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28 St Andrews Square, Hastings, TN34 1SR

HS/EX/26/00084Cert. of Lawful Use/Development (extg)Refused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 1 July 2026

Council decision: REFUSED PERMISSION1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for an Existing Use as a small HMO within Use Class C4 (3?6 occupants)

Received
10 February 2026
Public comments
10
Ward
CASTLE
Agent
C. B. Wright & Associates Ltd
  1. Received
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.8 Apr
  4. Target8 Apr
  5. Decided1 Jul

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 28 St Andrews Square, Hastings, TN34 1SR. Hastings has handled 9 applications of this type. This one was decided in 140 days, 12 weeks longer than Hastings's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across CASTLE. We hold 549 applications in total for the TN34 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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Why it was refused

  1. The application does not provide sufficient evidence to show continuous use as a small House of Multiple Occupation (HMO) Use Class C4 for the required 10 year period to meet the requirements of Part 7, section 171B of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended). The use as applied for is not therefore considered to be lawful and a certificate of lawfulness cannot be granted under Section 191 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended). First Schedule: Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for an Existing Use as a small HMO within Use Class C4 (3–6 occupants) Second Schedule: Plans/Documents assessed

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
TN34 1SR
Application type
Cert. of Lawful Use/Development (extg)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 February 2026
Consultation start
26 February 2026
Last date for comments
8 April 2026
Target decision date
8 April 2026
Decision issued
30 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
C. B. Wright & Associates Ltd
Agent address
123 Marlborough Road, Gillingham, ME7 5HD

Planning decision

Case officer
Zoe Taylor
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
27
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (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.

Source: Hastings

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