Street problems
Problems on Hastings & St Leonards streets that residents have reported and that are still open, such as potholes, broken lights and blocked paths. These are ongoing problems rather than live events: the live page covers what is happening right now.
Open reports
- 2 reports near Keymer Close
Graffiti; Flytipping
reported 30 Oct 2026map ↗ - Flytipping
“Someone has dumped rubbish outside of our door: This has happened before and it has taken a long time to be cleared.”
near Nightingale Passage
- Rights of way
“Urgent Health & Safety Hazard: Low-hanging wire obstructing pavement on Gillmans Hill: There is a thin overhead utility cable that has dropped significantly and is now hanging extremely low across the pedestrian pavement. It is hard to see and poses an immediate trip and entanglement hazard; I unfortunately just walked straight into it. Please arrange an inspection to secure or cut back this line safely before it causes an injury.”
near Gillsman's Hill
- Dog fouling
“Dogs poo on grass verge that could be stood in as soon as you get out of your car.”
near Pilot Road
- Bollard Missing
“Filthy bollards the reflective red side cannot be seen aswell as the bend warning sign just before them Please have these cleaned so people can see the approaching bend in the dark as I couldn’t!”
- Street light not working outside St John's Church Chapel Pevensey Road St Leonards on Sea
near Brittany Mews · Other
- Flytipping
“The people in genhm court put up a fence on unregistered land part of speckled wood now flytipping has started again.”
near Valley Side Road
- 2 reports near Northampton Way
Dog fouling (2)
reported 15 Oct 2026map ↗ - Dog fouling
“Dog poo”
near Howlett Close
- Pothole more than 30 cm wide or 6 cm deep
“Ph”
near Bembrook Road
- Rubbish (refuse and recycling)
“Bin is full: The bin is full and lots of poo bags on the floor surrounding the bin. It’s needs to be emptied regularly and not just when I report it”
near Muriel Way
- Flytipping
“Flytipping just past fishpond B2092: Health and safety issue Bags of rubbish on Crowhurst road Flytipping Just near fishponds towards Crowhurst ( west bound)”
near Lake View
- No working lamposts
“There is a run of three / four lampposts on Frederick Road, near to the junction of Oakfield Road, that arent working”
near Oakfield Road · Other
- New white arrow road markings issue
“The new white arrow marking left turn at the junction of Devonshire Road left into Havelock Road is prompting car drivers to turn left which is prohibited because there is no white straight-on arrow to show cars should drive straight over the crossing into Priory Street. Seems incredible that error was not noticed by Highways as cars cover the words only taxis and buses at the junction when stopped at the traffic lights or in the dark.”
near Cornwallis Terrace · Other
- Pothole more than 30 cm wide or 6 cm deep
“Potholes near to bin storage: Several Potholes near bin area.”
near Stockleigh Road
- 2 reports near Pennine Rise
Other (2)
reported 6 Oct 2026map ↗ - Flytipping
“Fly tipping: Bags of rubbish, including bags of beer bottles are being dumped in the alley behind Marine Parade properties. This morning my bin was full of these bags. A clue to ownership might be the Phoenix beer bottles. The twitten is gated but I guess the code has become common knowledge. Tried the Council site but pic would not upload. Thanks”
near Albion Lane
- Parking Bays
“Abandoned vehicle in Disabled Bay: Van has not moved for three weeks.”
near Beaufort Crescent
- Lamp post, light permanently on
“This light is on all the time”
near Trafalgar Cottages · Other
- Pothole more than 30 cm wide or 6 cm deep
“Potholes and surface degradation: This entire stretch is littered with potholes, dips, loose gravel and is a hazard to pedestrians, cyclists and motorists. It needs re-surfacing.”
near Mann Street
- 7 pothole reports near Tamarisk Steps
Pothole more than 30 cm wide or 6 cm deep (5); Pothole less than 30 cm wide and 4-6 cm deep (2)
Each of the 7 reports
- Pothole more than 30 cm wide or 6 cm deep: “Ph” report ↗
- Pothole more than 30 cm wide or 6 cm deep: “What is this supposed to be: !!” report ↗
- Pothole less than 30 cm wide and 4-6 cm deep: “2 ph: Ph” report ↗
- Pothole more than 30 cm wide or 6 cm deep: “Ph: Reported numerous times” report ↗
- Pothole more than 30 cm wide or 6 cm deep: “Ph” report ↗
- Pothole more than 30 cm wide or 6 cm deep: “2 ph: This road is unacceptable” report ↗
- Pothole less than 30 cm wide and 4-6 cm deep: “Ph” report ↗
reported 1 Oct 2026map ↗ - 2 pothole reports near Silchester Road
Pothole more than 30 cm wide or 6 cm deep (2)
reported 30 Sep 2026map ↗ - Dog fouling
near The Finches
- Pothole more than 30 cm wide or 6 cm deep
“Pothole at plotted point: Near end of road there is a deep pothole”
near Coventry Road
- Trees
“Trees & shrubs extremely overgrown.: The trees & shrubs are so overgrown, hanging over the pavement and now growing over the bus shelter and will soon reach the road. People walking through are constantly ducking & dodging the greenery. Surely someone is responsible for cutting it back?!”
near Queens Road
- Street cleaning
“Overgrowth of weeds: Along this stretch of road dense amounts of overgrown weeds directly outside 251, 253 and 249 on side of road.”
near Quebec Road
- Pothole less than 30 cm wide and 4-6 cm deep
“3 potholes: Sprayed white around them before roadworks done but still not been filled”
near Martingale Close
- 2 pothole reports near Market Terrace
Pothole more than 30 cm wide or 6 cm deep (2)
reported 22 Sep 2026map ↗ - Street cleaning
“Broken glass left from glazing new premises: I'm writing to ask that attention be given to the clearance of the broken glass both collected along the kerbside and across the road as well as the pavement leading into Robertson Terrace and down the slip road to the rear of the businesses adjacent to Players Sports Bar. The broken glass is from the replacement of the windows at the rear of the former Debenhams building to accommodate the moving in of new businesses. The glass has been present for”
near Robertson Terrace
- Flytipping
“Flytipped gazebo and shoes: Flytipped”
near Moorhurst Road
- 3 pothole reports near Redmayne Drive
Pothole more than 30 cm wide or 6 cm deep (3)
reported 20 Sep 2026map ↗ - Putting green recycling bin in road to save parking space
“He stoping people from paki g there cars”
near Boyne Road · Other
- Pothole more than 30 cm wide or 6 cm deep
“Ph: Massive gap around the cover”
near Wakehurst Court
- Dog fouling
“Dog poo”
near Lincoln Close
- Dog fouling
“Dog poo”
near Frewyn Close
- Overgrown - danger or obstructing
“Hedge blocking footpath for wheelchairs”
near Old Church Road
- Traffic signal fault
“The traffic lights on sedlescombe road south, at the crossroads of springfield road and gillsmans hill, tn38 0tj. These lights stay red for extended periods (several minutes) while no traffic is flowing through the junction from either gillsmans hill nor springfield road. and no pedestrians either. This has been a persistent problem ever since there were temporary lights here a couple of weeks ago.”
near Springfield Road · Other
- 2 reports near Cat's Lane
Dog fouling (2)
reported 9 Sep 2026map ↗ - Pothole more than 30 cm wide or 6 cm deep
“Half metre long, half metre wide, on middle of the roundabout: This has been here over 7 months. Potential hazard to cyclists and motorcyclists. Could cause damage to vehicles suspension or tyres.”
near Park Gates Roundabout
- Street lighting on frederick closed road
“This morning i was on route to catch a bus and saw G man adjusting thr cones. I stated to him these need to be lit and he informed me East Sussex had inspected this and was happy. I asked him to take a video of me stating it was traffic offence. He would not do this.”
near Deepdene Gardens · Other
These are things residents have reported, not everything the highway authority knows about. Seen a problem? Report it to East Sussex Highways at live.eastsussexhighways.com/report-problem, or through fixmystreet.com, which also reaches the council and shows up back on this page.
Reports about people
3 reports that describe people are left out of this page, the map, and the street and ward pages.
Reports that describe people, such as a tent, someone sleeping rough or in a doorway, someone living in a vehicle, or begging, aren't listed or put on the map anywhere on this site. They are still counted: in the number above, and in how long reports take to close. Leaving a report out here changes nothing on FixMyStreet, which sends reports to the council.
How a report is matched
None of FixMyStreet's categories for Hastings describes people, so a report is matched by its words.
By whole words in its category, title or description, in any case: “tent/tents”, “encampment/encampments”, “rough sleeper/sleepers/sleeping”, “sleeping/sleeps/slept rough”, “sleeping/sleeps/slept in (a/the/their/his/her) (shop) doorway/doorways”, “sleeping/sleeps/slept in (a/the/their/his/her) car/van/vehicle/campervan/caravan/motorhome”, “sleeping/sleeps/slept on (a/the) bench/benches/pavement/street/beach/steps”, “living/lives/lived in (a/the/their/his/her) car/van/vehicle/vehicles/campervan/caravan/motorhome”, “sleeping bag/bags”, “homeless/homelessness”, “begging/beggar/beggars”, “vagrant/vagrants”, “squatter/squatters/squatting”, “camping/camped on”, “camped out”, “street drinking/drinker/drinkers”, “anti-social/antisocial behaviour/behavior”. A slash gives other forms of a word; a word in brackets may be missing. “tent” never matches “content” or “attention”.
These phrases don't count: “tent peg/pegs”, “begging to be”.
The list was last checked on 14 October 2026.
How long reports took to close
Of the 150 problems reported in Hastings and St Leonards that our record holds, 76 are closed on FixMyStreet and 74 are still open. The median time from report to close was 3 days: half the closed reports took longer, half less. Reports still open aren’t in that figure.
| Ward | Reported | Closed | Median days to close |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashdown | 5 | 3 | 2 days |
| Baird | 9 | 2 | 17 days |
| Braybrooke | 18 | 15 | 2 days |
| Castle | 19 | 8 | 3 days |
| Central St Leonards | 20 | 13 | 6 days |
| Conquest | 5 | 2 | 3 days |
| Gensing | 2 | 1 | 36 days |
| Hollington | 13 | 2 | 32 days |
| Maze Hill | 7 | 5 | 6 days |
| Old Hastings | 19 | 9 | 5 days |
| Ore | 6 | 3 | 2 days |
| Silverhill | 2 | 1 | 28 days |
| St Helens | 1 | 1 | under a day |
| Tressell | 6 | 2 | 15 days |
| West St Leonards | 7 | 2 | under a day |
| Wishing Tree | 6 | 4 | 4 days |
Fly-tipping
Reports on FixMyStreet
13 reports filed under a fly-tipping category are on our record since 14 August 2026, 9 still open. These are what residents chose to report.
What the council reports to the government
A separate count: in 2024-25 Hastings Borough Council recorded 1,529 fly-tipping incidents (16.8 per 1,000 people) and took 124 enforcement actions, as DEFRA's national statistics give them.