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What’s near Saunders Close 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).
Saunders Close 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.
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 Saunders Close’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 Saunders 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.”
No Site of Special Scientific Interest, Special Area of Conservation, Local Nature Reserve, ancient woodland or country park is within about 100 m of Saunders Close’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
Adopted highway: yes. Saunders Close is on East Sussex County Council’s map of adopted roads, so the county looks after it: report a problem to East Sussex Highways.
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 Saunders Close since 2017, and 32 since 1995. Newest first, by month and price; house numbers and flat names are left out. Flats include maisonettes.
13 homes on Saunders Close have a current energy performance certificate, registered 2017 to 2026. Each home counts once, by its newest certificate; homes without one aren't counted.
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 Ore, about 550 m away: next trains, step-free access and facilities. Step-free access: B3, step-free access only to some platforms.
Crime and policing in Castle ward
Saunders Close'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 Manor Road, about 180 m from the middle of this street: an annual mean of 13.6 µg/m³ in 2025.
Every year the report gives: 2021: 12.5, 2022: 10.9, 2023: 12.6, 2024: 12.8, 2025: 13.6 (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 Pelham Place, about 920 m from the middle of this street (no details mapped).
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 hasn't told the NHS whether it accepts new NHS patients for routine care. Call to check. Information from the NHS website, read 30 October 2026.
Special · ages 4 to 11 · Ofsted's latest: ungraded inspection 23 February 2023: “School remains Outstanding”
560 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 Saunders Close, newest first.
On the record
Nothing on our record names Saunders Close yet: no council paper or report, and no planning application. When something does, it will appear on this page and in its feed.