West Hill Cafe, Castle Hill Road, Hastings, TN34 3RD
Approved on 21 November 2025
Council decision: GRANTED PERMISSIONDelegated (officer decision)12 conditions
Proposal
Temporary mobile kiosk serving food and drink located adjacent to the existing West Hill Cafe- Relocate the position of the kiosk such that the existing cafe internal front area can be utilised for internal cafe seating.
- Received
- 2 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Hastings Borough Council
- Ward
- CASTLE
- Agent
- Poroban Limited
- ReceivedReceived2 Oct
- ValidatedValidated2 Oct
- Consult.Consultation27 Nov
- TargetTarget Date27 Nov
- DecidedDecided21 Nov
Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at West Hill Cafe, Castle Hill Road, Hastings, TN34 3RD. Hastings has handled 387 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Hastings's typical decision time. The site is in the Old Town, Hastings conservation area. There have been 4 other applications 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.
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 3RD
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 17 October 2025
- Consultation start
- 7 October 2025
- Last date for comments
- 27 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 27 November 2025
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Poroban Limited
- Architect profile
- POROBAN LIMITED
- Agent address
- 43 Madron Street, London, SE17 2LE
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Tom Bagshaw
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 17 October 2025
- Site notice start
- 17 October 2025
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Old Town, 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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202610 Sep
Variation of Condition 3 (Sections) of Listed Building Consent HS/LB/26/00127
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)HS/LB/26/00528 - 20266 Mar
Demolition of the existing café and toilets and redevelopment to form a single storey visitor centre with…
ApprovedListed building consentHS/LB/26/00127 - 202616 Feb
Demolition of the existing café and toilets and redevelopment to form a single storey visitor centre with…
ApprovedFull Planning PermissionHS/FA/26/00093 - 202514 Apr
Temporary mobile kiosk serving food and drink located adjacent to the existing West Hill Cafe
ApprovedFull Planning PermissionHS/FA/25/00214
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