Conditions, certificates and amendments This asks the council to confirm that planning permission isn't needed.
What is proposed
In the council’s words, from its weekly list:
Application for a Certificate of proposed Lawful development for use of existing house for the provision of care to 5 people living together as a single household (Class C3b)
The application describes the new use as Class C3(b) (a home for up to six people receiving care). That is how the application describes it, not a finding of the lawful use.
The decision notice on the council’s file (published Thu 13 Aug 2026) attaches 3 conditions. In the council’s words, each with the reason it gives:
Built to the approved plans
The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans: Location Plan Proposed Basement and Ground Floor Plans Proposed First and Second Floor Plans
How the building or land is used
The use shall operate as a single household living together and as such there shall be no alterations or subdivision of the building and the property shall have only one postal address: 15B Cloudesley Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, TN37 6JW. The use shall not, at any time, be used for the purpose of renting out or selling as separate independent residential units other than as stated in this permission.
How the building or land is used
The development shall only be used in conjunction with the existing dwelling and shall not, at any time, be used for business, commercial or industrial purposes other than for the provision of care of the residents. 3. So that the use operates in a manner that falls within use class C3 of the The Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended).
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 Cloudesley Road 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 ↗
Flood zones, the coast and protected nature on this street
We place an application by the street in its address, so these say where Cloudesley Road 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 Cloudesley Road’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.”
No Site of Special Scientific Interest, Special Area of Conservation, Local Nature Reserve, ancient woodland or country park is within about 100 m of Cloudesley Road’s line, and it is outside the High Weald National Landscape. Protected nature in Hastings
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.
COUNCIL TAX, Tue 7 Jul 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.
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.