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Priory Square
What’s near Priory Square 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.

Closing dates on Priory Square

What you can still act on here, closing soonest first. Each says how to act and where its closing date comes from.

Everything you can still act on, across Hastings, soonest first.

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 ↗

Listed buildings

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

Tree preservation orders

The council’s map data has no tree preservation order within about 40 m of Priory Square’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 ↗

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 Priory Square’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

No Site of Special Scientific Interest, Special Area of Conservation, Local Nature Reserve, ancient woodland or country park is within about 100 m of Priory Square’s line, and it is outside the High Weald National Landscape. 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 on the county’s list of adopted roads. Priory Square isn’t named on East Sussex County Council’s map of adopted roads. It may be private or unadopted, it may be named differently there, or it may be a footpath, steps or a twitten rather than a road.

The county’s Highway Land Information Team answers questions about road adoption (highwaysearches@eastsussex.gov.uk, 01273 482 316). For a footpath or steps, the county’s rights of way map and Rights of Way Team (rightsofway@eastsussex.gov.uk).

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

Nearby

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

Buses near Priory Square

  • Cambridge Road (Stop R)

    98 to Silverhill Chatham Road; 100 to Conquest Hospital, Silverhill Chatham Road; 101 to Silverhill Chatham Road, Conquest Hospital; 322B to Harley Shute The St Leonards Academy; 349 to The Moor The Eight Bells; 1066 to Hawkhurst British Legion Hall, Flimwell Crossroads

    Weekdays: 65 buses, 06:28–23:38 · Saturday: 62 buses, 06:28–23:38 · Sunday: 26 buses, 07:53–20:55

    86 m away
  • Havelock Road (Stop G)

    98 to Sidley Whitehouse Avenue, Sidley Mayo Lane; 99 to Eastbourne Town Centre Gildredge Road; 99E to Eastbourne Town Centre Gildredge Road; 319 to Hollington Whatlington Way, Hollington Hartfield Meadow; 319C to Hollington Whatlington Way; 321 to Conquest Hospital

    Weekdays: 202 buses, 06:02–23:27 · Saturday: 195 buses, 06:02–23:28 · Sunday: 104 buses, 06:14–22:02

    105 m away
  • Cambridge Gardens (Stop S)

    27 to Hastings station; 98 to Sidley Whitehouse Avenue, Hastings station; 100 to Rye station; 101 to Rye station; 349 to Hastings station; 1066 to Hastings station, Pebsham Bexhill College

    Weekdays: 69 buses, 05:49–22:58 · Saturday: 68 buses, 06:32–23:02 · Sunday: 26 buses, 06:57–19:27

    112 m away
  • Harold Place (Stop P)

    27 to Hastings station; 70 to Rye station; 98 to Silverhill Chatham Road, Hastings station; 99 to Hastings station; 99E to Hastings station; 100 to Conquest Hospital, Silverhill Chatham Road

    Weekdays: 259 buses, 05:52–23:35 · Saturday: 249 buses, 05:52–23:35 · Sunday: 137 buses, 07:09–22:10

    176 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 Hastings, about 200 m away: next trains, step-free access and facilities. Step-free access: A, Compliant step-free access to all platform(s).

Crime and policing in Castle ward

Priory Square's middle is in Castle 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 301 crimes and 114 incidents of anti-social behaviour in Castle ward. In the 12 months to August 2026: 2,459 crimes and 689 incidents of anti-social behaviour. The ward's figures by category.

Its police team is Castle (Hastings). The team's next meeting listed on data.police.uk: Community Meeting - Castle Ward, Saturday 14 November 2026, 10am, Hastings Police Pod, Wellington Place, Hastings.

The team's priorities, as the police word them: Shoplifting; Anti-social behaviour; Street Community / Drinking in public.

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.

Air quality nearby

The council's nitrogen dioxide tube at Carlise Parade, about 180 m from the middle of this street: an annual mean of 16.5 µg/m³ in 2025.

Every year the report gives: 2021: 19.3, 2022: 19.1, 2023: 16.9, 2024: 16.0, 2025: 16.5 (µg/m³).

Each figure is for the kerbside spot where the tube or monitor sits, not for the whole street. The report compares each site “with the air quality objective of 40µg/m3”, an annual mean. From the borough council's 2026 Air Quality Annual Status Report (May 2026, read 12 October 2026). Every site

Charging an electric car

The nearest public charger mapped on OpenStreetMap is A charging point near Priory Street, about 80 m from the middle of this street (8 bays mapped).

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.

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.

Sewage releases nearby

The storm overflow nearest this street, from Southern Water's feed as Swim Hastings records it. Estimates based on public discharge and environmental data — not water quality testing. Swim at your own judgment.

Every outfall near the beaches · today's beach-by-beach picture on Swim Hastings

On the record

Council papers and other documents that name Priory Square, newest first.

Named in council papers

These papers mention the street by name, but we haven't checked that each one is about this street. County papers cover all of East Sussex, and some street names are used in other towns too. The quote under each paper shows where the name appears.

Minutes Public Pack, 26/02/2026 Licensing Sub Committee

Committee report, agenda item 3, mentions it, Mon 27 Apr 2026, Licensing Sub Committee. Source document ↗ not checked

Minutes Public Pack, 26/01/2026 Cabinet

Councillor Rankin stressed the need to plan for education and health infrastructure, suggesting One Priory Square be redesignated for this purpose, with East Sussex College Group seeking further accommodation in Hastings to deliver additional degree places.

Committee report, agenda item 7, mentions it, Wed 18 Mar 2026, Full Council. Source document ↗ not checked

Minutes Public Pack, 26/01/2026 Cabinet

Councillor Rankin stressed the need to plan for education and health infrastructure, suggesting One Priory Square be redesignated for this purpose, with East Sussex College Group seeking further accommodation in Hastings to deliver additional degree places.

Committee report, agenda item 3, mentions it, Mon 2 Mar 2026, Cabinet. Source document ↗ not checked

Licensing Sub Committee minutes

Licence application: Flames Grill, Havelock Road

Committee minutes, mentions it, Thu 26 Feb 2026, Licensing Sub Committee. Source document ↗ not checked

Cabinet minutes

Councillor Rankin stressed the need to plan for education and health infrastructure, suggesting One Priory Square be redesignated for this purpose, with East Sussex College Group seeking further accommodation in Hastings to deliver additional degree places.

Committee minutes, mentions it, Mon 26 Jan 2026, Cabinet. Source document ↗ not checked

2026 Hastings Climate Strategy

5.4 Community growing and edible landscapes – short – medium (ongoing) Support allotments, orchards, school gardens, and edible landscapes, encourage naturePhotography©JonnyFuzz friendly food growing, utilise underused council land, and partner with community groups to deliver training and awareness programmes. 5.5 Green skills and stewardship – Short – Medium (on-going) Develop a green hub at Priory Square, recruit town centre stewards/guardians, and expand accredited training in ecological land management.

Committee report, agenda item 6, mentions it, Mon 5 Jan 2026, Cabinet. Source document ↗ not checked

Appendix B - Climate Change Actions Log 2025-30

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) 5.5 Green Skills and Stewardship Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Air Quality, Health 5.5.1 Green Hub Medium (ongoing) Develop a Green Hub at Priory Square, linking training, employment, and urban greening. Creation of the Green Hub Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Air Quality, Natural Environment 5.5.2 Biodiversity Stewards Medium (ongoing) Recruit Town Centre Stewards/Guardians in paid roles to support biodiversity in public spaces and mentor volunteers Roles created and recruited in to.

Committee report, agenda item 6, mentions it, Mon 5 Jan 2026, Cabinet. Source document ↗ not checked

Part 1 of Supplement

Committee report, agenda item 5, mentions it, Mon 1 Dec 2025, Licensing Sub Committee. Source document ↗ not checked

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