Hastings Mosque, Mercatoria, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0EB
Extensions and alterations
What is proposed
In the council’s words, from its weekly list:
Proposed single storey rear extension to the mosque buildings with outdoor roof terrace and landscaping.
Commenting on this application
Registered No decision on our record yet.
The council doesn’t publish a closing date for this application. Councils normally allow at least 21 days for comments from when a site notice goes up or neighbours are written to, and comments that arrive later, before the decision, are often still considered. The council’s file has its own dates and the comment form.
Comments are public: the council publishes them on the application’s file with the commenter’s name, and removes personal details such as addresses, phone numbers and email addresses. A comment should be about the proposal: the council can take only planning matters into account.
What the council can take into account
A planning decision must follow the council’s development plan unless “material planning considerations” point another way. Government guidance describes these as matters relevant to the planning decision. It says the courts have generally taken the view that planning is about the use of land in the public interest, so purely private interests, such as the effect on a neighbouring property’s value or the loss of a private right to light, could not be material considerations. Public views can be taken into account where they relate to planning matters; support or opposition is not in itself a reason to grant or refuse.
The plans and documents are on the council’s file. When it is decided, the decision notice there will set out any conditions or the reasons for a refusal.
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 street index lists these properties on Mercatoria under Article 4 directions, which take away some building work that wouldn’t otherwise need planning permission:
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 ↗
1 listed building is on or beside Mercatoria: the street’s page lists it.
Flood zones, the coast and protected nature on this street
We place an application by the street in its address, so these say where Mercatoria 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 Mercatoria’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.”
The Environment Agency’s erosion map covers this frontage: 2 stretches of policy unit 4C24 Hastings (inc. the Harbour) ↗ in the Shoreline Management Plan, whose policy is Hold the line (Maintain/replace) in all three periods, 2005 to 2105: “Where protection is currently provided by coastal defence structures or managed beaches, and the intention is to retain a defence along approximately the current alignment. This will involve replacing defences when needed. Defence type, method and standard of protection may be modified over time.”
With Shoreline Management Plans delivered: 0 m by 2055, 0 m by 2105.
No Future Intervention: 24 to 56 m by 2055, 47 to 99 m by 2105.
Part of Mercatoria’s line is inside the map’s No Future Intervention zone to 2105, and none of it inside the zone to 2105 with the plan delivered.
The figures are the width of the map’s erosion zone, inland from today’s shoreline, on the Higher Central allowance. In the Agency’s words: “Two periods: Medium Term (up to 2055) and Long Term (up to 2105).” “Two management scenarios: With Shoreline Management Plans delivered and No Future Intervention.” “Three climate scenarios: Present Day climate (2020), Higher Central allowance and Upper End allowance. The two allowances use sea level rise data from UKCP18 RCP8.5 70th and 95th percentiles respectively.” “All distances are cumulative over time and given in metres.”
The data and associated information are intended for guidance only - it cannot provide details for individual properties.
The data shows areas of land likely to be at erosion risk but does not show the precise future position of the shoreline.
Erosion may happen faster or slower than what we show, and risk may change over time.
No Site of Special Scientific Interest, Special Area of Conservation, Local Nature Reserve, ancient woodland or country park is within about 100 m of Mercatoria’s line, and it is outside the High Weald National Landscape. Protected nature in Hastings
It went to the Planning Committee on Wed 21 Oct 2026: the officer’s report. The officer recommended: “REFUSE” The minutes of that meeting aren’t published yet. How the committee decided
Comments on the application
The council’s file counts 190 comments from the public: 79 objections, 109 in support, 2 other (as it stood on Wed 14 Oct 2026). The count can change until the application is decided; we check it at most once a week. Its comments tab records 2 neighbours consulted.
Who the council consulted
The bodies and officers the file lists as consulted, with the day each was asked.
Conservation, asked Mon 18 May 2026
HBC Senior SUDS and Flood Risk Officer, asked Mon 18 May 2026
Highways, asked Mon 8 Jun 2026
Southern Water, asked Mon 8 Jun 2026
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.
CONSERVATION OFFICER COMMENTS (CONS OFFICER), Tue 19 May 2026
HBC SUDS OFFICER, Mon 8 Jun 2026
SOUTHERN WATER, Wed 17 Jun 2026
HIGHWAYS, Fri 19 Jun 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 (extensions and alterations) on Mercatoria or in Central St Leonards 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.
Proposed cladding remediation works; installation of cavity barriers and cavity closers around all window openings; replacement of existing timber windows at ground and first floor levels with aluminium windows; replacement of existing spandrel panels to windows at second floor level and above with A1-rated aluminium spandrel panels; and local replacement of roof slates to facilitate the installation of cavity barriers.
HS/FA/26/00386, validated Thu 9 Jul 2026, decided in the week of Mon 14 Sep 2026
Replacement of exsiting timber casement and sash windows for white upvc georgian sash and casement windows. Replacement of timber external doors for upvc.
HS/FA/26/00387, validated Mon 29 Jun 2026, decided in the week of Mon 17 Aug 2026
…and 8 more of the same kind nearby. Every application on Mercatoria is on its page.
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.