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Monarch Gardens
Monarch Gardens at a glance
The figures as a table
| Here | Beside it | Beside it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price of a home sold, 2021 | £295k | Ashdown: £350k | Hastings: £270k |
| Homes rated A to C for energy | 78% | Ashdown: 68% | Hastings: 52% |
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 Monarch Gardens as mapped.
Listed buildings
Tree preservation orders near Monarch Gardens
- TPO 42: made 17 December 1973, confirmed 29 March 1974; 1 area of trees, 2 woodlands in the order. The order (PDF) ↗
Flood zones, the coast and protected nature
Flood zones
None of Monarch Gardens’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
- Ancient woodland: Monarch Gardens’s line passes within about 100 m of 1 parcel on Natural England’s inventory.
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. Monarch Gardens is on East Sussex County Council’s map of adopted roads, so the county looks after it: report a problem to East Sussex Highways.
Homes and premises
What homes sold for, their energy ratings, broadband, and business rates.
Homes sold on this street
HM Land Registry records 13 standard sales of homes on Monarch Gardens since 2017, and 47 since 1995. Newest first, by month and price; house numbers and flat names are left out. Flats include maisonettes.
| Month | Home | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Detached, freehold | £315,000 |
| Aug 2025 | Detached, freehold | £295,000 |
| Apr 2023 | Detached, freehold | £399,950 |
| Dec 2022 | Semi, freehold | £333,000 |
| Nov 2021 | Detached, freehold | £306,000 |
| Aug 2021 | Detached, freehold | £295,000 |
| Jun 2021 | Detached, freehold | £280,000 |
| Sep 2020 | Detached, freehold | £270,000 |
| Jan 2019 | Detached, freehold | £260,000 |
| Dec 2018 | Detached, freehold | £287,500 |
| Sep 2017 | Detached, freehold | £250,000 |
| Jul 2017 | Detached, freehold | £265,000 |
All 13 sales since 2017
| Month | Home | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2017 | Detached, freehold | £270,000 |
Sales and median price by year, 1999 to 2026
| Year | Sales | Median price |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (to August) | 1 | £315,000 |
| 2025 | 1 | £295,000 |
| 2023 | 1 | £399,950 |
| 2022 | 1 | £333,000 |
| 2021 | 3 | £295,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | £270,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | £260,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | £287,500 |
| 2017 | 3 | £265,000 |
| 2015 | 2 | £198,500 |
| 2014 | 1 | £215,000 |
| 2013 | 2 | £170,500 |
| 2012 | 1 | £170,000 |
| 2010 | 1 | £181,000 |
| 2007 | 2 | £217,250 |
| 2005 | 1 | £185,000 |
| 2004 | 5 | £185,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | £195,000 |
| 2002 | 2 | £147,475 |
| 2001 | 1 | £127,950 |
| 2000 | 13 | £104,950 |
| 1999 | 2 | £81,475 |
Energy ratings on this street
9 homes on Monarch Gardens have a current energy performance certificate, registered 2018 to 2026. Each home counts once, by its newest certificate; homes without one aren't counted.
| Band | Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 0 | 0% |
| B | 1 | 11% |
| C | 6 | 67% |
| D | 2 | 22% |
| E | 0 | 0% |
| F | 0 | 0% |
| G | 0 | 0% |
| All | 9 |
Nearby
Buses and trains, health, schools, care, parks, food hygiene, air, crime and the sea.
Buses near Monarch Gardens
- Telford Road (opp)111 m away
74 to Harley Shute Field Way; 319C to Hastings station; 384 to Baldslow Ashdown House; 1066 to Hastings station, Pebsham Bexhill College
Weekdays: 17 buses, 06:35–20:21 · Saturday: 11 buses, 06:40–20:06 · Sunday: 5 buses, 11:13–19:13
- Old Church Road (adj)190 m away
319C to Hollington Whatlington Way
Weekdays: 4 buses, 06:44–07:55 · Saturday: none · Sunday: none
- Old Church Road (opp)196 m away
319C to Hastings station
Weekdays: 3 buses, 16:16–17:59 · Saturday: none · Sunday: none
- Telford Road (adj)211 m away
74 to Blacklands Ark William Parker Academy; 384 to Robertsbridge Community College; 1066 to Hawkhurst British Legion Hall, Battle Claverham College
Weekdays: 13 buses, 07:07–19:20 · Saturday: 9 buses, 07:08–18:41 · Sunday: 5 buses, 08:07–16:07
Crime and policing in Ashdown ward
In August 2026, the police recorded 60 crimes and 13 incidents of anti-social behaviour in Ashdown ward. In the 12 months to August 2026: 572 crimes and 85 incidents of anti-social behaviour. The ward's figures by category.
Its police team is Ashdown. The team's next meeting listed on data.police.uk: Community Meeting - Ashdown, Wednesday 2 December 2026, 5pm, Sainsbury's, John Macadam Way, St Leonards on Sea, East Sussex.
The team's priorities, as the police word them: Anti-social Behaviour & Public Order; Business Crime / Shoplifting.
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.
Charging an electric car
The nearest public charger mapped on OpenStreetMap is GeniePoint near John Macadam Way, about 530 m from the middle of this street (no details mapped).
GP, pharmacy and dentist
- High Glades Medical Centre540 m
9a Upper Church Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea, TN37 7AT · 01424 754678
- Laycock Chemists670 m
30 Little Ridge Avenue, St. Leonards-on-Sea, TN37 7LS · 01424 755395
- Toad Hall Dental Surgery210 m
1 Upper Glen Road, St Leonards on Sea, TN37 7AX
The practice told the NHS it accepts new NHS patients for routine care if they are: adults aged 18 or over; adults entitled to free routine dental care; children aged 17 or under. The practice last confirmed this on 23 September 2026. Information from the NHS website, read 30 October 2026.
Schools nearby
- Ark Little Ridge Primary Academy610 m
Primary · ages 4 to 11 · Ofsted's latest: graded inspection 10 October 2023: overall effectiveness Outstanding
- Hollington Primary School680 m
Primary · ages 2 to 11 · Ofsted's latest: graded inspection 19 July 2022: overall effectiveness Inadequate
- New Horizons School (Part of the Sabden Multi Academy Trust)760 m
Special · ages 5 to 16 · Ofsted's latest: graded inspection 24 June 2025: overall effectiveness not judged
Care homes nearby
- EVHM LLP - 5 High Beech Close590 m
Care homes · rated Good (23 May 2025)
- EVHM LLP - 6 High Beech Close590 m
Care homes · rated Good (28 May 2026)
- EVHM LLP - 1 Johnson Close660 m
Care homes · rated Good (18 July 2019)
Parks and play areas
- Park or garden near Hertford Close, the nearest public park or garden: about 690 m to its nearest mapped entrance.
- Play space near Thomas Brassey Close, the nearest play area: about 180 m.
On the record
Council papers and other documents that name Monarch Gardens, newest first.