodation for Intern…
HS/FA/25/00633
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
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
Shop and Premises, 1-2 Trinity Street, Hastings, TN34 1HG
Change of use from commercial, business and service (Class E) to a single dwellinghouse (…
HS/FA/25/00426
2025 Approved
Shop and Premises, 1-2 Trinity Street, Hastings, TN34 1HG
Change of use from commercial, business and service (Class E) to a single dwellinghouse (…
HS/FA/25/00426
2025 Refused
Lansdowne Hotel, 1-2 Robertson Terrace, Hastings, TN34 1JE
Erection of six storey rear extension to accommodate lift. Erection of two storey rear ex…
HS/FA/25/00071
2025 Refused
Lansdowne Hotel, 1-2 Robertson Terrace, Hastings, TN34 1JE
Erection of six storey rear extension to accommodate lift. Erection of two storey rear ex…
HS/FA/25/00071
2025 Approved
1-3 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HN
Change of use of an area of the first floor from Sui Generis to Class E (commercial).
HS/FA/25/00205
2025 Approved
1-3 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HN
Change of use of an area of the first floor from Sui Generis to Class E (commercial).
HS/FA/25/00205
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
2024 Approved
The Chatsworth Hotel, 7 Carlisle Parade, Hastings, TN34 1JG
Change of Use from C1 Hotel to C2 Residential Institution to provide short-stay accommoda…
HS/FA/24/00704
2024 Approved
The Chatsworth Hotel, 7 Carlisle Parade, Hastings, TN34 1JG
Change of Use from C1 Hotel to C2 Residential Institution to provide short-stay accommoda…
HS/FA/24/00704
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
2020 Approved
Basement Shop and Premises, 10 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1DJ
Variation of condition 4 (opening hours) of Planning Permission HS/FA/20/00491 (Change of…
HS/FA/20/00927
2020 Approved
Basement Shop and Premises, 10 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1DJ
Variation of condition 4 (opening hours) of Planning Permission HS/FA/20/00491 (Change of…
HS/FA/20/00927
2020 Approved
Flat 1, 3 Robertson Terrace, Hastings, TN34 1JE
Proposed rear extension to second floor level to form a studio. Repositioning of high lev…
HS/FA/20/00738
2020 Approved
Flat 1, 3 Robertson Terrace, Hastings, TN34 1JE
Proposed rear extension to second floor level to form a studio. Repositioning of high lev…
HS/FA/20/00738
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings