Conditions, certificates and amendments This asks the council to confirm that an existing use or building is lawful.
What is proposed
In the council’s words, from its weekly list:
Application for a Certificate of Lawful development of existing use to formally recognise the established residential use of the room within the freehold dwellinghouse
The decision notice on the council’s file sets out any conditions attached to a permission, or the reasons for a refusal. Read it on the file, under Documents.
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 ↗
Historic England’s list has an entry on this street that gives the same house number as this application. Check the entry to see whether it is this building:
Flood zones, the coast and protected nature on this street
We place an application by the street in its address, so these say where North Street runs, not where the site’s boundary is. The application’s own documents on the council’s file show the site.
Flood zones
None of North Street’s line is in Flood Zone 2 or 3 on the Environment Agency’s flood map for planning. In the Agency’s words: “This means a site in flood zone 1 could still flood now or in the future.”
No Site of Special Scientific Interest, Special Area of Conservation, Local Nature Reserve, ancient woodland or country park is within about 100 m of North Street’s line, and it is outside the High Weald National Landscape. Protected nature in Hastings
Responses filed as consultee comments, named as the file names them, with the day each was published. What they say is in each document on the council’s file.
COUNCIL TAX, Thu 23 Jul 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.
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.