Town centre and Priory Meadow
Hastings town centre: the Priory Meadow shopping centre and the streets around it, and the Town Deal's town centre projects.
In the council's papers
- Let's talk about care and support at home
closes 30 Nov 2026
“…hopping Centre, 57 The Beacon, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN21 3NW Suitable for: Everyone Booking: Free to attend and no tickets or booking required Venue information: https://thebeaconeastbourne.com/gather/ Cuppa Club By: Priory Meadow shopping centre Thursday 8 October, 11am to 1pm Priory Meadow shopping centre, main hall outside M&S, Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1PH (Map) About: Free tea and cakes and good company! Information on a range…”
- Appendix 2 - 2026-27 Capital Monitoring-P06 Sep26
Cabinet, Mon 9 Nov 2026
“…Resort Services Aaron Woods 0 0 0 0 0 71292 TFC - Green low carbon skills & economy Towns Fund Ruth Kynoch 782 681 1,463 1,463 1,463 0 71293 Hastings Castle Towns Fund Ruth Kynoch 1,945 135 2,080 124 2,[phone number removed] TFC - Town centre public realm & green connections Towns Fund Ruth Kynoch 4,288 41 4,329 137 4,329 0 71297 TFC - Town Living Towns Fund Ruth Kynoch 0 501 501 66 501 0 71312 Ore Health Clinic Regeneration Ruth Kynoch 0 100 100…”
- Appendix A - Fees and Charges 2027-28
Cabinet, Mon 9 Nov 2026
“LOCAL LICENSING Fee CategoryS, D, C, GPC Charges 2025-26 Charges 2026-27 Gross Price per Unit VAT Rate Percentage Increase Proposed Increase (Rounded) Charges 2027-28 APPROVED MARKETS One Market (Hastings Town Centre) annual D £217.00 £225.00 £232.00 20% 3.1% £7.00 Monthly event or less (St Leonards) annual D £32.00 £33.00 £34.00 20% 3.0% £1.00 Touting, Hawking, Photography - (E.”
- HS/FA/26/00356, Newsagents, 6A Bank Buildings, Station Road
Planning Committee, Wed 21 Oct 2026
“…n Road, Hastings, TN34 1NG Proposal: Installation of an air source heat pump unit to the rear elevation Application No: HS/FA/26/00356 Recommendation: Grant Full Planning Permission Ward: CASTLE Conservation Area: Yes - Hastings Town Centre Listed Building: No Applicant: Hastings Borough Council per Meridian Surveyors 16 Havelock Road Hastings TN34 1BP Public Consultation Site notice: Yes Press advertisement: Yes - Conservation Area Ne…”
- Questions from members of the public
Full Council, Tue 13 Oct 2026
“Hastings Town Centre Green Connections scheme.”
- Council Pre-Submission Local Plan Regulation 19 Report
Full Council, Wed 23 Sep 2026
“Existing Business and Employment Areas across the borough will continue to play a key role in supporting jobs and the local economy, along with Hastings town centre and the district and local centres. 25.”
- Appendix 1 Draft Local Plan - Pre Submission (Regulation 19) September 2026
Full Council, Wed 23 Sep 2026
“The primary location for a range of uses including larger scale office functions, leisure offers, visitor accommodation, cultural and retail development, and appropriate education facilities should be Hastings Town Centre.”
- Appendix 3 Regulation 18 consultation Report 2026
Full Council, Wed 23 Sep 2026
“31 Priory Meadow Shopping Centre, Main Atrium – 14 March 2026 ................................”
- HS/CD/26/00360, Roadways and footpaths at Pelham Crescent
Planning Committee, Wed 16 Sep 2026
“National and local policies Hastings Local Plan – Planning Strategy 2014 Policy FA2 - Strategic Policy for Central Area Policy FA3 - Strategy for Hastings Town Centre Policy FA6 - Strategic Policy for The Seafront Policy SC1 - Overall Strategy for Managing Change in a Sustainable Way Policy EN1 - Built and Historic Environment Hastings Local Plan – Development Man…”
- Minutes Public Pack, 06/08/2026 Licensing Sub Committee
Licensing Sub Committee, Wed 9 Sep 2026
“…ommittee was whether the Applicant had demonstrated that the grant of a new premises licence for the sale of alcohol for consumption off the premises would not add to the cumulative impact already experienced within the Hastings Town Centre Cumulative Impact Zone ("CIZ") and would promote the licensing objectives. The premises is situated within the Council's designated Cumulative Impact Zone.”
- Report - Shish Review
Licensing Sub Committee, Wed 9 Sep 2026
“1.10 The premises is located with HBC’s Cumulative impact zone Area 1a which encompasses Hastings town centre and is also within a mixed residential and commercial area.”
- 04 App D1 Shish Turkish Kebab REP SUSPOL
Licensing Sub Committee, Wed 9 Sep 2026
“Mr Ergun also runs another business within Hastings Town Centre and that is also subject to a review procedure.”
On the council's land and assets list
- Priory Meadow Car Park, Access Road
Priory Meadow, TN34 1PH · Road · Land Only
- Priory Meadow Shopping Centre
Queens Road, TN34 1PH · Retail Park · Land Only
Listed and protected
- Church of the Holy Trinity
about 133 m away · listed 14 September 1976 · The list entry ↗
Grade II* - United Reformed Church formerly Congregational Church
about 82 m away · listed 29 January 2010 · The list entry ↗
Grade II - Drinking fountain immediately north-east of the Church of the Holy Trinity
about 116 m away · listed 14 September 1976 · The list entry ↗
Grade II - 21 Robertson Street
about 116 m away · listed 24 October 1996 · The list entry ↗
Grade II - Former Memorial Photographic Studios
about 122 m away · listed 18 February 2010 · The list entry ↗
Grade II - 14 Claremont
about 127 m away · listed 15 April 1987 · The list entry ↗
Grade II - Hastings Library, the former Brassey Institute
about 140 m away · listed 15 April 1987 · The list entry ↗
Grade II - The Havelock Public House
about 140 m away · listed 9 August 1996 · The list entry ↗
Grade II - Number 1, Bank Buildings
about 170 m away · listed 19 April 2023 · The list entry ↗
Grade II
Money
A floor, not what Town centre and Priory Meadow cost. These are payments over £250 that Hastings Borough Council published, counted only where it booked them to a service area whose name matches this page's rule. The council's files on this record start in January 2018. Payments booked to other budgets, staff time, and money paid by other bodies (the county council, a private owner, a grant-giver) aren't here.
The borough council's payments
£2,233,164 in 113 payments from January 2018 to July 2026, booked to the council's service areas named below.
Every financial year as a figure
| 2017/18 | £3.7k |
|---|---|
| 2018/19 | £135k |
| 2019/20 | £41.4k |
| 2020/21 | £4.5k |
| 2021/22 | £2.8k |
| 2022/23 | £841k |
| 2023/24 | £128k |
| 2024/25 | £533k |
| 2025/26 | £418k |
| 2026/27 | £125k |
By service area
Who was paid
How this page is built
A council paper, consultation or planning record is listed when its title or text uses any of these phrases as whole words, in any case: “Priory Meadow”, “Hastings town centre”, “town centre public realm”, “town centre core”. A match says the paper mentions the place, not that it is about it.
Payments are counted when the borough council booked them to a service area whose name matches any of these patterns: “^TFC - Town centre”, “^Town Centre\b”, “Priory Meadow”. Service areas matched: Priory Meadow Contribution to Capital Works; TFC - Town centre core; TFC - Town centre public realm & green connections; Town Centre; Town Centre Management.
The rules are in config/places.yaml, published with the site's code.