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What’s near Amherst Close on the full map. The shaded area inside the dashed line is a conservation area and green dots are trees under a tree preservation order (indicative only).
Amherst Close at a glance
The street beside its ward and the town. Each figure is from the section further down that says where it comes from.
Closing dates you can still act on, applications and decisions on the street, appeals, the protections that cover it, and the council's land and licensing papers.
Planning on this street
We have no planning applications or decisions for this street. That doesn’t mean nothing has happened here, only that the council’s weekly planning lists haven’t named it since our record starts on 21 April 2026.
Conservation, listed buildings and protected trees
None of the town’s 18 conservation areas reaches Amherst Close 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 ↗
The council’s map data has no tree preservation order within about 40 m of Amherst Close’s line.
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 ↗
None of Amherst Close’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.”
Ancient woodland: Amherst Close’s line passes within about 100 m of 1 parcel on Natural England’s inventory.
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
Problems reported, roadworks, how long reports take to close, and who looks after the road.
Who looks after this street
Adopted highway: yes. Amherst Close is on East Sussex County Council’s map of adopted roads, so the county looks after it: report a problem to East Sussex Highways.
Utility repair and maintenance works · urgent works · in the footway · clear of the road · pavement closed, with another way round · permit LQ002SWAT14589522-01
21 to 26 May 2026finished 26 May
Southern Water
Utility repair and maintenance works · urgent works · in the footway · clear of the road · pavement closed, with another way round · permit LQ002SWAT14544426-01
26 to 30 March 2026finished 27 March
Southern Water
Utility repair and maintenance works · minor works (three days or less) · in the footway · clear of the road · pavement closed, with another way round · permit LQ002SWAT14447163-01
20 to 25 November 2025finished 24 November 2025
BT
Utility repair and maintenance works · emergency works · in the footway · short stops of traffic · pavement closed, with another way round · permit BC411001WGKR2K2D-01
5 to 6 November 2025finished 5 November 2025
From the permits utilities and East Sussex County Council apply for in DfT Street Manager, read from its open archive (September 2025 to September 2026; newest entry 30 September 2026). The archive is published monthly, so works booked since then, and emergencies, aren't here yet, and planned dates can change. Contains public sector information from the Department for Transport's Street Manager, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Homes and premises
What homes sold for, their energy ratings, broadband, and business rates.
Homes sold on this street
HM Land Registry records 6 standard sales of homes on Amherst Close since 2017, and 32 since 1995. Newest first, by month and price; house numbers and flat names are left out. Flats include maisonettes.
14 homes on Amherst Close have a current energy performance certificate, registered 2017 to 2026. Each home counts once, by its newest certificate; homes without one aren't counted.
Buses and trains, health, schools, care, parks, food hygiene, air, crime and the sea.
The nearest station is St Leonards Warrior Square, about 950 m away: next trains, step-free access and facilities. Step-free access: B2, (refer to quick reference guide).
Crime and policing in Braybrooke ward
Amherst Close's middle is in Braybrooke ward. These are the ward's figures, not this street's: we don't publish crime street by street.
In August 2026, the police recorded 40 crimes and 12 incidents of anti-social behaviour in Braybrooke ward. In the 12 months to August 2026: 392 crimes and 126 incidents of anti-social behaviour. The ward's figures by category.
Its police team is Braybrooke. The team's next meeting listed on data.police.uk: Community Meeting - Braybrooke Ward, Monday 21 December 2026, 6pm, Alexandra Park St. Helens Road, Hastings.
The team's priorities, as the police word them: ASB Scooters & Bikes in local public areas; Vehicle Offences and Theft.
The team's contact details on data.police.uk: email hastings@sussex.pnn.police.uk. Sussex Police's telephone number on data.police.uk is 101, the police's number for anything that isn't an emergency; Sussex Police's website. In an emergency, call 999.
From data.police.uk (Open Government Licence): crimes reported to and recorded by the police, each counted in the ward that holds its anonymised map point. About these figures.
Air quality nearby
The council's nitrogen dioxide tube at 116 Bohemia Road, about 480 m from the middle of this street: an annual mean of 19.4 µg/m³ in 2025.
Every year the report gives: 2021: 24.1, 2022: 23.8, 2023: 21.6, 2024: 21.3, 2025: 19.4 (µg/m³).
Each figure is for the kerbside spot where the tube or monitor sits, not for the whole street. The report compares each site “with the air quality objective of 40µg/m3”, an annual mean. From the borough council's 2026 Air Quality Annual Status Report (May 2026, read 12 October 2026). Every site
Charging an electric car
The nearest public charger mapped on OpenStreetMap is A charging point near Priory Street, about 1,080 m from the middle of this street (8 bays mapped).
The nearest of each on NHS England's register, measured from the middle of this street in a straight line. Nearest doesn't mean a practice takes patients from this street or is taking new ones; each name links to its NHS website page, with its opening hours.
56 Chapel Park Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea, TN37 6JB
The practice told the NHS it accepts new NHS patients for routine care if they are: children aged 17 or under. The practice last confirmed this on 7 September 2026. Information from the NHS website, read 30 October 2026.
Primary · ages 4 to 11 · Ofsted's latest: ungraded inspection 8 March 2023: “School remains Outstanding”
920 m
Within a kilometre of the middle of this street, as the crow flies. Distance isn't how places are given: the county's admissions rules decide that. Every school in Hastings.
Council papers and other documents that name Amherst Close, newest first.
On the record
Nothing on our record names Amherst Close yet: no council paper or report, and no planning application. When something does, it will appear on this page and in its feed.