First and Second Floor Flat, 24 St Matthews Gardens
Planning application HS/FA/26/00480
First and Second Floor Flat, 24 St Matthews Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0TT
Extensions and alterations
What is proposed
In the council’s words, from its weekly list:
Replacement of 2no. timber sash windows to first floor side elevation and 4no. timber sash windows to first floor rear elevation with UPVC Rehau Heritage sash windows.
The decision notice on the council’s file (published Wed 7 Oct 2026) attaches 4 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 development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans: 26.689.2 - Proposed Plans
Reason: For the avoidance of doubt and in the interests of proper planning.
Materials and design details
The materials to be used must match as closely as possible, in type, colour and texture those listed in the Materials Section of the application form.
Reason: In the interests of the visual amenity of the area.
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: In the interests of the amenity of the neighbouring residential occupiers.
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 Matthews Gardens’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 ↗
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 Matthews Gardens runs, not where the site’s boundary is. The application’s own documents on the council’s file show the site.
Flood zones
St Matthews Gardens has no line on our map, so we can’t say which flood zone it is in.
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.
Conservation, asked Thu 3 Sep 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.
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 St Matthews Gardens or in Silverhill 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.
Single storey rear exension with pitched roof and rear doors to garden with the installation of roof lights (amended description).
HS/PD/26/00303, validated Tue 19 May 2026, decided in the week of Mon 22 Jun 2026
General PD refused
…and 1 more of the same kind nearby. Every application on St Matthews Gardens 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.