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St Leo's, London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AS

HS/FA/26/00036Full Planning PermissionAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Retrospective change of use from Class E (formerly A1/A3 retail and café) to mixed use: Class E (retail, café, markets and community uses) and Sui Generis (wedding ceremonies, wedding receptions, private hire events, live music and cultural events), together with variation of opening hours.

Received
20 January 2026
Decision due
4 May 2026
Public comments
62 · last counted 26 October 2026
Ward
CENTRAL ST LEONARDS
  1. Received20 Jan
  2. Validated9 Mar
  3. Consult.4 May
  4. Target4 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 4 May.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (27)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at St Leo's, London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6AS. Hastings has handled 387 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 20 January 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the St Leonards North conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across CENTRAL ST LEONARDS. We hold 173 applications in total for the TN37 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
TN37 6AS
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 March 2026
Consultation expiry
20 March 2026
Consultation start
9 April 2026
Last date for comments
4 May 2026
Committee meeting
8 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Zoe Taylor
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 March 2026
Site notice start
20 March 2026

Additional information

Documents
27
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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.

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