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Sovereign Close

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Sovereign Close15 Sovereign Close (New application, 13 May, Baird)15 Sovereign Close (New application, 21 May, Baird)15 Sovereign Close (Part granted - part refused, 3 Aug, Baird)15 Sovereign Close (Granted permission, 17 Aug, Baird)15 Sovereign Close (New application, 29 Sep, Baird)
The lights are the 5 things on the record here in the last year. Tap one for its details. What’s near Sovereign 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).

Sovereign 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.

Homes rated A to C for energy

50%

  • Sovereign Close50%
  • Baird63%
  • Hastings52%

Of the 8 homes here with a current certificate.

The figures as a table
HereBeside itBeside it
Homes rated A to C for energy50%Baird: 63%Hastings: 52%
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Since December 2025: 3 planning applications and 2 planning decisions. 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 Sovereign Close, 3 in all (1 granted, 0 refused, 1 other decision 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: 3 applications (1 granted, 0 refused, 1 other decision and 1 not yet decided)

  • 15 Sovereign CloseRegistered

    This asks the council to approve details it required when it granted HS/FA/26/00307 (condition 5: retaining wall details). Discharge of Condition 5 (Retaining wall details) of Planning Application HS/FA/26/00307.

    HS/CD/26/00575, validated Tue 29 Sep 2026. No comments from the public on the council’s file. The council’s file ↗

  • 15 Sovereign CloseGranted permission

    Alterations to elevations including new windows and glazed doors. Engineering works to reduce ground level adjacent to west (side) elevation. Conversion of garage to form ancillary living accommodation. Raising height of existing terrace and formation of glazed balustrade (amended description).

    HS/FA/26/00307, validated Thu 21 May 2026, decided in the week of Mon 17 Aug 2026. No comments from the public on the council’s file. The council’s file ↗

  • 15 Sovereign ClosePart granted - part refused

    This asks the council to approve details it required when it granted HS/FA/25/00643 (conditions 3 and 6). Discharge of conditions 3 (Southern Water confirmation of connection to the Public Sewerage System) and 6 (Soft landscaping plans) of Planning Permission HS/FA/25/00643

    HS/CD/26/00289, validated Wed 13 May 2026, decided in the week of Mon 3 Aug 2026. No comments from the public on the council’s file. The council’s file ↗

Conservation, listed buildings and protected trees

None of the town’s 18 conservation areas reaches Sovereign Close as mapped.

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 Sovereign Close 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 Sovereign 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 ↗

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 Sovereign 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.”

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 Sovereign Close’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

Adopted highway: yes. Sovereign 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.

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.

Homes and premises

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

Homes sold on this street

HM Land Registry records 5 standard sales of homes on Sovereign Close since 2017, and 15 since 1995. Newest first, by month and price; house numbers and flat names are left out. Flats include maisonettes.

MonthHomePrice
Apr 2026Detached, freehold£455,000
Sep 2025Detached, freehold£625,000
Mar 2022Detached, freehold£450,000
Jun 2021Detached, freehold£450,000
Jul 2020Detached, freehold£380,000
Sales and median price by year, 1996 to 2026
YearSalesMedian price
2026 (to August)1£455,000
20251£625,000
20221£450,000
20211£450,000
20201£380,000
20162£382,500
20151£360,000
20141£262,250
20121£264,000
20081£244,999
20011£250,000
19991£140,000
19971£159,950
19961£100,000

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

8 homes on Sovereign Close have a current energy performance certificate, registered 2018 to 2026. Each home counts once, by its newest certificate; homes without one aren't counted.

BandHomesShare
A00%
B112%
C338%
D338%
E112%
F00%
G00%
All8

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 Sovereign Close

  • Cemetery (opp)

    73 to Blacklands Ark William Parker Academy; 300A to Hastings station, Conquest Hospital; 328 to Conquest Hospital; 359 to Bexhill Penland Road

    Weekdays: 36 buses, 06:44–23:18 · Saturday: 32 buses, 06:47–23:17 · Sunday: 25 buses, 07:20–20:19

    167 m away
  • Cemetery (adj)

    73 to Old Town The Stade; 300C to Hastings station; 328 to Hastings station; 359 to West Hill Whitefriars Road

    Weekdays: 36 buses, 06:07–22:32 · Saturday: 32 buses, 06:15–22:32 · Sunday: 26 buses, 07:34–20:35

    189 m away
  • Westminster Crescent (opp)

    323 to Harley Shute The St Leonards Academy, Harley Shute Field Way

    Weekdays: 12 buses, 07:27–18:20 · Saturday: 12 buses, 07:20–18:20 · Sunday: 7 buses, 10:41–16:41

    220 m away
  • Ochiltree Close (opp)

    323 to Conquest Hospital

    Weekdays: 12 buses, 06:38–19:09 · Saturday: 13 buses, 06:38–19:09 · Sunday: 7 buses, 10:29–16:29

    234 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.

Crime and policing in Baird ward

Sovereign Close's middle is in Baird 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 54 crimes and 17 incidents of anti-social behaviour in Baird ward. In the 12 months to August 2026: 664 crimes and 149 incidents of anti-social behaviour. The ward's figures by category.

Its police team is Baird. The team's next meeting listed on data.police.uk: Community Meeting - Baird Ward, Saturday 7 November 2026, 11am, The Firs, Elphinstone Road.

The team's priorities, as the police word them: Drug Related Crime; Anti-social Behaviour.

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 Osprey near Hurst Way, about 700 m from the middle of this street (Osprey · 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.

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.