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40 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2LQ

HS/FA/20/00811Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 17 February 2021

Council decision: REFUSED PERMISSIONDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from dwellinghouse (C3) to a 6 bedroom HMO (C4)

Received
2 November 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
BRAYBROOKE 2018
Agent
DD Architects
  1. Received2 Nov
  2. Validated2 Dec
  3. Consult.27 Jan
  4. Target27 Jan
  5. Decided17 Feb

Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 40 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2LQ. Hastings has handled 387 applications of this type. This one was decided in 107 days, 7 weeks longer than Hastings's typical decision time. The site is in the Blacklands, Hastings conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 2 applications across BRAYBROOKE 2018. We hold 549 applications in total for the TN34 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
TN34 2LQ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 December 2020
Consultation expiry
18 December 2020
Consultation start
23 April 2021
Neighbour consultation start
23 April 2021
Last date for comments
27 January 2021
Target decision date
27 January 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
DD Architects
Agent address
Plumpton Pit Stop, Ditchling Road, Plumpton, Lewes, BN7 3AF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
18 December 2020
Site notice start
18 December 2020

Appeal

Appeal reference
W/21/3269972
Appeal result
DISMISSED

Appeal history

3269972
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 6 July 2021Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
36
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.

  • Conservation area: Blacklands, Hastings
  • 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2021
    25 Feb

    Change of use from dwellinghouse (C3) to a 6 bedroom HMO (C4)

    RefusedFull Planning PermissionHS/FA/21/00193

Source: Hastings

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