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Ewhurst Close

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Ewhurst Close
What’s near Ewhurst Close on the full map. Green dots are trees under a tree preservation order (indicative only).

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 Ewhurst 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 ↗

Listed buildings

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

Tree preservation orders near Ewhurst Close

Orders with a protected tree, group or woodland within about 40 m of the street’s line, from the council’s map data.

  • TPO 33: made 18 February 1966, confirmed 23 May 1966; 3 trees, 3 groups of trees in the order. The order (PDF) ↗
  • TPO 120: made 7 September 1993, confirmed 14 July 1994; 15 trees, 2 groups of trees, 8 areas of trees, 5 woodlands in the order. The order (PDF) ↗
  • TPO 144: made 23 February 1993, confirmed 5 August 1993; 33 trees, 1 group of 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 ↗

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

None of Ewhurst 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.”

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.

Protected nature

  • St Helen's Wood LNR ↗ (Local Nature Reserve): Ewhurst Close’s line passes within about 40 m of it.
  • Ancient woodland: Ewhurst Close’s line passes within about 100 m of 1 parcel on Natural England’s inventory (St Helen's Wood).

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

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

Not adopted. East Sussex County Council’s map names Ewhurst Close but shows none of it as adopted, so the county doesn’t maintain it. It may be a private road or a private street (an unadopted highway): “Private streets are also known as unadopted public highways and are different to private roads. Private streets are also maintained by the owners rather than the County Council but are open to the public.” (the council’s page)

The county’s Highway Land Information Team answers questions about road adoption (highwaysearches@eastsussex.gov.uk, 01273 482 316).

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

Homes and premises

What homes sold for, their energy ratings, broadband, and business rates.

Homes sold on this street

HM Land Registry records 3 standard sales of homes on Ewhurst Close since 2017, and 7 since 1995. Newest first, by month and price; house numbers and flat names are left out. Flats include maisonettes.

MonthHomePrice
Jun 2022Detached, freehold£537,500
Jan 2021Detached, freehold£495,000
Oct 2018Detached, freehold£397,500
Sales and median price by year, 1997 to 2022
YearSalesMedian price
20221£537,500
20211£495,000
20181£397,500
20121£330,000
20031£220,000
20011£285,000
19971£115,000

Every sale, with the address, is in the Land Registry's own search: Ewhurst Close. 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.

Nearby

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

Buses near Ewhurst Close

  • Conifer Close (adj)

    300A to Hastings station, Conquest Hospital; 384 to Baldslow Ashdown House

    Weekdays: 18 buses, 06:58–23:08 · Saturday: 17 buses, 07:00–23:08 · Sunday: 11 buses, 09:45–19:51

    334 m away
  • Downs Road (NE-bound)

    300A to Hastings station, Conquest Hospital; 384 to Baldslow Ashdown House

    Weekdays: 18 buses, 06:58–23:09 · Saturday: 17 buses, 07:00–23:09 · Sunday: 11 buses, 09:45–19:52

    349 m away
  • Conifer Close (opp)

    300C to Hastings station; 384 to Robertsbridge Community College

    Weekdays: 18 buses, 06:25–22:40 · Saturday: 17 buses, 06:25–22:40 · Sunday: 12 buses, 09:23–20:26

    357 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.

Crime and policing in St Helens ward

Ewhurst Close's middle is in St Helens 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 20 crimes and 3 incidents of anti-social behaviour in St Helens ward. In the 12 months to August 2026: 172 crimes and 43 incidents of anti-social behaviour. The ward's figures by category.

Its police team is St Helens. The team's next meeting listed on data.police.uk: Community Meeting - St Helens Ward, Thursday 17 December 2026, 4:30pm, Dunclutha Road junction with Langham Road.

The team's priorities, as the police word them: Road safety and ASB driving; Rogue Traders / Cold callers.

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.

Charging an electric car

The nearest public charger mapped on OpenStreetMap is Osprey near Hurst Way, about 1,040 m from the middle of this street (Osprey · 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 Ewhurst Close, newest first.

On the record

Nothing on our record names Ewhurst Close yet: no council paper or report, and no planning application. When something does, it will appear on this page and in its feed.

Street names and locations from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.