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The lights are the 2 things on the record here in the last year. Tap one for its details. What’s near Darwell Close on the full map. Green dots are trees under a tree preservation order (indicative only).
Darwell 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.
From 3 sales on the street that year, so one sale moves it.
The figures as a table
Here
Beside it
Beside it
Median price of a home sold, 2023
£535k
West St Leonards: £315k
Hastings: £280k
Since November 2025: 1 planning application and 1 planning decision. 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 Darwell Close, 1 in all (1 granted and 0 refused), 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.
This asks for the council's consent to work on protected trees. T04 Corsican Pine - remove dead branches from southern aspect to achieve 6m clearance
HS/TP/26/00486, validated Fri 4 Sep 2026, decided in the week of Mon 19 Oct 2026. No comments from the public on the council’s file. The council’s file ↗
Conservation, listed buildings and protected trees
None of the town’s 18 conservation areas reaches Darwell 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 ↗
Orders with a protected tree, group or woodland within about 40 m of the street’s line, from the council’s map data.
TPO 11: made 12 April 1950, confirmed 19 June 1950; 29 groups of trees, 10 woodlands in the order. The order (PDF) ↗
TPO 167: made 20 July 1995, confirmed 18 September 1995; 4 trees in the order. The order (PDF) ↗
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 Darwell 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.”
No Site of Special Scientific Interest, Special Area of Conservation, Local Nature Reserve, ancient woodland or country park is within about 100 m of Darwell Close’s line, and it is outside the High Weald National Landscape. Protected nature in Hastings
Entries on the borough council's land and assets list whose address names it, in the list's own words. Entries held for the Foreshore Trust say so. The whole list and how it is read.
Problems reported, roadworks, how long reports take to close, and who looks after the road.
Who looks after this street
Adopted highway: yes. Darwell 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.
What homes sold for, their energy ratings, broadband, and business rates.
Homes sold on this street
HM Land Registry records 8 standard sales of homes on Darwell Close since 2017, and 20 since 1995. Newest first, by month and price; house numbers and flat names are left out. Flats include maisonettes.
74 to Blacklands Ark William Parker Academy; 94A to Conquest Hospital; 322B to Ore The Hastings Academy, Ore Montgomery Road; 322E to Ore The Hastings Academy, Ore Montgomery Road; 323 to Conquest Hospital, Hastings station; 323B to Conquest Hospital
74 to Harley Shute Field Way; 322B to Harley Shute The St Leonards Academy; 322E to Harley Shute The St Leonards Academy; 323 to Harley Shute The St Leonards Academy, Harley Shute Field Way; 359 to Bexhill Penland Road
74 to Harley Shute Field Way; 322B to Harley Shute The St Leonards Academy; 322E to Harley Shute The St Leonards Academy; 323 to Harley Shute The St Leonards Academy, Harley Shute Field Way; 359 to Bexhill Penland Road
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.
Crime and policing in West St Leonards ward
Darwell Close's middle is in West 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 41 crimes and 9 incidents of anti-social behaviour in West St Leonards ward. In the 12 months to August 2026: 494 crimes and 136 incidents of anti-social behaviour. The ward's figures by category.
Its police team is West St Leonards. The team's next meeting listed on data.police.uk: Community meeting, Monday 4 January 2027, 11am, The Combe Valley Cafe & Discovery Centre, Freshfields, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex.
The team's priorities, as the police word them: ASB 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.
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.
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 31 October 2026.
Secondary · ages 11 to 16 · Ofsted's latest: graded inspection 28 January 2025: overall effectiveness not judged
910 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.