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Hastings Central Library, 13 Claremont, Hastings TN34 1HE

HS/3544/CCLBListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 28 April 2026

Council decision: Granted

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Listed building consent for the partial change of use of the second floor of the library building from an adult learning use (Use Class F1(a)) to a Register office (Use Class E(g)(i)), including internal layout reconfiguration and the installation of stud walls to create 4 consultation rooms and a ceremony space

Submitted
13 March 2026
  1. Received13 Mar
  2. Validated13 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided28 Apr

Decided in 46 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a listed building consent application for a change of use at Hastings Central Library, 13 Claremont, Hastings TN34 1HE. East Sussex has handled 2 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 2 weeks quicker than East Sussex's typical decision time. The site is in the Hastings Town Centre conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 553 applications in total for the TN34 postcode area.

100% of all applications at East Sussex County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TN34 1HE
Application type
Listed Building Consent

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 March 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (18)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    13 Mar

    Listed building consent for the partial change of use of the second floor of the library building from an…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consentHS/3544/CCLB
  2. 2026
    11 Mar

    Partial change of use of the second floor of the library building from an adult learning use (Use Class…

    ApprovedCounty Council DevelopmentFiled alongsideHS/3542/CC

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