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Caves Road

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Caves Road46 Caves Road (New application, 29 Jun, Central St Leonards)46 Caves Road (Granted permission, 17 Aug, Central St Leonards)47 Caves Road (Withdrawn by applicant, 24 Aug, Central St Leonards)47 Caves Road (New application, 25 Sep, Central St Leonards)
The lights are the 4 things on the record here in the last year. Tap one for its details. What’s near Caves Road on the full map. The shaded area inside the dashed line is a conservation area.

Caves Road 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.

Homes rated A to C for energy

41%

  • Caves Road41%
  • Central St Leonards54%
  • Hastings52%

Of the 41 homes here with a current certificate.

The figures as a table
HereBeside itBeside it
Homes rated A to C for energy41%Central St Leonards: 54%Hastings: 52%
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Since December 2025: 2 planning applications and 2 planning decisions. Each dot is one of them, in the month it happened. Our planning records start in April 2026 and our council papers in September 2025, and street problems show only while they are open, so earlier months may look quieter than they really were.

Planning and building here

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

Every planning application and decision we hold for Caves Road, 3 in all (1 granted, 0 refused, 1 other decision and 1 not yet decided), newest first. Our record starts on 21 April 2026, from the council’s weekly lists; earlier applications here are on the council’s own planning search. An application made before then appears only if it was decided since, and then without its earlier dates.

2026: 3 applications (1 granted, 0 refused, 1 other decision and 1 not yet decided)

  • 47 Caves RoadRegistered

    This asks the council to confirm that an existing use or building is lawful. Application for Certificate of Lawful development for use of property as a dwellinghouse (Class C3(b))

    Use class as described: C3(b)

    HS/EX/26/00569, validated Fri 25 Sep 2026. 1 comment from the public: 1 objection, 0 in support on the council’s file. The council’s file ↗

  • 47 Caves RoadBusiness premisesWithdrawn by applicant

    Change of use of C3 dwellinghouse to C4 House of multiple occupation (retrospective)

    Use class as described: C3 → C4

    HS/FA/26/00326, decided in the week of Mon 24 Aug 2026. 3 comments from the public: 3 objections, 0 in support on the council’s file. The council’s file ↗

  • 46 Caves RoadGranted permission

    Replacement of exsiting timber casement and sash windows for white upvc georgian sash and casement windows. Replacement of timber external doors for upvc.

    HS/FA/26/00387, validated Mon 29 Jun 2026, decided in the week of Mon 17 Aug 2026. 1 comment from the public: 1 objection, 0 in support on the council’s file. The council’s file ↗

Conservation, listed buildings and protected trees

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 street index lists these properties on Caves Road under Article 4 directions, which take away some building work that wouldn’t otherwise need planning permission:

The council’s Article 4 directions for cliff stability (confirmed 1 July 2025) take away some householder permitted development rights near here: the map of Cliff Stability Area 1 is titled Caves Road. The addresses they cover are listed only in the directions themselves. Cliff Stability Area 1: the direction (PDF) ↗, its map (PDF) ↗; Cliff Stability Area 2: the direction (PDF) ↗, its map (PDF) ↗.

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 ↗

Listed buildings

Historic England’s list has no entry that names Caves Road or stands beside its line. Every listed building in Hastings

Tree preservation orders

The council’s map data has no tree preservation order within about 40 m of Caves Road’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 ↗

Conservation areas, Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders: Hastings Borough Council, Open Government Licence v3.0. Street lines © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Flood zones, the coast and protected nature

Flood zones

Part of Caves Road is in Flood Zone 3 (the sea). 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 3 have a high probability of flooding.

This means, in any year, land has:

  • a 1% (1 in 100) or more chance of flooding from rivers
  • a 0.5% (1 in 200) or more chance of flooding from the sea.

Flood zone 3 developments need a flood risk assessment as part of their planning application.

The Environment Agency’s words, from Flood zones and what they mean ↗.

A street’s line is not an address. For a particular address, use the Environment Agency’s Check your long term flood risk ↗; for a planning site, its Flood map for planning ↗. Flood warnings in force now are on Live now.

The coast

The Environment Agency’s erosion map covers this frontage: 2 stretches of policy unit 4C24 Hastings (inc. the Harbour) ↗ in the Shoreline Management Plan, whose policy is Hold the line (Maintain/replace) in all three periods, 2005 to 2105: “Where protection is currently provided by coastal defence structures or managed beaches, and the intention is to retain a defence along approximately the current alignment. This will involve replacing defences when needed. Defence type, method and standard of protection may be modified over time.”

  • With Shoreline Management Plans delivered: 0 m by 2055, 0 m by 2105.
  • No Future Intervention: 29 to 40 m by 2055, 54 to 77 m by 2105.

Part of Caves Road’s line is inside the map’s No Future Intervention zone to 2105, and none of it inside the zone to 2105 with the plan delivered.

The figures are the width of the map’s erosion zone, inland from today’s shoreline, on the Higher Central allowance. In the Agency’s words: “Two periods: Medium Term (up to 2055) and Long Term (up to 2105).” “Two management scenarios: With Shoreline Management Plans delivered and No Future Intervention.” “Three climate scenarios: Present Day climate (2020), Higher Central allowance and Upper End allowance. The two allowances use sea level rise data from UKCP18 RCP8.5 70th and 95th percentiles respectively.” “All distances are cumulative over time and given in metres.”

The data and associated information are intended for guidance only - it cannot provide details for individual properties.

The data shows areas of land likely to be at erosion risk but does not show the precise future position of the shoreline.

Erosion may happen faster or slower than what we show, and risk may change over time.

The Environment Agency’s warnings on its erosion map, from its description of the data ↗.

The coast and its plan, unit by unit · On the map

Protected nature

No Site of Special Scientific Interest, Special Area of Conservation, Local Nature Reserve, ancient woodland or country park is within about 100 m of Caves Road’s line, and it is outside the High Weald National Landscape. Protected nature in Hastings

Flood zones: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Open Government Licence v3.0. Fetched 2026-10-12.

Coastal erosion and the Shoreline Management Plan: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. Open Government Licence v3.0. Fetched 2026-10-12.

Protected sites: © Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Fetched 2026-10-12.

Street lines © OpenStreetMap contributors.

On the street now

Problems reported, roadworks, how long reports take to close, and who looks after the road.

Who looks after this street

Adopted highway: yes. Caves Road is on East Sussex County Council’s map of adopted roads, so the county looks after it: report a problem to East Sussex Highways.

From East Sussex County Council’s map of adopted roads, read 12 October 2026. © East Sussex County Council 2026. Only the street’s name and whether it is adopted are used: the county’s map is the record, and its Highway Land Information Team confirms a road’s status. Who looks after what

Roadworks here

Who has dug up this street or plans to, and why, from their permits.

Roadworks across town

In the last 13 months

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 5 standard sales of homes on Caves Road since 2017, and 56 since 1995. Newest first, by month and price; house numbers and flat names are left out. Flats include maisonettes.

MonthHomePrice
Sep 2024Terraced, freehold£240,000
Apr 2023Terraced, freehold£259,000
Mar 2020Terraced, freehold£150,500
Oct 2019Terraced, freehold£203,000
Jul 2017Terraced, freehold£140,000
Sales and median price by year, 1996 to 2024
YearSalesMedian price
20241£240,000
20231£259,000
20201£150,500
20191£203,000
20171£140,000
20164£187,000
20152£112,000
20145£147,500
20131£102,000
20121£215,000
20112£69,000
20082£116,250
20074£80,000
20064£113,475
20054£113,250
20044£107,000
20034£86,750
20023£100,000
20012£29,975
20001£76,500
19993£51,000
19983£17,750
19962£19,250

Every sale, with the address, is in the Land Registry's own search: Caves Road. House prices in Hastings, by year, kind of home and ward.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Standard sales only: the Land Registry's category A, "single residential property sold for value". Repossessions, buy-to-let purchases with a mortgage and sales to companies (its category B) aren't included. A sale reaches the register weeks or months after it completes, so the last few months to August 2026 are incomplete.

Energy ratings on this street

41 homes on Caves Road have a current energy performance certificate, registered 2016 to 2026. Each home counts once, by its newest certificate; homes without one aren't counted.

BandHomesShare
A00%
B25%
C1537%
D1434%
E820%
F12%
G12%
All41

Find an energy certificate, the official register, has each home's certificate. What the bands mean.

Energy performance certificate data from the register kept for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Open Government Licence v3.0. Address data © Royal Mail and Ordnance Survey: used only to count each home on its street and in its ward, and not published here. Read from the register on 13 October 2026, with certificates to 12 October 2026.

Broadband here

The record holds one postcode for this street: no premises there could get gigabit-capable broadband, and not every premises could get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or more).

The postcodes are those of addresses on this street that the record holds (from planning applications and other notices), so a street's other postcodes may be missing. Gigabit-capable means full fibre or cable; Ofcom reports full fibre only for whole council areas. From Ofcom's Connected Nations 2025 data: what the networks reported they could supply in July 2025 (published 19 November 2025, read 15 October 2026). Contains Ofcom data, Open Government Licence v3.0. The town's figures, and your own postcode.

Nearby

Buses and trains, health, schools, care, parks, food hygiene, air, crime and the sea.

Buses near Caves Road

  • The Marina Fountain (adj)

    70 to Rye station; 98 to Silverhill Chatham Road, Hastings station; 99 to Hastings station; 99E to Hastings station

    Weekdays: 76 buses, 05:41–23:27 · Saturday: 75 buses, 05:41–23:27 · Sunday: 37 buses, 08:01–20:36

    8 m away
  • The Marina Fountain (opp)

    98 to Sidley Whitehouse Avenue, Sidley Mayo Lane; 99 to Eastbourne Town Centre Gildredge Road; 99E to Eastbourne Town Centre Gildredge Road; 1066 to Pebsham Bexhill College

    Weekdays: 73 buses, 06:10–23:09 · Saturday: 72 buses, 06:10–23:13 · Sunday: 36 buses, 07:45–20:00

    15 m away
  • Eversfield Hospital (adj)

    323 to Harley Shute The St Leonards Academy, Harley Shute Field Way; 323B to Conquest Hospital

    Weekdays: 14 buses, 08:01–20:39 · Saturday: 14 buses, 08:01–20:39 · Sunday: 9 buses, 10:17–18:22

    134 m away
  • Eversfield Hospital (opp)

    323 to Conquest Hospital, Hastings station

    Weekdays: 12 buses, 07:23–18:30 · Saturday: 12 buses, 07:27–18:30 · Sunday: 10 buses, 08:50–17:50

    144 m away

From the operators' registered timetables (the Bus Open Data Service) for the week of 3 November 2026, and DfT's register of stops (NaPTAN). What is timetabled, not what ran; times are departures.

The nearest station is West St Leonards, about 300 m away: next trains, step-free access and facilities. Step-free access: B3, step-free access only to some platforms.

Food hygiene on this street

1 food premises the Food Standards Agency lists at an address on Caves Road, by name. A rating is what an inspector found on the day. Each business links to its Food Standards Agency page, which has the scores behind it.

Every rating in Hastings

Crime and policing in Central St Leonards ward

Caves Road's middle is in Central St Leonards 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 121 crimes and 30 incidents of anti-social behaviour in Central St Leonards ward. In the 12 months to August 2026: 1,038 crimes and 357 incidents of anti-social behaviour. The ward's figures by category.

Its police team is Central St Leonards. The team's next meeting listed on data.police.uk: Community Meeting - Central St Leonards, Sunday 24 January 2027, 5pm, St John Evangelist church, Pevensey Road St Leonards.

The team's priorities, as the police word them: Drug related harm; Vehicle offences / Anti-social driving.

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 Grosvenor Gardens, about 150 m from the middle of this street: an annual mean of 15.2 µg/m³ in 2025.

Every year the report gives: 2021: 17.3, 2022: 16.4, 2023: 15.1, 2024: 14.7, 2025: 15.2 (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 Charge Your Car near Undercliff, about 580 m from the middle of this street (Charge Your Car · 3 charging points).

Volunteers map chargers, so there may be a nearer one. Every mapped site, and how many the DfT counts. © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

GP, pharmacy and dentist

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.

Every GP practice, pharmacy and dentist in Hastings.

Schools nearby

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.

Care homes nearby

Within 800 m of the middle of this street. Ratings as CQC states them. This page uses Care Quality Commission information. Every care home, surgery and dentist in Hastings.

Parks and play areas

Measured in a straight line from the middle of this street. Plans to refurbish or replace play areas are in council papers and planning applications, not in these maps: search the papers for “play area” or “playground”, and see what developers pay towards them on Developer contributions. Green spaces: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Greenspace (April 2026 edition, read 12 October 2026). Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; OS OpenData, Open Government Licence v3.0. Playgrounds also from OpenStreetMap, read 12 October 2026: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

On the record

Council papers and other documents that name Caves Road, newest first.

Named in council papers

These papers mention the street by name, but we haven't checked that each one is about this street. County papers cover all of East Sussex, and some street names are used in other towns too. The quote under each paper shows where the name appears.

Appendix 3 Regulation 18 consultation Report 2026

Local Plan site HS4

Comprehensive regeneration strategy for West St Leonards. Policy HS4: Former Malmesbury House 1. Caves Road Cliffs Local Wildlife Site, irreplaceable and designated habitats, 2. Housing density, 3.

Committee report, agenda item 6, mentions it, Wed 23 Sep 2026, Full Council. Source document ↗ not checked

Appendix 3-2026 Consultation Report Final for Cabinet 26082026 Redacted

Local Plan site HS3

Affordable housing, 6. A rchaeology, 7. Active Design. Policy HS3 amended. HS4: Former Malmesbury House 1. Caves Road Cliffs Local Wildlife Site, irreplaceable and designated habitats, 2. Housing density, 3.

Committee report, agenda item 5, mentions it, Mon 7 Sep 2026, Cabinet. Source document ↗ not checked

Minutes Public Pack, 16/07/2025 Full Council

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Councillor Item Interest Beaver Cabinet minute 135 - Article 4 Directive – Marina, Caves Road and West Hill Road Councillor Beaver declared a personal interest as the former Mayor Maureen Charlesworth lives in an area referenced in the report.

Committee report, agenda item 2, mentions it, Wed 24 Sep 2025, Full Council. Source document ↗ not checked

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