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Former Observer Building, 53 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1DT

HS/CD/24/00374Discharge of ConditionsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 31 July 2024

Council decision: GRANTED PERMISSIONDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Discharge of condition 9 (external walls and roof cladding materials) of Planning Permission HS/FA/23/00706 (Refurbishment of the existing Observer Building rooftop with single storey extensions. Works include; fit-out and thermal upgrades to existing internal spaces to create The Town Room - drinking establishment with food (Class E(B) & Sui Generis), general repair works throughout to prevent water ingress, creation of accessible roof terrace, and erection of 2no extensions to create a rooftop venue with flexible community meeting spaces and provision of activities for local young people (mix of Class F2(b) and F2(c)). This application is for a reduced massing of the existing planning permission reference: HS/FA/20/00320 (Amended description).)

Received
16 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
CASTLE 2018
  1. Received16 May
  2. Validated16 May
  3. Consult.11 Jul
  4. Target11 Jul
  5. Decided31 Jul

Decided in 76 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Former Observer Building, 53 Cambridge Road, Hastings, TN34 1DT. Hastings has handled 124 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 3 weeks longer than Hastings's typical decision time. The site is in the Hastings Town Centre conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 6 applications across CASTLE 2018. We hold 549 applications in total for the TN34 postcode area.

93% of conditions applications at Hastings Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TN34 1DT
Application type
Discharge of Conditions
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 May 2024
Consultation start
24 May 2024
Last date for comments
11 July 2024
Target decision date
11 July 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
IF_DO
Agent address
A215 The Biscuit Factory, Bermondsey, London, SE16 4DG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Hastings Town Centre
  • Listed building: Grade II: 14 ClaremontOn or next to this site
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Hastings Town Centre
  • Brownfield land register: Former Observer Building, 53 Cambridge Road, HastingsRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

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.

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