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Curtis Storage (Lancing) Ltd, Bulverhythe Depot, 161 Bulverhythe Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AF

HS/EX/25/00715Cert. of Lawful Use/Development (extg)Refused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 3 March 2026

Council decision: REFUSED PERMISSIONDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for an Existing Use as self storage units (Class B8)

Received
28 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
WEST ST LEONARDS
  1. Received28 Nov
  2. Validated28 Nov
  3. Consult.23 Jan
  4. Target23 Jan
  5. Decided3 Mar

Decided in 95 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Curtis Storage (Lancing) Ltd, Bulverhythe Depot, 161 Bulverhythe Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8AF. Hastings has handled 9 applications of this type. This one was decided in 95 days, 6 weeks longer than Hastings's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across WEST ST LEONARDS. We hold 197 applications in total for the TN38 postcode area.

86% of all 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
TN38 8AF
Application type
Cert. of Lawful Use/Development (extg)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 November 2025
Consultation start
19 December 2025
Last date for comments
23 January 2026
Target decision date
23 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Parker Dann
Agent address
Unit 42 Sussex Innvoation Centre, Science Park Square, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9SB

Planning decision

Case officer
Louise Brooks
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
21
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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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