Bannatynes Health Club, Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8EZ
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:
Installation of 2no. electric vehicle recharging upstands with 1no. associated feeder pillar, and removal of existing upstands and feeder pillar within the customer car park, pursuant to Schedule 2, Part 2, Class E of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
The decision notice on the council’s file (published Wed 7 Oct 2026) attaches 1 condition. In the council’s words, each with the reason it gives:
Parking, access and cycles
When the development is no longer needed as a charging point for electric vehicles— (a) the development is removed as soon as reasonably practicable; and (b) the land on which the development was mounted or into which the development was set is, as soon as reasonably practicable, and so far as reasonably practicable, reinstated to its condition before that development was carried out.
Reason: To ensure the development falls within the limit of permitted development within Class E of Part 2 of Schedule 2 of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (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 Battle 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 ↗
Tree preservation orders within about 40 m of Battle Road’s line, from the council’s map data:
TPO 4: made 17 June 1957, confirmed 4 December 1957; 6 groups of trees, 7 areas of trees, 8 woodlands in the order. The order (PDF) ↗
TPO 9: made 24 November 1949, confirmed 13 April 1950; 4 groups of trees, 8 woodlands in the order. The order (PDF) ↗
TPO 37: made 15 July 1970, confirmed 14 November 1973; 15 trees, 9 groups of trees, 30 areas of trees, 31 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 163: made 27 January 1995, confirmed 3 April 1995; 12 trees in the order. The order (PDF) ↗
TPO 261: made 4 March 2008, confirmed 21 May 2008; 1 tree in the order. The order (PDF) ↗
TPO 274: made 13 July 2011, confirmed 17 August 2011; 3 trees 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 Battle Road 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 Battle Road is in Flood Zone 2 (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 2 have a medium probability of flooding.
This means, in any year, land has:
between a 1% and 0.1% (between 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000) chance of flooding from rivers
between a 0.5% and 0.1% (between 1 in 200 and 1 in 1,000) chance of flooding from the sea.
Flood zone 2 developments need a flood risk assessment as part of their planning application.
High Weald National Landscape ↗ (National Landscape (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty)): Battle Road’s line passes within about 10 m of it.
Ancient woodland: Battle Road’s line passes within about 100 m of 2 parcels on Natural England’s inventory (Marline/Hoads Woods).
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 Tue 13 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.
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.