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2 St Helens Avenue

Planning application HS/FA/26/00271

2 St Helens Avenue, Hastings, TN34 2JT

Extensions and alterations: lofts and dormers

What is proposed

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

Single storey front extension, loft extension including raising roof to include front roof light, rear dormer and solar panels, roof to be finished in slate. Conversion of existing garage to provide additional living accommodation with new roof and altered openings, installation of EWI and render to the external walls to the ground floor and timber cladding to the first floor. Removal of the gas boiler and replacement with ASHP. New and altered windows and doors. Timber decking access to front.

Where it stands

The council’s file ↗

Conditions attached

The decision notice on the council’s file (published Tue 11 Aug 2026) attaches 10 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: Site location and proposed block plan (814-S-01B) Proposed site plan (PP/003-02-C) Proposed elevations (PP/003-03-C) Proposed floor plans and roof plans (PP/003-04-C) Proposed sections (PP-003-05) Construction management plan (proposed site plan parking and storage) (PP/003.02-02-CA) Technical specification of roof lights

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

  3. Noise, plant and smells
    Prior to the installation of the Air Source Heat Pump, an acoustic assessment shall be undertaken in accordance with BS 4142:2014+A1:2019. The findings of the assessment shall be set out in an acoustic report, which shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority prior to the installation of the Air Source Heat Pump. The acoustic report shall confirm that the rating level attributable to the Air Source Heat Pump will not exceed 35 dB LAeq,15min, measured at the façade of any neighbouring residential premises. Where it is demonstrated that achieving 35 dB LAeq,15min is not practicable and the local context supports a relaxation of this criterion, a higher rating level may be accepted, subject to a maximum of 40 dB LAeq,15min. Any proposed relaxation shall be fully justified within the acoustic report. The assessment and report shall have regard to the Heat Pumps Professional Advice Note 2022, published by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH).

    Reason: To safeguard the amenity of adjoining and future residents.

  4. Construction management
    The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved Construction Management Plan (Version 2) and Construction Management Plan (PP/003.02-02-CA) throughout the entire construction period, unless any variation is first agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

    Reason: To protect the amenities of neighbouring occupiers, ensure highway safety, minimise environmental impacts during construction and in the interests of protecting trees on and adjacent to site.

  5. Something else
    Prior to the commencement of any demolition works on site, a destructive asbestos survey of all buildings to be demolished shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The demolition works shall thereafter be carried out in accordance with the approved survey and any recommendations or mitigation measures contained therein.

    Reason: To ensure that asbestos-containing materials are identified and appropriately managed prior to demolition, in the interests of protecting human health and the environment.

  6. Contaminated land
    In the event that contamination is found at any time when carrying out the proposed development, that was not previously identified, (such as any further asbestos containing material), works should cease immediately on site. A scheme of proposed remediation measures must be submitted to and approved in writing to the Local Planning Authority for approval prior to continuation of the works within one working day of the contamination being found on site. Works shall not recommence on site until the remediation scheme has been submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority in writing. Once the remediation scheme is approved by the Local Planning Authority, all the measures required within the approved remediation scheme shall be carried out. Any approved remediation works, shall be carried out in full on site under a quality assurance scheme to demonstrate compliance with the proposed methodology and best practice guidance.

    Reason: To protect those redeveloping the site, future occupants and neighbouring sites and occupants.

  7. Contaminated land
    In the event that contamination is found to be present, upon completion of the works the developer shall provide written confirmation (verification report) that all works were completed in accordance with the agreed remediation details, this to be approved by the Local Planning Authority.

    Reason: To protect those redeveloping the site, future occupants and neighbouring sites and occupants.

  8. Noise, plant and smells
    Details including acoustic specifications, of all fixed plant, machinery and equipment associated with air moving equipment (including Heat pumps, fans, ducting and external openings), compressors generators or plant or equipment of a like kind, installed within the site, which has the potential to cause noise disturbance to any noise sensitive receivers, shall be submitted to and approved by the Local Planning Authority before installation.

    Reason: To safeguard the amenity of adjoining and future residents.

  9. Something else
    All recommendations set out within the land stability assessment by Kent and Sussex Geotechnical (dated 3rd of May 2026) with respect to land stability risk mitigation shall be carried out and implemented in full and thereafter retained.

    Reason: To mitigate risk to land stability.

  10. Hours of building work
    With the exception of internal works the building works required to carry out the development 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 and future residents.

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

We couldn’t place St Helens Avenue’s line on the map, so we can’t say whether it reaches a conservation area. The town’s conservation areas lists each one with the council’s map.

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 St Helens Avenue runs, not where the site’s boundary is. The application’s own documents on the council’s file show the site.

Flood zones

St Helens Avenue has no line on our map, so we can’t say which flood zone it is in.

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.

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 2 comments from the public: 1 objection, 1 in support (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.

Similar applications nearby

Other applications of the same kind (lofts and dormers) on St Helens Avenue or in St Helens 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 St Helens

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.