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Flat 1, Fairseat Court, 34 Sedlescombe Road South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TB

HS/FA/26/00314Refused

Refused on 11 September 2026

Council decision: REFUSED PERMISSION1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

A proposed planning application for a 1.8m tall fence and gate to front elevation

Received
27 May 2026
Ward
SILVERHILL
  1. Received27 May
  2. Validated7 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Sep

Decided in 66 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Flat 1, Fairseat Court, 34 Sedlescombe Road South, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TB. Hastings has handled 1,077 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 10 days longer than Hastings's typical decision time. The site is in the Springfield Road, St Leonards conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across SILVERHILL. We hold 197 applications in total for the TN38 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. The 1.8m fence and gate to the front elevation results in an incongruous and uncharacteristic form of development that is at odds with the character and appearance of the conservation area. The application is therefore contrary to policy EN1 of the Hastings Planning Strategy (2014) and policies DM1 and HN1 of the Hastings Development Management Plan (2015) and policy HE9 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
TN38 0TB

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Harry Wells

Additional information

Documents
9

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: Springfield Road, St Leonards
  • 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.

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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