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Tower Road West

In St Leonards-on-sea · Gensing ward · Postcodes on the record: TN38 0RG,TN38 0RQ · Follow this page (RSS) · how following works

Tower Road WestFlat 2, 16 Tower Road West (New application, 10 Jun, Gensing)Flat 2, 16 Tower Road West (Granted permission, 3 Aug, Gensing)10 Tower Road West (New application, 4 Sep, Gensing)
The lights are the 3 things on the record here in the last year. Tap one for its details. What’s near Tower Road West 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).

Tower Road West 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.

Median price of a home sold, 2024

£550k

  • Tower Road West£550k
  • Gensing£220k
  • Hastings£280k

From 3 sales on the street that year, so one sale moves it.

Homes rated A to C for energy

42%

  • Tower Road West42%
  • Gensing48%
  • Hastings52%

Of the 43 homes here with a current certificate.

The figures as a table
HereBeside itBeside it
Median price of a home sold, 2024£550kGensing: £220kHastings: £280k
Homes rated A to C for energy42%Gensing: 48%Hastings: 52%
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Since December 2025: 2 planning applications and 1 planning decision. 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 Tower Road West, 2 in all (1 granted, 0 refused 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: 2 applications (1 granted, 0 refused and 1 not yet decided)

  • 10 Tower Road WestBusiness premisesRegistered

    This uses the prior-approval route: national rules allow the work, and the council can check only set things, such as its size or its effect on neighbours. Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed change of use from offices (Use Class E) to flats (Use Class C3) under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning General Permitted Development Order 2015 (as amended). (amended description).

    Use class as described: E → C3

    HS/PA/26/00518, validated Fri 4 Sep 2026. No comments from the public on the council’s file. The council’s file ↗

  • Flat 2, 16 Tower Road WestGranted permission

    Proposed replacement windows to the 1st floor at the front, rear and side elevations from timber framed sash windows to UPVc double glazed vertical sliding sash windows (amended description)

    HS/FA/26/00355, validated Wed 10 Jun 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

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 Tower Road West or stands beside its line. Every listed building in Hastings

Tree preservation orders near Tower Road West

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

  • TPO 12: made 25 May 1950, confirmed 21 August 1950; 5 trees, 26 groups of trees, 3 woodlands 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 Tower Road West’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 Tower Road West’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. Tower Road West 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 31 standard sales of homes on Tower Road West since 2017, and 118 since 1995. Newest first, by month and price; house numbers and flat names are left out. Flats include maisonettes.

MonthHomePrice
Jan 2026Semi, freehold£900,000
Jan 2026Flat, leasehold£250,000
Jun 2025Detached, freehold£325,000
Feb 2025Semi, freehold£815,000
Mar 2024Semi, freehold£810,000
Jan 2024Detached, freehold£550,000
Jan 2024Flat, leasehold£112,400
Jul 2023Detached, freehold£1,050,000
Apr 2023Flat, leasehold£130,000
Mar 2023Terraced, freehold£440,000
Feb 2022Semi, freehold£825,000
Sep 2021Semi, freehold£850,000
All 31 sales since 2017
MonthHomePrice
Sep 2021Semi, freehold£830,000
Jun 2021Detached, freehold£350,000
Feb 2021Semi, freehold£650,000
Feb 2021Flat, leasehold£170,000
Jan 2021Flat, leasehold£200,000
Oct 2020Flat, leasehold£198,000
Sep 2020Detached, freehold£395,000
Jul 2020Flat, leasehold£195,000
Nov 2019Flat, leasehold£222,000
Sep 2019Flat, leasehold£181,000
Jun 2019Semi, freehold£510,000
Nov 2018Detached, freehold£655,000
Oct 2018Detached, freehold£285,000
Aug 2018Detached, freehold£780,000
Jun 2018Semi, freehold£650,000
Dec 2017Semi, freehold£575,000
Sep 2017Flat, leasehold£76,000
Jul 2017Semi, freehold£590,000
May 2017Detached, freehold£360,000
Sales and median price by year, 1995 to 2026
YearSalesMedian price
2026 (to August)2£575,000
20252£570,000
20243£550,000
20233£440,000
20221£825,000
20216£500,000
20203£198,000
20193£222,000
20184£652,500
20174£467,500
20165£114,500
20154£320,500
20145£250,000
20131£45,000
20124£343,750
20112£173,000
20103£230,000
20093£315,000
20082£124,000
20076£187,500
20064£270,000
20043£185,000
20033£239,950
20028£158,250
20014£178,750
20006£99,250
19998£79,250
19983£120,000
19972£108,750
19966£88,500
19955£65,000

Every sale, with the address, is in the Land Registry's own search: Tower Road West. 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

43 homes on Tower Road West have a current energy performance certificate, registered 2017 to 2026. Each home counts once, by its newest certificate; homes without one aren't counted.

BandHomesShare
A00%
B00%
C1842%
D1842%
E716%
F00%
G00%
All43

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 2 postcodes for this street. Gigabit-capable broadband reached every premises in 2. Superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or more) reached every premises in both.

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 Tower Road West

  • Tower Road (adj)

    319 to Hastings station; 319C to Hastings station; 322 to Ore The Hastings Academy, Ore Montgomery Road; 322B to Ore The Hastings Academy, Ore Montgomery Road; 322E to Ore The Hastings Academy, Ore Montgomery Road; 1066 to Hastings station

    Weekdays: 83 buses, 06:07–23:12 · Saturday: 77 buses, 07:17–23:12 · Sunday: 47 buses, 08:52–21:58

    253 m away
  • Anglesea Terrace (opp)

    319 to Hastings station; 319C to Hastings station; 322 to Ore The Hastings Academy, Ore Montgomery Road; 322B to Ore The Hastings Academy, Ore Montgomery Road; 322E to Ore The Hastings Academy, Ore Montgomery Road; 1066 to Hastings station

    Weekdays: 83 buses, 06:08–23:13 · Saturday: 77 buses, 07:18–23:13 · Sunday: 47 buses, 08:53–21:59

    259 m away
  • Anglesea Terrace (adj)

    319 to Hollington Whatlington Way, Hollington Hartfield Meadow; 319C to Hollington Whatlington Way; 322 to Hollington Tesco; 322B to Harley Shute The St Leonards Academy; 322E to Harley Shute The St Leonards Academy; 1066 to Battle Claverham College

    Weekdays: 84 buses, 06:25–23:34 · Saturday: 79 buses, 07:20–23:35 · Sunday: 44 buses, 09:29–22:10

    279 m away
  • Filsham Road Top (opp)

    321 to Ore Crowborough Road, Hastings station

    Weekdays: 30 buses, 06:36–21:59 · Saturday: 30 buses, 06:36–21:59 · Sunday: 14 buses, 07:06–20:04

    300 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 St Leonards Warrior Square, about 650 m away: next trains, step-free access and facilities. Step-free access: B2, (refer to quick reference guide).

Food hygiene on this street

1 food premises the Food Standards Agency lists at an address on Tower Road West, by name. A rating is what an inspector found on the day. Each business links to its Food Standards Agency page, which has the scores behind it.

Every rating in Hastings

Crime and policing in Gensing ward

Tower Road West's middle is in Gensing 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 100 crimes and 10 incidents of anti-social behaviour in Gensing ward. In the 12 months to August 2026: 1,179 crimes and 163 incidents of anti-social behaviour. The ward's figures by category.

Its police team is Gensing. The team's next meeting listed on data.police.uk: Community Meeting - Gensing, Sunday 24 January 2027, 5pm, St John Evangelist church, Pevensey Road St Leonards.

The team's priorities, as the police word them: Public Place Violence; Robbery and Public Order; Criminal damage.

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 116 Bohemia Road, about 450 m from the middle of this street: an annual mean of 19.4 µg/m³ in 2025.

Every year the report gives: 2021: 24.1, 2022: 23.8, 2023: 21.6, 2024: 21.3, 2025: 19.4 (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 Charge Your Car near Undercliff, about 1,070 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.

Street names and locations from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.