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VIVE, Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BE

HS/FA/24/00302Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 15 October 2024

Council decision: GRANTED PERMISSIONDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from student and tourist accommodation to mixed use of student (C2), tourist (C1) and temporary/emergency accommodation (Sui Generis).

Received
19 April 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
CASTLE 2018
Agent
Smith Simmons and Partners
  1. Received19 Apr
  2. Validated4 Jun
  3. Consult.3 Sep
  4. Target3 Sep
  5. Decided15 Oct

Decided in 133 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at VIVE, Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BE. Hastings has handled 387 applications of this type. This one was decided in 179 days, 18 weeks longer than Hastings's typical decision time. The site is in the Hastings Town Centre conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 6 applications across CASTLE 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 1BE
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 June 2024
Consultation expiry
21 June 2024
Consultation start
23 July 2024
Last date for comments
3 September 2024
Target decision date
3 September 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Smith Simmons and Partners
Agent address
32 North Street, Chichester, PO19 1LX

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 June 2024
Site notice start
21 June 2024

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
39
Constraints
22

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: Hastings Town Centre
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Hastings Town Centre
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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