Planning Committee agenda

For decision · This went to the meeting on Wed 8 Jul 2026. What was decided is in that meeting's minutes.

The Planning Committee agenda for 8 July 2026 lists planning applications for consideration at a meeting at the Council Chamber, Muriel Matters House, Breeds Place, Hastings. p1

One application listed is for demolition of the existing West Hill Cafe and toilets on Castle Hill Road, Hastings, and redevelopment of the site to form a single storey visitor centre with a cafe, restaurant, bar, takeaway, gallery and interpretation zones, retail, and reprovision of toilets, together with a new pathway and boardwalk, external lighting, air source heat pumps and solar panels. p6

The agenda also lists an application at 65 Queens Road, Hastings, to change the use of the ground floor from retail to a restaurant and hot food takeaway, change the first floor from retail to a studio flat, add a first floor rear extension and an extraction vent, use the roof of the ground floor rear extension as a courtyard with refuse storage, and install two rooflights. p8

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• p1Planning Committee — agenda, 08/07/2026 6.00 pm Council Chamber, Muriel Matters House, Breeds Place, Hastings, TN34 3UY. Please enter the building through the Contact Centre entrance via the seafront.
• p614a West Hill Cafe, Castle Hill Road (HS/FA/26/00093) (W Larkin) HS/FA/26/00093 | Demolition of the existing café and toilets and redevelopment to form a single storey visitor centre with café, restaurant and bar, takeaway, gallery/interpretation zones, retail (mixed use Class E and Class F1) and reprovision of toilets on the site of the existing West Hill Café. Creation of a new pathway/boardwalk and installation of external lighting on pathways. Installation of air source heat pumps and solar panels and associated landscaping improvements (amended description) | West Hill Cafe, Castle Hill Road, Hastings, TN34 3RD · MAP_HS_FA_26_00093_West Hill Cafe · HS-FA-26-00093 West Hill Cafe, Castle Hill Road, Hastings
• p815b 65 Queens Road (HS/FA/26/00119) (Z Taylor) HS/FA/26/00119 | Proposed change of use of ground floor from Class E (retail) to mixed use Class E (restaurant) and Sui Generis (hot food takeaway) with alterations to the shopfront. Change of use of first floor from Class E (retail) to studio flat (Class C3) . First floor rear extension. Installation of extraction vent to rear elevation. Use of roof of ground floor rear extension as courtyard including siting of refuse storage. Installation of two rooflights (amended description) | 65 Queens Road, Hastings, TN34 1RE · MAP_HS_FA_26_00119_65 Queens Road · HS-FA-26-00119 65 Queens Road, Hastings