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1 Ridgewood Gardens

Planning application HS/FA/25/00224

1 Ridgewood Gardens, Hastings, TN34 2LZ

New homes

What is proposed

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

New Dwelling with on-site parking / drive and gardens. New entrance to existing house.

Where it stands

The council’s file ↗

Conditions attached

The decision notice on the council’s file (published Mon 2 Nov 2026) attaches 23 conditions. In the council’s words, each with the reason it gives:

  1. Time limit to start
    The development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.

    Reason: This condition is imposed in accordance with the provisions of Section 91 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

  2. Built to the approved plans
    The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans: Location Plan, Hast1RG201, Hast1RG202 [name removed] , Hast1RG203, Hast1RG204 [name removed] , Hast1RG205, Hast1RG211, (Tree Removals Plan) STA 5338 TRP RIDGEWOOD GARDENS, (Tree Constraints Plan) STA 5338 TRP RIDGEWOOD GARDENS

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

  3. Trees and landscaping
    No development shall take place until a scheme of soft landscaping has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall include: a) the planting of no fewer than two replacement trees to mitigate the removal of T2 Silver Birch and T13 Indian Rain; b) the proposed species, locations, planting sizes and densities of all new trees, shrubs and other planting; c) written specifications, including cultivation and other operations associated with plant and grass establishment; and d) an implementation and maintenance programme. The approved landscaping scheme shall be carried out in full during the first planting season following first occupation of the development or completion of the development, whichever occurs first. Any tree or plant which, within a period of five years from planting, dies, is removed or becomes seriously damaged or diseased shall be replaced in the next planting season with another of the same species and size, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

    Reason: In the interests of the visual amenity.

  4. Trees and landscaping
    No development shall take place until temporary protective fences to safeguard the trees and/or hedges to be retained on the site have been erected in accordance with the current BS5837:2012: Trees in relation to design, demolition and construction, standards and to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority, which shall be confirmed in writing following the submission of photographs of the fences insitu. All such fences shall be kept in a sound, upright and complete condition until the development has been completed and/or the Local Planning Authority confirm in writing that the works have been sufficiently completed for the fencing to be removed.

    Reason: In the interests of the health of the trees and to protect the visual amenity.

  5. Drainage and flooding
    Prior to the commencement of development, the following information must be submitted for approval in writing by the Local Planning Authority: i) an amended drainage layout and construction details (drainage details) which must clearly show the proposed SuDS connectivity as well as the cover and invert levels of all nodes/manholes including the outfall; ii) detailed drainage calculations which shall include evidence (in the form hydraulic calculations) that surface water discharge rates are limited to 2.0 l/s for all rainfall events, including those with 1 in 100 (+45% for climate change) annual probability of occurrence. The hydraulic calculations shall take into account the connectivity of proposed drainage system. This is important to evaluate the proposed drainage system performance under a range of design storms and durations; and iii) evidence that confirms Southern Water has agreed to discharge surface and foul water into the public sewer system. The drainage system shall then be implemented in accordance with the approved details and retained and maintained for the lifetime of the development.

    Reason: To prevent an increase in flood risk.

  6. Construction management
    Prior to commencement of development including demolition, ground works and vegetation clearance (except that carried out with hand tools only as part of regular maintenance and tidying of the site) a Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP: Development) shall be submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter the construction of the development shall then be carried out in accordance with 'BS5228: Noise Vibration and Control on Construction and Open Sites' and 'The Control of Dust And Emissions From Construction And Demolition Best Practice Guidance' unless previously agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved Plan shall be adhered to throughout the construction period. The CEMP (Development) shall include the following: · indicative programme for carrying out the works; · measures to minimise the production of dust on the site(s); · measures to minimise the noise (including vibration) generated by the construction process to include the careful selection of plant and machinery and use of noise mitigation barrier(s); · maximum noise levels expected 1 metre from the affected facade of any residential unit adjacent to the site(s); · design and provision of site hoardings; · management of traffic visiting the site(s) including temporary parking or holding areas; · provision of off-road parking for all site operatives; · measures to prevent the transfer of mud and extraneous material onto the public highway; · measures to manage the production of waste and to maximise the re-use of materials; · measures to minimise the potential for pollution of groundwater and surface water; · measures to contain surface water run-off from the site during the construction period; · the location and design of site office(s) and storage compounds; · the location of temporary vehicle access points to the site(s) during the construction works; and · the arrangements for public consultation and liaison during the constructio…

    Reason: To ensure a satisfactory standard of development.

  7. Biodiversity and ecology
    No development shall commence (including any site clearance, ground preparation or demolition) until a Precautionary Method Statement and Mitigation Strategy for badgers has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Where the presence of tunnels beneath the site through a non-invasive methodology has not been demonstrated, the strategy must include: · an updated pre-works survey to determine if the status of badgers on-site has changed; · the use of low-impact, non-destructive ground-breaking techniques for all initial topsoil removal; · suitable trenching and foundation preparation within 20 metres of the sett boundary; · measures to avoid entrapment and restricted use/appropriate storage of chemicals and other materials; · on-site supervision of groundworks by a qualified and experienced Ecological Clerk of Works (ECoW), and; · emergency protocols and Natural England licensing triggers should a tunnel void be intercepted. All works must be carried out strictly in accordance with the approved Precautionary Method Statement and Mitigation Strategy.

    Reason: To ensure the protection of badgers and the structural integrity of their setts in accordance with the Protection of Badgers Act 1992, National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) Policy N2, Policy EN3 of the Hastings Local Plan and Policy HN8 of the Development Management Plan 2015.

  8. Something else
    No development involving the excavation of trenches, installation of pipes or culverts shall commence until measures to protect badgers from being trapped in open excavations and/or pipe and culverts are installed. The measures shall include: a) creation of sloping escape ramps for badgers, which may be achieved by edge profiling of trenches/excavations or by using planks placed into them at the end of each working day; and b) any open pipework with an internal diameter exceeding 150 mm shall be capped or otherwise covered at the end of each working day. The approved measures shall be maintained for the duration of the excavation works and until all trenches have been backfilled and all pipes and culverts have been installed or sealed.

    Reason: To ensure badgers are not trapped and harmed on site and to prevent delays to site operation.

  9. Biodiversity and ecology
    No development shall take place until an ecological design strategy (EDS) addressing onsite ecological compensation and enhancement measures, to include soft landscaping of value to wildlife and details of bat boxes, swift bricks and bird boxes, has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved ecological compensation and enhancement measures shall thereafter be retained and maintained in accordance with the approved EDS.

    Reason: To minimise the impacts of development on biodiversity, in accordance with Chapter 19 of the NPPF, Circular 06/2005, the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 and Policy EN3 of the Hastings Local Plan - Planning Strategy (2014).

  10. Trees and landscaping
    No development above ground shall take place until full details of the hard landscape works have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority and these works shall be carried out as approved. These details shall include proposed finished levels or contours; means of enclosure; hard surfacing materials; lightwells; and minor artefacts and structures.

    Reason: To ensure a satisfactory form of development in the interests of the visual amenity.

  11. Bins and recycling
    No works of demolition shall be undertaken until a Demolition Method Statement has been submitted to and approved in writing by, the local planning authority. The Demolition Method Statement shall provide for: a) the sequence of demolition phases; b) measures to control the emission of dust and dirt during each phase of demolition; c) measures to limit noise disturbance during demolition; d) method of removing rubble and spoil from the site; e) storage of plant and materials used in demolition; f) erection and maintenance of security hoarding including decorative displays and facilities for public viewing, where appropriate; g) wheel washing facilities where appropriate; and h) a scheme for recycling/disposing of waste resulting from demolition works. The approved Demolition Method Statement shall be adhered to throughout the demolition period.

    Reason: To ensure a satisfactory form of development in the interests of the character and amenity of the area.

  12. Something else
    No works of demolition shall be undertaken until a Destructive Asbestos Survey of buildings to be demolished has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The works shall then be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

    Reason: To safeguard human health, construction workers, neighbouring occupiers and the environment during demolition works.

  13. Materials and design details
    No development shall take place above ground until details of the materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces of the dwellinghouse hereby permitted have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

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

  14. Parking, access and cycles
    Prior to first occupation of the development, the details of EV charging points, to include location and specification, must be submitted for approval in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved EV charging points shall then be installed prior to first occupation of the development. The EV charging points shall thereafter be retained and maintained in working order for the lifetime of the development in accordance with the approved details.

    Reason: In order to promote sustainable transport.

  15. Parking, access and cycles
    Prior to the first occupation of the dwelling hereby approved, the approved cycle shed shall be installed in accordance with the specification and location in approved drawing no. Hast1RG202 [name removed] , and retained and maintained in this condition for the lifetime of the development unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The cycle shed shall be used for cycle storage only and shall be kept clear for that purpose.

    Reason: To enable travel by non-car modes.

  16. Bins and recycling
    Prior to the first occupation of the dwelling hereby approved, the approved bin stores for both the proposed dwelling and No. 1 Ridgewood Gardens shall be installed in accordance with the location and specification in approved drawing no. Hast1RG202 [name removed] , and retained and maintained in this condition for the lifetime of the development unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

    Reason: To ensure that the development functions well and in the interests of visual amenity.

  17. Parking, access and cycles
    The development shall not be occupied until the parking areas have been provided in accordance with drawing no. Hast1RG202 [name removed] , and the areas shall thereafter be retained for the parking of vehicles only. The proposed parking spaces must measure at least 2.5m by 5m (with an additional 50cm added where spaces abut walls or fences).

    Reason: To ensure adequate off-street parking provision and to safeguard highway safety.

  18. Trees and landscaping
    If within a period of five years from the date of the planting of any tree that tree, or any tree planted in replacement for it, is removed, uprooted or destroyed or dies, or becomes, in the opinion of the Local Planning Authority, seriously damaged or defective, another tree of the same species and size as that originally planted shall be planted at the same place, unless the Local Planning Authority gives its written consent to any variation.

    Reason: In the interests of the visual amenity.

  19. Trees and landscaping
    All trees produced abroad but purchased for transplanting shall spend at least one full growing season on a UK nursery and be subjected to a pest and disease control programme. Evidence of this control programme, together with an audit trail of when imported trees where needed and their origin and how long they have been in the nursery will be supplied to the Local Planning Authority prior to the commencement of any tree planting.

    Reason: Biosecurity is very important to minimise the risks of pests and diseases being imported into the UK and introduced into the environment.

  20. Trees and landscaping
    The development shall be carried out in full accordance with the Arboricultural Impact Assessment and Method Statement (St Aubyn Tree Consultancy; Ref: STA 5338 AIA AMS Ridgewood Gardens [name removed] ; August 2025), including the approved Tree Protection Plan, for the duration of the development unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. This includes: · the installation and retention of tree protection fencing and ground protection prior to the commencement of development; · the approved excavation and construction methodology within and adjacent to Root Protection Areas; · the approved pruning works; · arboricultural supervision and monitoring at the stages identified within the Method Statement; and · the implementation of landscaping works relating to retained trees

    Reason: In the interests of the health of the trees and to protect the visual amenity.

  21. Biodiversity and ecology
    No removal of vegetation, including trees, shrubs, hedgerows or brambles, shall take place during the bird nesting season, 1 March to 31 August inclusive, unless a nesting bird survey has first been undertaken by a suitably qualified ecologist within 48 hours prior to the commencement of the relevant works. Where such a survey is required, the survey report shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority before the relevant vegetation removal works commence. If active nests, eggs or young birds are identified, no works shall take place within the affected area, or within an appropriate buffer zone to be agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority, until the nest is no longer active and any young have fledged. The vegetation removal works shall thereafter be carried out only in accordance with the approved survey and any mitigation or avoidance measures agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

    Reason: To minimise the impacts of development on biodiversity, in accordance with Chapter 19 of the NPPF, Circular 06/2005, the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 and Policy EN3 of the Hastings Local Plan - Planning Strategy (2014).

  22. Hours of building work
    With the exception of internal works the building works required to carry out the development and deliveries to and from the premises allowed by this permission must only be carried out within the following times:- 08.00 - 18.00 Monday to Friday 08.00 - 13.00 on Saturdays No working on Sundays or Public Holidays.

    Reason: To safeguard the amenity of adjoining residents.

  23. Contaminated land
    All development shall be stopped immediately in the event that contamination not previously identified is found to be present on the development site and details of the contamination shall be reported immediately in writing to the Local Planning Authority. Development shall not re-start on site until the following details have been submitted to, and approved in writing by, the Local Planning Authority: - (a) a scheme outlining a site investigation and risk assessments designed to assess the nature and extent of any contamination on the site; (b) a written report of the findings which includes, a description of the extent, scale and nature of contamination, an assessment of all potential risks to known receptors, an update of the conceptual site model (devised in the desktop study), identification of all pollutant linkages and unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority and identified as unnecessary in the written report, an appraisal of remediation options and proposal of the preferred option(s) identified as appropriate for the type of contamination found on site and (unless otherwise first agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority); and (c) a detailed remediation scheme designed to bring the site to a condition suitable for the intended use by removing unacceptable risks to human health, buildings and other property and the natural and historical environment. The scheme should include all works to be undertaken, proposed remediation objectives and remediation criteria, timetable of works, site management procedures and a verification plan outlining details of the data to be collected in order to demonstrate the completion of the remediation works and any arrangements for the continued monitoring of identified pollutant linkages; and before any part of the development is occupied or used (unless otherwise first agreed in writing by the Planning Authority) a verification report demonstrating the effectiveness of the remediation works…

    Reason: To ensure that risks from land contamination to the future users of the land and neighbouring land are minimised, together with those to controlled waters, property and ecological systems, and to ensure that the development can be carried out safely without unacceptable risks to workers, neighbours and other offsite receptors.

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 Ridgewood Gardens 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 Ridgewood Gardens’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 Ridgewood Gardens 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 Ridgewood Gardens’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.”

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

No Site of Special Scientific Interest, Special Area of Conservation, Local Nature Reserve, ancient woodland or country park is within about 100 m of Ridgewood Gardens’s line, and it is outside the High Weald National Landscape. 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.

At the planning committee

It went to the Planning Committee on Wed 12 Aug 2026: the officer’s report. The officer recommended: “Grant Full Planning Permission” The minutes record: Deferred (by 6 votes in favour and 2 against). How the committee decided

Comments on the application

The council’s file counts 10 comments from the public: 10 objections, 0 in support (as it stood on Mon 2 Nov 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.

Similar applications nearby

We hold no other applications of the same kind (new homes) on Ridgewood Gardens or in Conquest ward since our record starts on 21 April 2026.

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.