Planning Committee agenda

Committee agenda · Planning Committee · Wed 16 Sep 2026 · Hastings Borough Council

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The Planning Committee is due to meet on 16 September 2026 at 6.00pm in the Council Chamber at Muriel Matters House, Breeds Place, Hastings. p1

The agenda includes a request to discharge condition 4 (materials) of a listed building consent for the roadways and footpaths at Pelham Crescent, Hastings. p6

It also includes a planning application for the West Hill Cafe on Castle Hill Road, Hastings, proposing demolition of the existing café and toilets and their replacement with a single storey visitor centre containing a café, restaurant, bar, takeaway, retail and gallery or interpretation space, plus a new pathway, external lighting, air source heat pumps and solar panels. p7

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p1Planning Committee — agenda, 16/09/2026 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.
p64a Roadways and Footpaths at Pelham Crescent, Hastings (HS/CD/26/00389) L. Brooks HS/CD/26/00389 | Discharge of Condition 4: Materials of Listed Building Consent HS/LB/25/00216. | Roadways and Footpaths at Pelham Crescent, Hastings · MAP-HS-CD-26-00360 - Roadway and Footpath Pelham Crescent · HS-CD-26-00360-Roadways and footpaths at Pelham Crescent
p75. Planning Applications 5a West Hill Cafe, Castle Hill Road, Hastings (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

Places and organisations it names

Hastings Borough Council
Breeds Place (named in passing; not checked that it's about here)
Castle Hill Road (named in passing; not checked that it's about here)
Pelham Crescent (named in passing; not checked that it's about here)

Other papers for this meeting

Appeal Report · Committee report
HS/CD/26/00360, Roadways and footpaths at Pelham Crescent · Committee report
HS/FA/26/00093, West Hill Cafe · Committee report
Site map for HS/CD/26/00360, Roadway and Footpath Pelham Crescent · Committee report
Site map for HS/FA/26/00093, West Hill Cafe · Committee report
Material Considerations · Committee report
Minutes Public Pack, 12/08/2026 Planning Committee · Committee report
Planning Committee minutes · Committee minutes

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