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The Old Rectory, 2-4 Harold Road, Hastings, TN35 5ND

HS/FA/20/00627Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 16 December 2020

Council decision: GRANTED PERMISSIONDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use of garage and store from Hotel (C1) to a mixed use of cafe and retail (Class E previously A3 and A1) works to include new side & front doors, and rooflights.

Received
7 September 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
OLD HASTINGS 2018
Agent
Oaten Architects
  1. Received7 Sep
  2. Validated7 Sep
  3. Consult.2 Nov
  4. Target2 Nov
  5. Decided16 Dec

Decided in 100 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at The Old Rectory, 2-4 Harold Road, Hastings, TN35 5ND. Hastings has handled 387 applications of this type. This one was decided in 100 days, 6 weeks longer than Hastings's typical decision time. The site is in the Old Town, Hastings conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 6 applications across OLD HASTINGS 2018. We hold 902 applications in total for the TN35 postcode area.

91% of full 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
TN35 5ND
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 September 2020
Consultation expiry
9 October 2020
Consultation start
24 September 2020
Last date for comments
2 November 2020
Target decision date
2 November 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
Oaten Architects
Architect profile
OATEN ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
33 West Street, Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 3AN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
9 October 2020
Site notice start
9 October 2020

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
19
Constraints
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2020
    7 Sep

    Change of use of garage and store from Hotel (C1) to a mixed use of cafe and retail (Class E previously A3…

    This applicationApprovedFullHS/FA/20/00627
  2. 2020
    7 Sep

    Change of use of garage and store from Hotel (C1) to a mixed use of cafe and retail (Class E previously A3…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideHS/LB/20/00628

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