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Asda, Battle Road

Planning application HS/FA/23/00712

Asda, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AA

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What is proposed

In the council’s words, from its weekly list:

Amendment to condition 11 (Delivery hours) of Planning Permission HS/FA/09/00284 (Application for… cut short in the council’s list; the full wording is on its file

Where it stands

The council’s file ↗

Conditions attached

The decision notice on the council’s file (published Mon 17 Aug 2026) attaches 33 conditions. In the council’s words, each with the reason it gives:

  1. Materials and design details
    The materials used in the construction of the approved development shall be those approved under applications ref: HS/NM/10/00552 and HS/CD/25/00068.

    Reason: In the interests of the visual amenity of the area. (Hastings Local Plan 2004 - Policy DG1.)

  2. Trees and landscaping
    Within three months of the date of this application, a planting specification detailing the plants and trees within the site shall be submitted to the Local Planning Authority for their written approval. The soft landscaping works within the site shall be in accordance with the information shown on site plan ref: 3269/308 and plan ref: 786-07 [name removed]

    Reason: In the interests of the visual amenity of the area and the amenities of adjoining occupiers, including the residential properties on Battle Road.

  3. Trees and landscaping
    The hard landscaping works within the site shall be in accordance with the information submitted under discharge of condition application ref: HS/CD/25/00068.

    Reason: In the interests of the visual amenity of the area.

  4. Something else
    The secure cycle racks and cycle lockers for customers and staff, and the shower facilities for staff shall be maintained within the site for the lifetime of the development in accordance with the details submitted under discharge of condition application ref:HS/CD/25/00068.

    Reason: In order to encourage the use of cycling as an alternative means of transport and provide adequate facilities for cyclists.

  5. Something else
    The re-cycling facility as shown on approved site plan (ref: 3269/308) shall hereafter remain operational for the lifetime of the development, to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority.

    Reason: To ensure that there are adequate facilities at the site for re-cycling.

  6. Bins and recycling
    The facilities for the storage of refuse and waste materials shall be maintained within the site for the lifetime of the development in accordance with the details approved under discharge of condition application ref: HS/CD/25/00068.

    Reason: To ensure a satisfactory form of development.

  7. Lighting
    Within three months of the date of this planning permission, the technical specification of all exterior lighting, including illuminated signs and lights to be attached to the buildings or sited in the car park and along access roads, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The submitted scheme shall include details of times of illumination of all lights and illuminated signs and any variations in brightness. Thereafter the lighting shall continue to be operated only in accordance with the approved details, and no additional lighting shall be installed unless first approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

    Reason: In the interests of visual amenity and the amenities of neighbouring properties.

  8. Noise, plant and smells
    The acoustic barrier around the service yard shall be maintained for the lifetime of the development in accordance with the details submitted and approved under discharge of condition ref: HS/CD/25/00068, with a mass of at least 20kg/m2 and a height of 3.75m and lined with acoustic material.

    Reason: In the interest of neighbouring amenity.

  9. Materials and design details
    During the loading and unloading of goods or materials between 2300 and 0500 hours, the following must be observed within the store service yard: · Engines of all service vehicles shall be switched off when not manoeuvring; · Service vehicle refrigeration units shall be switched-off; · Service vehicle radios and intercom systems shall be switched off; HGVs shall only be unloaded and loaded when attached to the dedicated HGV loading dock.

    Reason: In the interests of safety and security and to protect the amenities of neighbouring residential properties.

  10. Bins and recycling
    The maintenance and cleaning of the recycling bins and their immediate environs shall be carried out in perpetuity to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority and in accordance with the information approved under discharge of condition application ref: HS/CD/25/00068.

    Reason: To ensure that this area is properly maintained and to avoid the proliferation of litter and broken glass in the interests of security and safety and the amenities of the area.

  11. Something else
    The Travel Plan prepared by Cottee Transport Planning (report ref: EM/0632) shall be adhered to at all times.

    Reason: In order to encourage the use of sustainable modes of travel.

  12. Built to the approved plans
    The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans: 3269/202A; 3269/301; 3269/307; 3269/201A; 3269/303; 3269/203; 3269/204; 3269/309; 3269/310; 3269/306; 3269/302; 3269/304; 3269/308

    Reason: For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.

  13. Something else
    The Shopping Trolley Retention System shall be maintained in good working order at all times in line with the details approved under discharge of condition ref: HS/CD/25/00068.

    Reason: In the interest of safety and security and the amenities of the area.

  14. Drainage and flooding
    Prior to being discharged into any watercourse, surface water or soakaway system, all surface water drainage from parking areas and hardstandings shall be passed through trapped gullies to BS 5911:1982 with an overall capacity compatible with the site being drained.

    Reason: To prevent the increased risk of flooding by ensuring the provision of a satisfactory means of foul and surface water disposal and to prevent pollution of the water environment.

  15. Drainage and flooding
    The drainage strategy for the approved development shall be maintained in good working order in accordance with the details submitted under discharge of condition application ref: HS/CD/25/00068.

    Reason: To prevent pollution of the water environment.

  16. Something else
    The customer restaurant indicated on drawing 3269/301 shall remain in the use permitted under application ref: HS/FA/22/00475 unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

    Reason: In order to ensure that the customer restaurant is available to the public.

  17. How the building or land is used
    The retail store shall at all times remain accessible to customers during store opening hours via the "customer restaurant entrance" in accordance with the details approved under discharge of condition ref: HS/CD/25/00068.

    Reason: In order to ensure good pedestrian linkage to the Silverhill District Centre and to the public transport facilities nearby.

  18. Materials and design details
    The glazed shopfront / restaurant doors and windows to the Battle Road frontage shall at all times be maintained in clear glass throughout, and unless otherwise first agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority shall not be obscured, laminated, screened or otherwise blocked so as to prevent substantial direct vision into the unit from outside.

    Reason: In the interests of the visual amenity of the area and to create an active frontage.

  19. How the building or land is used
    The retail unit hereby permitted shall have a net sales area (excluding check-outs, customer toilets & other non-retail areas such as entrance lobby and customer restaurant) not exceeding 3570 square metres. Of this not more than 40% shall be used for the display of comparison goods.

    Reason: An increase in net floor area and the amount of comparison goods would be likely to lead to increased impacts on the vitality and viability of other retail centres and uses.

  20. Contaminated land
    The risks associated with contamination of the site and any remediation measures and future management shall be dealt with in accordance with the details as approved by letter ref: BA90017V/CS dated 15th March 2010.

    Reason: To protect those redeveloping the site and any future occupants from potential landfill gases and soil contamination.

  21. Contaminated land
    If contamination not previously identified is found to be present at the site then no further development (unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority) shall be carried out until the developer has submitted, and obtained written approval from the Local Planning Authority for an amendment to the remediation strategy detailing how this unsuspected contamination shall be dealt with.

    Reason: To protect groundwater quality in the area.

  22. Materials and design details
    Nothing other than clean uncontaminated fill materials shall be deposited on the site.

    Reason: To protect the groundwater quality in the area.

  23. Contaminated land
    No percolation tests should be carried out in land suspected of being contaminated. Due to the presence of Wadhurst Clay it is unlikely that adequate infiltration will be achieved in clay. No soakway should be sited in or allowed to discharge into land impacted by contamination or land previously identified as being contaminated.

    Reason: To prevent pollution of controlled waters by ensuring the provision of a satisfactory means of surface water disposal including car parking and loading/service bays.

  24. Something else
    Piling or any other foundation designs using penetrative methods shall not be permitted other than with the prior express written consent of the Local Planning Authority, which may be given for those parts of the site where it has been demonstrated that there is no resultant unacceptable risk to groundwater.

    Reason: To protect the quality of controlled waters beneath the site.

  25. Drainage and flooding
    The development permitted by this planning permission shall be maintained in perpetuity in accordance with the approved Flood Risk Assessment (FRA) (Reference No. JKK4189 and dated February 2008), and the following mitigation measures detailed within the FRA: Limiting the surface water run-off generated by the 1 in 100 year critical storm (a climate change allowance of 20%) to result in a net reduction of the run-off rate from the previously developed site by 9% (as stated in the FRA, para 5.5, page 11).

    Reason: To reduce flood risk by ensuring the satisfactory storage of/disposal of surface water from the site.

  26. Something else
    The measures to protect the public sewers and any diversion of the sewers shall be in accordance with the details submitted under discharge of condition application ref: HS/CD/25/00068.

    Reason: In order to protect public sewers.

  27. Parking, access and cycles
    The car parking area and roadway shall be maintained in accordance with the details set out in the approved site plan and thereafter the car parking area shall not be used for any purpose other than the parking of vehicles.

    Reason: To ensure an adequate level of off-street parking to serve the development.

  28. Something else
    The plant equipment and machinery for the approved d evelopment shall be maintained in accordance with the details approved under discharge of condition application ref: HS/CD/25/00068.

    Reason: In the interests of the amenity of the neighbouring residential occupiers.

  29. Built to the approved plans
    (i) The existing vehicular access adjacent to the northwest corner of the proposed store, and shown on drawing 3269/300 hereby approved, shall be gated and secured, and only used in the event of an emergency. (ii) The pedestrian/cycle links shown on drawing 3269/300 hereby approved, to the eastern side of the store between the site frontage with Battle Road and Theaklen Drive, and between the car park and Chichester Road shall be maintained in accordance with the approved drawings. (iii) No access to the site, other than the approved customer and service accesses together with the pedestrian/cycle links stipulated in ii) above shall be created.

    Reason: In order to ensure that the site is accessible, and to prevent additional access points causing nuisance to neighbouring properties and interfering with the operation of adjoining parking and circulation areas.

  30. Something else
    The premises shall not be open to the public except between the following hours:- 0500-2300 hours on any day.

    Reason: In the interests of the amenity of the neighbouring residential occupiers.

  31. Something else
    The improvements to the Silverhill traffic signal controlled junction and the proposed access to the site shall be maintained in accordance with the requirements of the S278 agreement dated 12th August 2010 between (i) East Sussex County Council (ii) McLagan Investments Limited and (iii) Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe Limited, the Deed of Dedication dated 5th July 2012 between (i) McLagan Investments Limited and (ii) East Sussex County Council and the Deed of Dedication dated 13th August 2012 between (i) National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and (ii) East Sussex County Council.

    Reason: To ensure that a reasonable standard of access is provided in the interests of pedestrian and traffic safety.

  32. Parking, access and cycles
    The covered cycle parking spaces and provision for powered 2 wheeled vehicles shall be retained in working order in perpetuity in accordance with the details submitted under discharge of condition application ref: HS/CD/25/00068.

    Reason: In order to ensure that adequate provision is provided for cycles and powered 2 wheeled vehicles in order to encourage a range of transport modes.

  33. Something else
    The customer lift between the ground floor and the mezzanine floor shall be retained in working order and made available for customers in perpetuity at all times when the store is open (except for necessary cleaning and other maintenance).

    Reason: In order to provide appropriate access for those with restricted mobility, in accordance with policy CN1 of the Hastings Local Plan 2004.

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

Conservation and heritage on this street

None of the town’s 18 conservation areas reaches Battle Road as mapped.

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 ↗

Tree preservation orders within about 40 m of Battle Road’s line, from the council’s map data:

Indicative only — the council’s order is what counts. The council says of its tree order map data: “This dataset is under review and subject to change. Always refer to the Original Tree Preservation Order and associated plan for confirmation.” The council’s tree preservation orders page ↗

Conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders: Hastings Borough Council, Open Government Licence v3.0. Street lines © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Flood zones, the coast and protected nature on this street

We place an application by the street in its address, so these say where Battle 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 Battle Road is in Flood Zone 2 (rivers). 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 2 have a medium probability of flooding.

This means, in any year, land has:

Flood zone 2 developments need a flood risk assessment as part of their planning application.

The Environment Agency’s words, from Flood zones and what they mean ↗.

A street’s line is not an address. For a particular address, use the Environment Agency’s Check your long term flood risk ↗; for a planning site, its Flood map for planning ↗. Flood warnings in force now are on Live now.

Protected nature

Natural England’s designations within about 100 m of the street’s mapped line. Each official page says what is protected there. Protected nature in Hastings

Flood zones: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Open Government Licence v3.0. Fetched 2026-10-12.

Coastal erosion and the Shoreline Management Plan: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. Open Government Licence v3.0. Fetched 2026-10-12.

Protected sites: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Fetched 2026-10-12.

Street lines © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Comments on the application

The council’s file counts no comments from the public (as it stood on Wed 14 Oct 2026).

Who the council consulted

The bodies and officers the file lists as consulted, with the day each was asked.

Consultee responses on the file

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.

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.