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Conservation areas, Article 4 and tree orders

Hastings has 18 conservation areas, Article 4 directions that take away some permitted development rights, and 285 tree preservation orders. This page lists them from the council’s own data.

Each street page says which areas its line runs through, the Article 4 properties the council lists on it, the listed buildings on it and the tree orders near it. Whether a particular building is affected is for the council’s maps and documents, linked from each entry. Listed buildings are on their own page.

Conservation areas (18)

A street runs through an area when at least about 25 m of its line is inside it, and along its edge when its line runs within about 12 m of the boundary without crossing it. The council also keeps its own A to Z of streets in conservation areas ↗.

Article 4 directions

An Article 4 direction means planning permission is needed for some work that otherwise wouldn’t need it. In the council’s words, “a planning application is required for certain works for which an application would not normally be necessary.” The council’s Article 4 page ↗

The council’s page says the two cliff stability areas are in West Hill Road and the surrounding area, and that a planning application needed because of them must include its land stability declaration form.

Which properties the conservation area directions cover is in the council’s street index of listed buildings and Article 4 properties ↗; each street page here quotes its lines for that street.

Tree preservation orders (285)

Indicative only — the council’s order is what counts. The council says of its tree order map data: “This dataset is under review and subject to change. Always refer to the Original Tree Preservation Order and associated plan for confirmation.” The council’s tree preservation orders page ↗

Every order, by number
How this page is built

From Hastings Borough Council’s open map data (its ArcGIS hub), fetched 12 October 2026, and the council’s own pages for the documents. Street lines are OpenStreetMap’s, sampled every 10 m. A tree order is near a street when one of its trees, groups or woodlands is within about 40 m of the street’s line. A tree order’s date is the earliest the council’s data gives for any part of it. No selective or additional licensing area is published on the council’s map hub, so this page doesn’t show one.

Conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders: Hastings Borough Council, Open Government Licence v3.0. Street lines © OpenStreetMap contributors.