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Unit C, 7-8 Brook Way

Planning application HS/FA/26/00177

Unit C, 7-8 Brook Way, Hastings, TN35 4NN

Extensions and alterations

What is proposed

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

Proposed extension to enlarge the embroidery area

Where it stands

The council’s file ↗

Conditions attached

The decision notice on the council’s file (published Wed 2 Sep 2026) attaches 7 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.
  2. Built to the approved plans
    The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans/documents: Location and block plans (8491/LBP) Proposed block plan (8491/BP) Proposed floor plans and elevations (8491/1/B) Drainage Strategy Report (ref: 25033-RP-D-0600-S4-P01, dated 26 February 2026) Flood Risk Assessment Report (ref: 25084-RP-D-500-S4-P01, dated 30 July 2026)
  3. Materials and design details
    The materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces of the extension hereby permitted shall match those used in the existing building.
  4. Drainage and flooding
    Prior to the commencement of the development, evidence of the necessary Ordinary Watercourse Consent from East Sussex County Council, shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The surface water from the proposed development will be released at a controlled rate of 2l/s into the existing drainage system, which in turn discharges into the ordinary watercourse. Therefore, the local planning authority advises the applicant to consult East Sussex County Council (ESCC) for Ordinary Watercourse Consent for the additional outflow into the existing ordinary watercourse.
  5. Drainage and flooding
    Prior to connecting to the existing drainage system, post-works CCTV records confirming the completion of remedial works should be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority.
  6. Something else
    No development shall commence until a site investigation has been undertaken to a scope and level of detail commensurate with the scale and nature of the proposed development. Its envisaged that, as a minimum, trial pits will be undertaken that: a) include in-situ observations and recording of ground conditions undertaken by an appropriately qualified and demonstrably experienced geotechnical engineer or engineering geologist; b) establish the presence or absence of shallow groundwater; and c) obtain sufficient information to enable appropriate geotechnical parameters to be derived for the design of the proposed foundations.
  7. Something else
    No development shall commence until factual and interpretative reports arising from the site investigation have been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The submitted information shall include a Geotechnical Design Report which assesses the stability of the post-development slope profile and shall have regard

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 Brook Way 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 ↗

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 Brook Way 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 Brook Way’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 Brook Way’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.

Comments on the application

The council’s file counts no comments from the public (as it stood on Tue 13 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.

Similar applications nearby

Other applications of the same kind (extensions and alterations) on Brook Way or in Baird 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.

Elsewhere in Baird

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.