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Gillsman's Hill

In St Leonards-on-sea · Maze Hill ward · Postcodes on the record: TN38 0SJ · Follow this page (RSS) · how following works

Gillsman's HillRights of way (Reported 28 Oct near Gillsman's Hill)
The light is the one thing on the record here in the last year. Tap it for its details. What’s near Gillsman's Hill on the full map. The shaded area inside the dashed line is a conservation area and green dots are trees under a tree preservation order (indicative only).

Gillsman's Hill 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.

Median price of a home sold, 2021

£445k

  • Gillsman's Hill£445k
  • Maze Hill£340k
  • Hastings£270k

From 3 sales on the street that year, so one sale moves it.

Homes rated A to C for energy

63%

  • Gillsman's Hill63%
  • Maze Hill56%
  • Hastings52%

Of the 46 homes here with a current certificate.

The figures as a table
HereBeside itBeside it
Median price of a home sold, 2021£445kMaze Hill: £340kHastings: £270k
Homes rated A to C for energy63%Maze Hill: 56%Hastings: 52%
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Since November 2025: 1 street problem. 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 Gillsman's Hill, 1 in all (0 granted, 0 refused 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: 1 application (0 granted, 0 refused and 1 not yet decided)

  • Woodlands, 15 Gillsmans HillRegistered

    This asks the council to approve details it required when it granted HS/FA/25/00697 (conditions 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18 and 19). Discharge of Conditions 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18 and 19 of Planning Approval HS/FA/25/00697

    HS/CD/26/00589, validated Fri 2 Oct 2026. No comments from the public 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 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 (3)

From Historic England’s list: 3 whose map point is beside its line. The list entry says what is protected, which can include attached walls and railings.

  • Chievely Cottages

    beside the street · listed 14 September 1976 · The list entry ↗

    Grade II
  • Drinking Fountain to North of 'ronaldsway'

    beside the street · listed 10 January 2002 · The list entry ↗

    Grade II
  • Rose Cottage

    beside the street · listed 14 September 1976 · The list entry ↗

    Grade II

Tree preservation orders near Gillsman's Hill

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 17: made 21 October 1959, confirmed 3 December 1959; 1 group of trees in the order. The order (PDF) ↗
  • TPO 70: made 10 March 1976, confirmed 15 June 1976; 9 trees in the order. The order (PDF) ↗
  • TPO 111: made 3 October 1989, confirmed 21 November 1989; 1 woodland in the order. The order (PDF) ↗
  • TPO 124: made 26 January 1993, confirmed 27 May 1993; 16 trees, 3 areas of trees, 2 woodlands in the order. The order (PDF) ↗
  • TPO 277: made 13 June 2012, confirmed 8 August 2012; 16 trees in the order. The order (PDF) ↗
  • TPO 280: made 7 September 2012, confirmed 22 October 2012; 3 trees in the order. The order (PDF) ↗
  • TPO 295: made 28 April 2016, confirmed 16 August 2016; 3 trees in the order. The order (PDF) ↗
  • TPO 296: made 5 December 2016, confirmed 10 February 2017; 8 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. Listed buildings: © Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Flood zones, the coast and protected nature

Flood zones

Part of Gillsman's Hill is in Flood Zone 2 (rivers). 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 2 have a medium probability of flooding.

This means, in any year, land has:

  • between a 1% and 0.1% (between 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000) chance of flooding from rivers
  • between a 0.5% and 0.1% (between 1 in 200 and 1 in 1,000) chance of flooding from the sea.

Flood zone 2 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.

Protected nature

  • Ponds Wood LNR ↗ (Local Nature Reserve): Gillsman's Hill’s line passes within about 10 m of it.
  • Ancient woodland: Gillsman's Hill’s line passes within about 100 m of 3 parcels on Natural England’s inventory (Gillsmans Wood, Ponds 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.

What the council lists here

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.

Brownfield land on this street

3 sites at an address on Gillsman's Hill have been on the council's brownfield register; 1 is on it now.

From Hastings Borough Council's Brownfield Land Register ↗ (published March 2025), its statutory register of brownfield land suitable for housing, read on 12 October 2026. Being on the register grants no planning permission. Every site on the register

On the street now

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

Street problems reported here

Open reports from residents, made through FixMyStreet. “Near” means the nearest listed street to the point the reporter marked, not an address they gave. Reports that describe people, such as a tent or someone sleeping rough, are left out (the rule).

All street problems

Who looks after this street

Adopted highway: yes. Gillsman's Hill 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.

How long street reports here took to close

Of the 1 problem reported near Gillsman's Hill that our record holds, 0 are closed on FixMyStreet and 1 is still open.

“Closed” is FixMyStreet’s status, set by the council or the person who reported it. It is not proof that anything was fixed. Our record of reports starts on 3 August 2026. Older open reports have been checked again for closure since 11 October 2026; before then a report that closed later could still show as open here.

Homes and premises

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

Homes sold on this street

HM Land Registry records 7 standard sales of homes on Gillsman's Hill since 2017, and 35 since 1995. Newest first, by month and price; house numbers and flat names are left out. Flats include maisonettes.

MonthHomePrice
May 2026Semi, freehold£320,000
Aug 2025Detached, freehold£465,000
Jun 2024Detached, freehold£442,000
Dec 2021Detached, freehold£462,000
Sep 2021Detached, freehold£445,000
Jun 2021Detached, freehold£365,000
Sep 2019Semi, freehold£260,000
Sales and median price by year, 1995 to 2026
YearSalesMedian price
2026 (to August)1£320,000
20251£465,000
20241£442,000
20213£445,000
20191£260,000
20151£250,000
20146£255,000
20131£241,950
20121£125,000
20101£249,500
20092£230,000
20071£239,500
20063£210,000
20042£263,725
20031£186,000
20012£142,250
20001£150,000
19981£130,000
19971£96,000
19963£86,250
19951£75,000

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

46 homes on Gillsman's Hill 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%
B613%
C2350%
D1533%
E24%
F00%
G00%
All46

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: every premises there could get gigabit-capable broadband, and 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 Gillsman's Hill

  • Springfield Road (opp)

    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

    107 m away
  • Springfield Road (adj)

    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

    122 m away
  • St Matthew's Gardens (opp)

    321 to Conquest Hospital

    Weekdays: 30 buses, 06:31–22:22 · Saturday: 30 buses, 06:31–22:32 · Sunday: 15 buses, 06:31–20:38

    218 m away
  • Filsham Road Top (adj)

    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

    259 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 St Leonards Warrior Square, about 1150 m away: next trains, step-free access and facilities. Step-free access: B2, (refer to quick reference guide).

Crime and policing in Maze Hill ward

Gillsman's Hill's middle is in Maze Hill 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 29 crimes and 12 incidents of anti-social behaviour in Maze Hill ward. In the 12 months to August 2026: 281 crimes and 59 incidents of anti-social behaviour. The ward's figures by category.

Its police team is Maze Hill. 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: Shop Lifting; Vehicle offences.

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 Charge Your Car near Undercliff, about 1,440 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.

Street names and locations from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.