17 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HL
Approved on 2 January 2025
Council decision: GRANTED PERMISSIONDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Change of use of part of basement and ground floors and of 1st / 2nd / 3rd / 4th floors from Class E (Offices) to form 3 x flats, loft extension and dormer alterations, alterations to the shop front and to existing fenestration along the front and rear elevations, and introduction of a new residential entrance, refuse store and cycle store at basement and ground floor levels (Amended description)
- Received
- 11 September 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Hastings Borough Council
- Ward
- CASTLE 2018
- Agent
- J Butterworth Planning
- ReceivedReceived11 Sep
- ValidatedValidated11 Sep
- Consult.Consultation6 Nov
- TargetTarget Date6 Nov
- DecidedDecided2 Jan
Decided in 113 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 17 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HL. Hastings has handled 387 applications of this type. This one was decided in 113 days, 8 weeks longer than Hastings's typical decision time. The site is in the Hastings Town Centre conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 1HL
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 September 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 8 November 2024
- Consultation start
- 29 November 2024
- Last date for comments
- 6 November 2024
- Target decision date
- 6 November 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- J Butterworth Planning
- Agent address
- 71-75 Shelton Street, London, WC2H 9JQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 8 November 2024
- Site notice start
- 8 November 2024
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: Hastings Town Centre
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 (19)
flood storage areas, 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.
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Associated applications
- 202524 Jun
Discharge of condition 8 (details of new external doorsets and windows) of Planning Permission HS/FA/24/00636
RefusedDischarge of conditionsHS/CD/25/00358 - 202411 Sep
Change of use of part of basement and ground floors and of 1st / 2nd / 3rd / 4th floors from Class E…
This applicationApprovedFullHS/FA/24/00636
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