Trees This asks for the council's consent to work on protected trees.
What is proposed
In the council’s words, from its weekly list:
T1 Sycamore - reduction of overhanging limbs to growth points at boundary line and height reduction (max 2m) to balance crown shape.
Commenting on this application
Registered No decision on our record yet.
The council doesn’t publish a closing date for this application. Work to protected trees runs to its own rules, and the council’s file has the dates. From the council’s file: neighbours notified Tue 29 Sep 2026.
Comments are public: the council publishes them on the application’s file with the commenter’s name, and removes personal details such as addresses, phone numbers and email addresses. A comment should be about the proposal: the council can take only planning matters into account.
What the council can take into account
A planning decision must follow the council’s development plan unless “material planning considerations” point another way. Government guidance describes these as matters relevant to the planning decision. It says the courts have generally taken the view that planning is about the use of land in the public interest, so purely private interests, such as the effect on a neighbouring property’s value or the loss of a private right to light, could not be material considerations. Public views can be taken into account where they relate to planning matters; support or opposition is not in itself a reason to grant or refuse.
The plans and documents are on the council’s file. When it is decided, the decision notice there will set out any conditions or the reasons for a refusal.
Conservation and heritage on this street
None of the town’s 18 conservation areas reaches Reedswood 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 Reedswood Road’s line, from the council’s map data:
TPO 44: made 29 February 1972, confirmed 9 May 1972; 6 trees, 9 groups of trees, 8 areas of 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 Reedswood 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 Reedswood 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.”
Combe Haven SSSI ↗ (Site of Special Scientific Interest): Reedswood Road’s line passes within about 30 m of it.
Filsham Reed Bed LNR ↗ (Local Nature Reserve): Reedswood Road’s line passes within about 30 m of it.
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 1 comment from the public: 0 objections, 0 in support, 1 other (as it stood on Tue 27 Oct 2026). The count can change until the application is decided; we check it at most once a week. Its comments tab records 1 neighbour consulted.
Who the council consulted
The bodies and officers the file lists as consulted, with the day each was asked.
Canopy IQ ltd., asked Mon 28 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.
BOROUGH ARBORICULTURIST, Mon 12 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 (trees) on Reedswood Road or in West St Leonards 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.
T04 Corsican Pine - remove dead branches from southern aspect to achieve 6m clearance
HS/TP/26/00486, validated Fri 4 Sep 2026, decided in the week of Mon 19 Oct 2026
Granted permission
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.