221 Little Ridge Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7HN
Extensions and alterations
What is proposed
In the council’s words, from its weekly list:
Conversion of existing storage accommodation to habitable living space, including removal of the existing garage frontage, removal of a rear external door, raising of the existing garage roof line, insertion of new windows and doors, blocking up of redundant openings and construction of porch to side (amended description)
The decision notice on the council’s file (published Thu 20 Aug 2026) attaches 3 conditions. In the council’s words, each with the reason it gives:
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.
Built to the approved plans
The works hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans: 704.100.HH.04_A - PROPOSED GROUND AND FIRST FLOOR 704.100.HH.05_A - PROPOSED ELEVATIONS 704.100.HH.02_A - EXISTING AND PROPOSED SECTIONS 704.100.HH.06 - FRONT ELEVATION IN CONTEXT WITH NO.219
Reason: For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.
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
None of the town’s 18 conservation areas reaches Little Ridge Avenue 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 Little Ridge Avenue’s line, from the council’s map data:
TPO 1: made 12 June 1957, confirmed 8 January 1959; 1 group of trees, 8 areas of trees in the order. The order (PDF) ↗
TPO 27: made 6 September 1960, confirmed 13 December 1960; 13 trees, 5 groups of trees, 1 area of trees, 2 woodlands in the order. The order (PDF) ↗
TPO 38: made 2 September 1970, confirmed 2 September 1970; 16 trees, 13 groups of trees, 19 areas of trees, 17 woodlands in the order. The order (PDF) ↗
TPO 113: made 15 August 1990, confirmed 23 January 1991; 37 trees, 4 groups of trees, 3 areas of trees, 3 woodlands in the order. The order (PDF) ↗
TPO 259: made 23 July 2007, confirmed 4 January 2008; 1 woodland in the order. The order (PDF) ↗
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 ↗
Flood zones, the coast and protected nature on this street
We place an application by the street in its address, so these say where Little Ridge Avenue 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 Little Ridge Avenue is in Flood Zone 3 (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 3 have a high probability of flooding.
This means, in any year, land has:
a 1% (1 in 100) or more chance of flooding from rivers
a 0.5% (1 in 200) or more chance of flooding from the sea.
Flood zone 3 developments need a flood risk assessment as part of their planning application.
Ancient woodland: Little Ridge Avenue’s line passes within about 100 m of 1 parcel on Natural England’s inventory.
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
The council’s file counts no comments from the public (as it stood on Wed 14 Oct 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 Little Ridge Avenue or in Conquest 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.
Retrospective application for the continued mixed-use of the property as a dwelling-house and small-scale Osteopath treatment practice, within one room only and by appointment only, with no internal or external alterations (amended description).
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.