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The Drive
What’s near The Drive on the full map. 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

None of the town’s 18 conservation areas reaches The Drive 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 The Drive or stands beside its line. Every listed building in Hastings

Tree preservation orders near The Drive

Orders with a protected tree, group or woodland within about 40 m of the street’s line, from the council’s map data.

  • TPO 54: made 22 August 1973, confirmed 11 December 1973; 23 trees, 23 groups of trees, 1 area of trees in the order. The order (PDF) ↗

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 The 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.”

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 The Drive’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. The Drive 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 3 standard sales of homes on The Drive since 2017, and 10 since 1995. Newest first, by month and price; house numbers and flat names are left out. Flats include maisonettes.

MonthHomePrice
Jun 2026Detached, freehold£260,000
Oct 2024Detached, freehold£295,000
Sep 2020Detached, freehold£285,000
Sales and median price by year, 1999 to 2026
YearSalesMedian price
2026 (to August)1£260,000
20241£295,000
20201£285,000
20161£199,950
20101£178,000
20021£160,000
20012£116,000
19992£78,250

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

Fewer than 5 homes on The Drive have a current energy performance certificate, so the bands aren't shown here.

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.

Nearby

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

Buses near The Drive

  • The Drive (opp)

    323 to Harley Shute The St Leonards Academy, Conquest Hospital; 323B to Conquest Hospital

    Weekdays: 26 buses, 07:17–20:45 · Saturday: 26 buses, 07:20–20:45 · Sunday: 19 buses, 08:43–18:29

    35 m away
  • Wellis Gardens (adj)

    323 to Harley Shute The St Leonards Academy, Conquest Hospital; 323B to Conquest Hospital

    Weekdays: 26 buses, 07:16–20:44 · Saturday: 26 buses, 07:19–20:44 · Sunday: 19 buses, 08:42–18:28

    95 m away
  • Fernside Avenue East (adj)

    323 to Harley Shute The St Leonards Academy, Harley Shute Field Way; 323B to Conquest Hospital

    Weekdays: 14 buses, 08:12–20:46 · Saturday: 14 buses, 08:09–20:46 · Sunday: 9 buses, 10:25–18:30

    133 m away
  • Westerleigh Close (opp)

    323 to Conquest Hospital, Hastings station

    Weekdays: 12 buses, 07:18–18:24 · Saturday: 12 buses, 07:21–18:24 · Sunday: 10 buses, 08:44–17:44

    196 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 West St Leonards, about 800 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

The 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 1,270 m from the middle of this street (Charge Your Car · 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.

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.

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.

On the record

Council papers and other documents that name The Drive, newest first.

On the record

Nothing on our record names The Drive yet: no council paper or report, and no planning application. When something does, it will appear on this page and in its feed.

Street names and locations from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.