street
Church in the Wood Lane
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
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 Church in the Wood Lane as mapped.
The council’s street index lists these properties on Church in the Wood Lane under Article 4 directions, which take away some building work that wouldn’t otherwise need planning permission:
- Article 4 Direction 1952 painting restriction ↗: Church of St Leonard in the Wood (detailed in list as Church Wood Road)
Listed buildings
Tree preservation orders near Church in the Wood Lane
- TPO 13: made 16 March 1950, confirmed 19 May 1950; 1 tree, 4 groups of trees, 5 woodlands in the order. The order (PDF) ↗
Flood zones, the coast and protected nature
Flood zones
None of Church in the Wood Lane’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
- Church Wood and Robsack Wood LNR ↗ (Local Nature Reserve): Church in the Wood Lane’s line passes within about 10 m of it.
- Ancient woodland: Church in the Wood Lane’s line runs through 1 parcel on Natural England’s inventory (Church Wood).
- Ancient woodland: Church in the Wood Lane’s line passes within about 100 m of 2 parcels on Natural England’s inventory (Church Wood, Rectory Wood).
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. Church in the Wood Lane is on East Sussex County Council’s map of adopted roads, so the county looks after it: report a problem to East Sussex Highways.
Nearby
Buses and trains, health, schools, care, parks, food hygiene, air, crime and the sea.
Buses near Church in the Wood Lane
- Surgery (opp)142 m away
74 to Harley Shute Field Way; 319 to Hollington Whatlington Way, Hollington Hartfield Meadow; 319C to Hollington Whatlington Way
Weekdays: 43 buses, 06:49–23:46 · Saturday: 40 buses, 07:54–23:47 · Sunday: 21 buses, 09:43–21:08
- Surgery (adj)174 m away
74 to Blacklands Ark William Parker Academy; 319 to Hastings station; 319C to Hastings station; 323B to Conquest Hospital
Weekdays: 44 buses, 05:56–23:01 · Saturday: 39 buses, 07:29–23:01 · Sunday: 22 buses, 09:30–21:19
- Playing Fields (opp)208 m away
74 to Harley Shute Field Way; 94 to Conquest Hospital; 94A to Conquest Hospital; 322 to Ore The Hastings Academy, Ore Montgomery Road; 322B to Ore The Hastings Academy; 322E to Ore The Hastings Academy, Ore Montgomery Road
Weekdays: 35 buses, 06:27–21:42 · Saturday: 33 buses, 07:00–21:42 · Sunday: 14 buses, 08:35–21:42
- Playing Fields (adj)222 m away
74 to Blacklands Ark William Parker Academy; 94 to Bexhill The Harp; 94A to Bexhill The Harp; 322 to Hollington Tesco; 322B to Harley Shute The St Leonards Academy; 322E to Harley Shute The St Leonards Academy
Weekdays: 38 buses, 06:39–23:22 · Saturday: 33 buses, 07:33–23:25 · Sunday: 13 buses, 10:35–22:23
Food hygiene on this street
- Churchwood Academy ↗
School/college/university · Churchwood Primary Academy 1 Church In The Wood Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, East Sussex
5Mon 3 Feb 2025
Crime and policing in Hollington ward
In August 2026, the police recorded 43 crimes and 26 incidents of anti-social behaviour in Hollington ward. In the 12 months to August 2026: 551 crimes and 160 incidents of anti-social behaviour. The ward's figures by category.
Its police team is Hollington. The team's next meeting listed on data.police.uk: Community Meeting - For Hollington Residents, Monday 9 November 2026, 12pm, Hollington Bowl, Wishing Tree Road North.
The team's priorities, as the police word them: Anti-Social Behaviour; Anti-social Driving / Theft from or of vehicles.
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.
GP, pharmacy and dentist
- High Glades Medical Centre970 m
9a Upper Church Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea, TN37 7AT · 01424 754678
- Tesco Instore Pharmacy200 m
Church Wood Drive, St. Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 9RB · 01424 786449
- Arthur Blackman Clinic920 m
Battle Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea, TN37 7AN
Schools nearby
- Churchwood Primary School70 m
Primary · ages 2 to 11 · Ofsted's latest: graded inspection 11 October 2022: overall effectiveness Good
- New Horizons School (Part of the Sabden Multi Academy Trust)710 m
Special · ages 5 to 16 · Ofsted's latest: graded inspection 24 June 2025: overall effectiveness not judged
- Hollington Primary School750 m
Primary · ages 2 to 11 · Ofsted's latest: graded inspection 19 July 2022: overall effectiveness Inadequate
- Robsack Wood Primary School930 m
Primary · ages 0 to 11 · Ofsted's latest: graded inspection 1 March 2022: overall effectiveness Good
Care homes nearby
- Marlborough Lodge750 m
Care homes · rated Good (11 December 2019)
Parks and play areas
- Park or garden near Hertford Close, the nearest public park or garden: about 330 m to its nearest mapped entrance.
- Playground near Hertford Close, the nearest play area: about 390 m.
On the record
Council papers and other documents that name Church in the Wood Lane, newest first.