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Holy Trinity Church, Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HT

HS/FA/26/00120Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 11 May 2026

Council decision: GRANTED PERMISSION5 conditions

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

Proposal

Proposed new roof ladder on the side of the Robertson Street tower, two new small roof top ventilation terminations for new toilet facilities at the east end and an inset galvanised steel handrail between roof pitches at the west end of the valley gutter.

Received
2 March 2026
Ward
CASTLE
Agent
Thomas Ford and Partners
  1. Received
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.13 May
  4. Target13 May
  5. Decided11 May

About this application

This is a full planning application at Holy Trinity Church, Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HT. Hastings has handled 387 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than Hastings's typical decision time. The site is in the Hastings Town Centre conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 1HT
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 March 2026
Consultation expiry
27 March 2026
Consultation start
18 March 2026
Last date for comments
13 May 2026
Target decision date
13 May 2026
Decision issued
10 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Thomas Ford and Partners
Architect profile
THOMAS FORD & PARTNERS LIMITED
Agent address
Thomas Ford and Partners, 177 Kirkdale, Sydenham, SE26 4QH

Planning decision

Case officer
Louise Brooks
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 March 2026
Site notice start
27 March 2026

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
25
Constraints
24

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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
  • Heritage at Risk Register: 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 (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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