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What’s near Highlands Drive 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).
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
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 ↗
The council’s map data has no tree preservation order within about 40 m of Highlands Drive’s line.
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 Highlands Drive’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 Highlands Drive’s line, and it is outside the High Weald National Landscape. Protected nature in Hastings
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 Highlands Drive 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)
Of the 1 problem reported near Highlands Drive that our record holds, 1 is closed on FixMyStreet and 0 are still open. The median time from report to close was 6 days: half the closed reports took longer, half less. Reports still open aren’t in that figure.
“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 1 standard sale of homes on Highlands Drive since 2017, and 3 since 1995. Newest first, by month and price; house numbers and flat names are left out. Flats include maisonettes.
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 West St Leonards, about 750 m away: next trains, step-free access and facilities. Step-free access: B3, step-free access only to some platforms.
Crime and policing in Maze Hill ward
Highlands Drive'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 370 m from the middle of this street (Charge Your Car · 3 charging points).
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 does not accept new NHS patients for routine care. The practice last confirmed this on 30 September 2026. Information from the NHS website, read 30 October 2026.
Primary · ages 5 to 11 · Ofsted's latest: report card 11 November 2025
420 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.
Council papers and other documents that name Highlands Drive, newest first.
On the record
Nothing on our record names Highlands Drive yet: no council paper or report, and no planning application. When something does, it will appear on this page and in its feed.