street
Charles Road West
Charles Road West at a glance
The figures as a table
| Here | Beside it | Beside it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price of a home sold, 2023 | £520k | Gensing: £235k | Hastings: £280k |
| Homes rated A to C for energy | 17% | Gensing: 48% | Hastings: 52% |
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.
Closing dates on Charles Road West
- 24 Charles Road West (HS/FA/26/00572) Planning comments
Single-storey side extension and conversion of garage. Alterations to principal entrance, fenestration, and associated works.
How to act: Check the deadline and comment on the council's website ↗
Who decides: Hastings Borough Council: its planning officers or its Planning Committee
What they can take into account: Determining a planning application (from GOV.UK, checked 14 October 2026)
Closing date by rule: 21 days beginning with the day the site notice went up, public holidays not counted. The council's file gives the site notice date as Fri 30 Oct 2026, as we last read it on 1 November 2026. How it is counted.
closes Thu 19 Nov 2026
18 days left
Planning on this street
2026: 2 applications (1 granted, 0 refused and 1 not yet decided)
- 24 Charles Road WestRegistered
Single-storey side extension and conversion of garage. Alterations to principal entrance, fenestration, and associated works.
HS/FA/26/00572, validated Tue 29 Sep 2026. No comments from the public on the council’s file. The council’s file ↗
- 15 Charles Road WestGranted permission
This asks the council to confirm that planning permission isn't needed. Application for a Certificate of proposed Lawful development for the removal of existing rear ext…
HS/PR/26/00171, decided in the week of Mon 22 Jun 2026. No comments from the public on the council’s file. The council’s file ↗
Conservation, listed buildings and protected trees
- Charles Road West runs along the edge of the Markwick Terrace conservation area ↗ (designated June 1990).
Listed buildings
Tree preservation orders near Charles Road West
- TPO 11: made 12 April 1950, confirmed 19 June 1950; 29 groups of trees, 10 woodlands in the order. The order (PDF) ↗
- TPO 89: made 14 August 1985, confirmed 20 September 1985; 2 trees in the order. The order (PDF) ↗
Flood zones, the coast and protected nature
Flood zones
None of Charles Road West’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.”
Protected nature
Brownfield land on this street
- BL21: 37 Charles Road West (former Filsham Nurseries), St Leonards
0.26 ha · 7 homes · Has planning permission (full planning permission, 21 January 2020) · not owned by a public body · Gensing ward
The register's note: “Removed from register - site under construction. Live planning application for 9 dwellings.”
Off the register December 2021
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. Charles Road West is on East Sussex County Council’s map of adopted roads, so the county looks after it: report a problem to East Sussex Highways.
Roadworks here
Who has dug up this street or plans to, and why, from their permits.
Roadworks across townIn the last 13 months
- Southern Water road closed
Utility repair and maintenance works · urgent works · in the carriageway
21 to 24 April 2026finished 23 April - BT
Utility asset works · standard works (four to ten days) · in the footway and carriageway · partly in the road · pavement closed, with another way round
9 to 12 March 2026finished 12 March - UK Power Networks South Eastern multi-way temporary lights
Utility repair and maintenance works · urgent works · in the footway and carriageway · pavement closed, with another way round
10 to 17 November 2025finished 16 November 2025 - Trooli Ltd
Remedial works · minor works (three days or less) · in the footway · partly in the road · pavement closed, with another way round
10 to 14 October 2025finished 10 October 2025 - Trooli Ltd
Remedial works · minor works (three days or less) · in the footway · partly in the road · pavement closed, with another way round
26 to 30 September 2025finished 26 September 2025 - East Sussex County Council priority working (give way signs)
Highway repair and maintenance works · urgent works · in the carriageway
9 to 11 September 2025finished 11 September 2025 - Trooli Ltd
Utility asset works · standard works (four to ten days) · in the footway · partly in the road · pavement closed, with another way round
27 August to 1 September 2025finished 1 September 2025
Homes and premises
What homes sold for, their energy ratings, broadband, and business rates.
Homes sold on this street
HM Land Registry records 17 standard sales of homes on Charles Road West since 2017, and 49 since 1995. Newest first, by month and price; house numbers and flat names are left out. Flats include maisonettes.
| Month | Home | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | Semi, freehold | £550,000 |
| Jul 2026 | Detached, freehold | £380,000 |
| Apr 2026 | Semi, freehold | £460,000 |
| Apr 2024 | Semi, freehold | £400,000 |
| Sep 2023 | Semi, freehold | £520,000 |
| Jul 2023 | Semi, freehold | £430,000 |
| Apr 2023 | Semi, freehold | £830,000 |
| Dec 2022 | Flat, leasehold | £155,000 |
| Oct 2022 | Detached, freehold | £538,000 |
| Aug 2021 | Semi, freehold | £420,000 |
| Mar 2021 | Semi, freehold | £580,000 |
| Feb 2021 | Semi, freehold | £380,000 |
All 17 sales since 2017
| Month | Home | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 2020 | Semi, freehold | £395,000 |
| Sep 2019 | Semi, freehold | £282,000 |
| Feb 2019 | Semi, freehold | £372,000 |
| Jan 2018 | Semi, freehold | £357,450 |
| Nov 2017 | Semi, freehold | £340,000 |
Sales and median price by year, 1995 to 2026
| Year | Sales | Median price |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (to August) | 3 | £460,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | £400,000 |
| 2023 | 3 | £520,000 |
| 2022 | 2 | £346,500 |
| 2021 | 3 | £420,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | £395,000 |
| 2019 | 2 | £327,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | £357,450 |
| 2017 | 1 | £340,000 |
| 2016 | 3 | £265,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £229,950 |
| 2014 | 2 | £80,000 |
| 2013 | 2 | £268,750 |
| 2010 | 1 | £80,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | £74,500 |
| 2007 | 1 | £249,950 |
| 2006 | 4 | £137,500 |
| 2005 | 1 | £194,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £225,000 |
| 2003 | 3 | £78,750 |
| 2002 | 2 | £53,750 |
| 2001 | 3 | £92,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | £22,000 |
| 1999 | 1 | £70,000 |
| 1998 | 1 | £68,000 |
| 1997 | 2 | £73,000 |
| 1996 | 1 | £12,100 |
| 1995 | 1 | £19,000 |
Energy ratings on this street
24 homes on Charles Road West have a current energy performance certificate, registered 2017 to 2026. Each home counts once, by its newest certificate; homes without one aren't counted.
| Band | Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 0 | 0% |
| B | 2 | 8% |
| C | 2 | 8% |
| D | 14 | 58% |
| E | 6 | 25% |
| F | 0 | 0% |
| G | 0 | 0% |
| All | 24 |
Broadband here
The record holds 2 postcodes for this street. Gigabit-capable broadband reached every premises in 1 and some premises (not all) in 1. Superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or more) reached every premises in both.
Nearby
Buses and trains, health, schools, care, parks, food hygiene, air, crime and the sea.
Buses near Charles Road West
- Filsham Road Top (opp)130 m away
321 to Ore Crowborough Road, Hastings station
Weekdays: 30 buses, 06:36–21:59 · Saturday: 30 buses, 06:36–21:59 · Sunday: 14 buses, 07:06–20:04
- Filsham Road Top (adj)157 m away
321 to Conquest Hospital
Weekdays: 30 buses, 06:29–22:21 · Saturday: 30 buses, 06:29–22:31 · Sunday: 15 buses, 06:29–20:37
- Springfield Road (adj)253 m away
321 to Ore Crowborough Road, Hastings station
Weekdays: 30 buses, 06:35–21:58 · Saturday: 30 buses, 06:35–21:58 · Sunday: 14 buses, 07:05–20:03
- Springfield Road (opp)262 m away
321 to Conquest Hospital
Weekdays: 30 buses, 06:30–22:22 · Saturday: 30 buses, 06:30–22:32 · Sunday: 15 buses, 06:30–20:38
Crime and policing in Gensing ward
In August 2026, the police recorded 100 crimes and 10 incidents of anti-social behaviour in Gensing ward. In the 12 months to August 2026: 1,179 crimes and 163 incidents of anti-social behaviour. The ward's figures by category.
Its police team is Gensing. The team's next meeting listed on data.police.uk: Community Meeting - Gensing, Sunday 24 January 2027, 5pm, St John Evangelist church, Pevensey Road St Leonards.
The team's priorities, as the police word them: Public Place Violence; Robbery and Public Order; Criminal damage.
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.
Charging an electric car
The nearest public charger mapped on OpenStreetMap is Charge Your Car near Undercliff, about 1,130 m from the middle of this street (Charge Your Car · 3 charging points).
GP, pharmacy and dentist
- Sedlescombe House730 m
8 Sedlescombe Road South, St. Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 0TA · 01424 720574
- Blooms Pharmacy590 m
55-57 Bohemia Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea, TN37 6RE · 01424 421072
- Dental Surgery400 m
6 Springfield Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 0TU
The practice told the NHS it accepts new NHS patients for routine care if they are: adults entitled to free routine dental care; children aged 17 or under. The practice last confirmed this on 12 October 2026. Information from the NHS website, read 1 November 2026.
Schools nearby
- Christ Church CofE Primary and Nursery Academy450 m
Primary · ages 2 to 11 · Ofsted's latest: ungraded inspection 30 April 2025: “Standards maintained”
- St Paul's Church of England Academy910 m
Primary · ages 2 to 11 · Ofsted's latest: ungraded inspection 12 June 2024: “School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next”
- St Leonards Church of England Primary Academy920 m
Primary · ages 5 to 11 · Ofsted's latest: report card 11 November 2025
Care homes nearby
- Lauriston220 m
Care homes with nursing · rated Good (17 November 2022)
- Southdowns Nursing Home220 m
Care homes with nursing · rated Good (12 November 2024)
- Bishops Gate270 m
Care homes · rated Good (17 January 2023)
- EVHM LLP - 24 Tower Road West300 m
Care homes · rated Good (5 August 2026)
- Bryher Court Nursing Home300 m
Care homes with nursing · rated Requires improvement (4 April 2023)
Parks and play areas
- Markwick Gardens, the nearest public park or garden: about 230 m to its nearest mapped entrance.
- Play space in Gensing Gardens, the nearest play area: about 570 m.