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Conditions on planning permissions

The conditions Hastings Borough Council attached to the planning permissions on our record, by kind of application and by what each condition is about, in the council’s own words.

128 permissions read, from the decision notices on the council’s files for applications decided since 18 May 2026. 15 more decision notices couldn’t be read (a picture of the page rather than text, or a layout we couldn’t follow) and aren’t counted. Each application is decided on its own facts: these are the conditions attached before, not the ones any new application will get.

How the conditions are grouped

We copy each permission’s numbered conditions and their reasons from its decision notice, and nothing else. A condition joins the first group below with a pattern its wording matches (a regular expression, ignoring case); a condition no pattern matches is “Something else”. A permission counts once in a group however many of its conditions are in it. Refusals and withdrawn applications have no conditions and aren’t here; nor are discharges of conditions or amendments, which are letters about an earlier permission.

  1. Time limit to start: \bbegun (?:before|within|not later than), \bexpiration of (?:one|two|three|five|1|2|3|5) years?, \bcompleted within a period of, \bcommence[ds]? (?:before|within|no later than)
  2. Built to the approved plans: \bin accordance with the (?:following )?approved (?:plans|drawings|details and plans), \bfollowing approved plans
  3. Hours of building work: \b0?8[.:]00\b, \bcarried out (?:only )?(?:within|between) the following (?:times|hours), \bno (?:working|work) on sundays
  4. Construction management: \bconstruction (?:and environmental |environmental |traffic )?management plan, \bconstruction method statement, \bCEMP\b, \bconstruction traffic
  5. Permitted development rights removed: \bgeneral permitted development\b, \bpermitted development\b.{0,200}\bwithout\b, \bnotwithstanding the provisions of the town and country planning
  6. Biodiversity and ecology: \bbiodiversity, \becolog, \bbats?\b, \bnesting birds?\b, \breptiles?\b, \bgreat crested, \bhedgehog, \bhabitat, \b(?:bird|swift|bat) (?:box|brick|boxes|bricks)
  7. Trees and landscaping: \btrees?\b, \blandscap, \barboricultur, \bplanting\b, \bhedges?\b
  8. Drainage and flooding: \bdrainage, \bsurface water, \bSuDS\b, \bfoul (?:water|sewage|drainage), \bflood
  9. Contaminated land: \bcontaminat, \bremediation
  10. Archaeology: \barchaeolog
  11. Parking, access and cycles: \bparking\b, \bcar port, \bcycle (?:storage|parking|store|stores|spaces?), \bbicycle, \bvisibility splays?, \bvehicular access, \bhighway, \bturning (?:space|area|head), \belectric vehicle, \bcharging points?
  12. Bins and recycling: \brefuse, \brecycling, \bbins?\b, \bwaste storage
  13. Windows, balconies and privacy: \bobscured?[- ]glaz, \bobscure glass, \bprivacy screen, \bnon-opening, \bbalcon, \broof terrace
  14. Noise, plant and smells: \bnoise, \bacoustic, \bplant (?:and|or) machinery, \bextract(?:ion|or) (?:system|equipment|fan), \bodours?\b, \bsound insulation
  15. Lighting: \blighting\b, \billuminat
  16. Energy and water use: \b110 litres, \bwater (?:consumption|efficiency|usage), \benergy\b, \bsolar\b, \bheat pump
  17. How the building or land is used: \bused (?:only )?(?:for|as)\b, \bfor no other purpose, \buse class, \bancillary, \boccupied\b, \boccupation of\b, \bopening hours, \bhours of (?:opening|operation|use)
  18. Materials and design details: \bmaterials?\b, \bexternal finish, \bfinishes\b, \broof coverings?, \bcladding, \bsamples?\b, \bbricks?\b, \brender\b, \bjoinery, \belevation drawings, \bsection details, \bflues?\b, \bvents?\b, \bwindows?\b, \bdoors?\b

The rules live in config/planning_conditions.yaml; no model reads the conditions.

New homes

10 permissions with conditions on our record. What their conditions are about, the commonest first:

Extensions and alterations

54 permissions with conditions on our record. What their conditions are about, the commonest first:

Change of use

9 permissions with conditions on our record. What their conditions are about, the commonest first:

Trees

15 permissions with conditions on our record. What their conditions are about, the commonest first:

Shops, signs and business

3 permissions with conditions on our record. What their conditions are about, the commonest first:

Listed buildings

10 permissions with conditions on our record. What their conditions are about, the commonest first:

Conditions, certificates and amendments

21 permissions with conditions on our record. What their conditions are about, the commonest first:

Other

6 permissions with conditions on our record. What their conditions are about, the commonest first: