1 Westfield Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7NE
Proposal
Application for a Certificate of proposed Lawful development for change of use from C3(a) to C3(b) for a maximum of two adolescents aged 11-18 with complex needs, with dedicated 1:1 care, living together as a single household
- Received
- 1 January 2026
- Decided
- 5 March 2026 · GRANTED PERMISSION
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Hastings Borough Council
- Ward
- ASHDOWN 2018
- ReceivedSubmitted1 Jan
- ValidatedValidated1 Jan
- Consult.Consultation26 Feb
- TargetTarget Date26 Feb
- DecidedDecided5 Mar
Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)
This is an outline application for a change of use at 1 Westfield Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7NE. Hastings has handled 64 applications of this type and approves 83% of them, typically deciding them in 48 days. This one was decided in 63 days, 2 weeks longer than Hastings's median. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across ASHDOWN 2018. We hold 166 applications in total for the TN37 postcode area.
Application Details
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Planning Application Dates
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Additional Information
Source: Hastings
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Associated applications
- 20261 Jan
Application for change of use of a C3(a) dwelling house to a Children's home for a maximum of two adolescents…
ApprovedFull Planning PermissionFiled alongsideHS/FA/26/00007 - 20261 Jan
Application for a Certificate of proposed Lawful development for change of use from C3(a) to C3(b) for a…
This applicationApprovedOutlineHS/PR/26/00006
Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (22)
flood storage areas, conservation 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.
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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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
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