The decision notice on the council’s file (published Tue 22 Sep 2026) attaches 8 conditions. In the council’s words, each with the reason it gives:
Time limit to start
The period of consent lapses at the expiration of five years from the date of issue.
Reason: To comply with regulation 14(5) of the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007. Any advertisement may continue to be displayed after this date, subject to the same conditions as set out in the Consent and the power of the District Planning Authority to require discontinuance of the display under Regulation 8.
Parking, access and cycles
No advertisement shall be sited or displayed so as to— a) endanger persons using any highway, railway, waterway, dock, harbour or aerodrome (civil or military); b) obscure, or hinder the ready interpretation of, any traffic sign, railway signal or aid to navigation by water or air; or c) hinder the operation of any device used for the purpose of security or surveillance or for measuring the speed of any vehicle.
Reason: In accordance with the Town & Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations 2007.
How the building or land is used
Any advertisement displayed, and any site used for the display of advertisements, shall be maintained in a condition that does not impair the visual amenity of the site.
Reason: In accordance with the Town & Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations 2007.
Something else
Any structure or hoarding erected or used principally for the purpose of displaying advertisements shall be maintained in a condition that does not endanger the public.
Reason: In accordance with the Town & Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations 2007.
Something else
Where an advertisement is required under these Regulations to be removed, the site shall be left in a condition that does not endanger the public or impair visual amenity.
Reason: In accordance with the Town & Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations 2007.
Trees and landscaping
The level of illumination shall not exceed that recommended by the Institute of Lighting Professionals in its current Technical Report Number 5 for Zone E3 Illuminated area (m²) Zone E1 Zone E2 Zone E3 Zone E4 Up to 10.00 100 600 800 1000 Over 10.00 n/a 300 600 600 E1 – Intrinsically dark areas (e.g. National Parks, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty or other dark landscapes) E2 – Low district brightness areas (e.g. rural or small village locations) E3 – Medium district brightness areas (e.g. small town centres, urban locations) E4 – High district brightness areas (e.g. city and town centres with high levels of night time activity)
Reason: To ensure the safety of persons and vehicles proceeding along the highway
Lighting
The signage shall only be illuminated during trading hours when the building is open to the public in accordance with the approved opening hours for the supermarket.
Reason: In the interests of the visual amenity of the area and to prevent light pollution.
Built to the approved plans
The advertisement hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans: 14313-2353-BP, 13313-2353-CTA, 14313-2353-LP
Reason: For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.
We copy the numbered conditions and their reasons and nothing else from the notice; its notes to the applicant are on the file. The label on each is ours, by rules on the council’s wording. The conditions the council attaches, by kind of application
Measured along the street’s line against the council’s boundaries. Whether a particular building is inside depends on where the boundary runs: each area’s page on the council’s site has its map. All 18 conservation areas
The council’s Article 4 direction on houses in multiple occupation covers the whole town (in force since 2 July 2012): turning a house into a shared house for three to six people needs planning permission. The council’s page ↗
2 listed buildings are on or beside Queens Road: the street’s page lists them.
Flood zones, the coast and protected nature on this street
We place an application by the street in its address, so these say where Queens Road runs, not where the site’s boundary is. The application’s own documents on the council’s file show the site.
Flood zones
Part of Queens Road is in Flood Zone 3 (rivers and the sea). Part of it is in Flood Zone 2 (rivers and the sea). That is the Environment Agency’s flood map for planning, which shows land that could flood from rivers or the sea, ignoring the benefits of any existing flood defences.
Locations in flood zone 3 have a high probability of flooding.
This means, in any year, land has:
a 1% (1 in 100) or more chance of flooding from rivers
a 0.5% (1 in 200) or more chance of flooding from the sea.
Flood zone 3 developments need a flood risk assessment as part of their planning application.
Locations in flood zone 2 have a medium probability of flooding.
This means, in any year, land has:
between a 1% and 0.1% (between 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000) chance of flooding from rivers
between a 0.5% and 0.1% (between 1 in 200 and 1 in 1,000) chance of flooding from the sea.
Flood zone 2 developments need a flood risk assessment as part of their planning application.
No Site of Special Scientific Interest, Special Area of Conservation, Local Nature Reserve, ancient woodland or country park is within about 100 m of Queens Road’s line, and it is outside the High Weald National Landscape. Protected nature in Hastings
The council’s file counts no comments from the public (as it stood on Tue 13 Oct 2026).
Is a comment public?
The council’s page on commenting says: “All comments will be made available to view online and will be treated in accordance with our privacy policy. Comments will be redacted where they contain personal information or are inappropriate in their content.” It also says: “Please note that we do not accept anonymous comments.” Commenting on an application, on the council’s site ↗ (read 13 October 2026).
We count the comments on the council’s file. We never copy a commenter’s name, address or words, and we don’t list who objected: that is on the file.
Similar applications nearby
Other applications of the same kind (shops, signs and business) on Queens Road or in Castle ward, decided ones first, since our record starts on 21 April 2026. A refusal is marked; its reasons are in the decision notice on the council’s file. Each application is decided on its own facts.
Consent for permanent external name, wayfinding and information signage associated with National…
HS/AA/26/00284, decided in the week of Mon 17 Aug 2026
Granted permission
If you think work doesn’t match what was approved
The council’s planning enforcement team looks into building work or a use that may not have permission, or may not follow the approved plans or conditions. Its page explains how to report it and which cases it deals with first: planning enforcement on the council’s site ↗
Our planning record starts on 21 April 2026, from the council’s weekly lists of new and decided applications. We list the site, the proposal, the dates, the decision, the comment counts and a permission’s conditions. We never copy a commenter’s or an individual applicant’s details; an applicant is named only when it is an organisation we can match exactly to a council, a registered charity or a company on Companies House. Planning is decided by the council, not by us.