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26 Kings Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DU

HS/EX/26/00064Cert. of Lawful Use/Development (extg)Refused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 1 April 2026

Council decision: REFUSED PERMISSIONDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for an Existing Use of ground floor as Takeaway Bar and Kitchens with ancillary service area of accommodation below to the Lower Ground Floor

Received
4 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
CENTRAL ST LEONARDS
Agent
Westall Walker Associates
  1. Received4 Feb
  2. Validated4 Feb
  3. Consult.1 Apr
  4. Target1 Apr
  5. Decided1 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 26 Kings Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DU. Hastings has handled 9 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the King's Road, St Leonards conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across CENTRAL ST LEONARDS 2018. We hold 173 applications in total for the TN37 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
TN37 6DU
Application type
Cert. of Lawful Use/Development (extg)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 February 2026
Consultation start
13 February 2026
Last date for comments
1 April 2026
Target decision date
1 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Westall Walker Associates
Agent address
Westwood House, 7 Holmsdale Gardens, Hastings, TN34 1LY

Planning decision

Case officer
Louise Brooks
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
12
Constraints
12

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: King's Road, St Leonards
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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.

Source: Hastings

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