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Towerscroft Avenue

In St Leonards-on-sea · Silverhill ward · Postcodes on the record: TN37 7JE · Follow this page (RSS) · how following works

The light is the one thing on the record here in the last year. Tap it for its details. What’s near Towerscroft Avenue on the full map. Green dots are trees under a tree preservation order (indicative only).

Towerscroft Avenue 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, 2025

£375k

Towerscroft Avenue£375k
Silverhill£326k
Hastings£280k

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

Homes rated A to C for energy

40%

Towerscroft Avenue40%
Silverhill41%
Hastings52%

Of the 25 homes here with a current certificate.

The figures as a table

	Here	Beside it	Beside it
Median price of a home sold, 2025	£375k	Silverhill: £326k	Hastings: £280k
Homes rated A to C for energy	40%	Silverhill: 41%	Hastings: 52%

Since December 2025: 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 Towerscroft Avenue, 1 in all (0 granted and 1 refused), 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: 1 application (0 granted and 1 refused)

Land rear of 4 Towerscroft AvenueRefused permission
This asks for the council's consent to work on protected trees. T1 - Holm Oak - prune back overhanging branches towards boundary line. T2 - Oak - prune back over…
HS/TP/26/00279, decided in the week of Mon 20 Jul 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 Towerscroft Avenue 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 Towerscroft Avenue or stands beside its line. Every listed building in Hastings

Tree preservation orders near Towerscroft Avenue

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

TPO 7: made 14 March 1949, confirmed 12 April 1949; 1 tree, 18 groups of trees, 4 woodlands in the order. The order (PDF) ↗
TPO 23: made 4 October 1960, confirmed 20 January 1961; 2 trees, 10 groups of trees in the order. The order (PDF) ↗
TPO 38: made 2 September 1970, confirmed 2 September 1970; 16 trees, 13 groups of trees, 19 areas of trees, 17 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 Towerscroft Avenue’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 Towerscroft Avenue’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. Towerscroft Avenue 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

Southern Water
Utility repair and maintenance works · minor works (three days or less) · in the footway · clear of the road · pavement closed, with another way round · permit LQ002SWAT14587764-01
22 to 27 May 2026finished 26 May
East Sussex County Council give and take
Highway repair and maintenance works · minor works (three days or less) · in the footway · pavement closed, with another way round · permit EA00649071611-01
18 to 23 March 2026finished 20 March
UK Power Networks South Eastern
Utility repair and maintenance works · urgent works · in the footway · clear of the road · pavement closed, with another way round · permit KZ50075531512-01
23 February to 3 March 2026finished 1 March
Southern Water
Utility repair and maintenance works · minor works (three days or less) · in the footway · partly in the road · pavement closed, with another way round · permit LQ002SWAT14468866-02
11 to 13 February 2026finished 12 February
East Sussex County Council give and take
Highway repair and maintenance works · standard works (four to ten days) · in the footway · permit EA00602939742-01
26 to 30 January 2026finished 26 January
Southern Water
Utility repair and maintenance works · minor works (three days or less) · in the footway · partly in the road · pavement closed, with another way round · permit LQ002SWAT14468866-01
19 to 23 December 2025finished 23 December 2025
UK Power Networks South Eastern
Works for road purposes · urgent works · in the footway · clear of the road · pavement closed, with another way round · permit KZ50061821332-01
9 to 16 December 2025finished 16 December 2025
Southern Water
Utility repair and maintenance works · urgent works · in the footway · clear of the road · pavement closed, with another way round · permit LQ002SWAT14406550-01
25 to 29 September 2025finished 29 September 2025

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 16 standard sales of homes on Towerscroft Avenue since 2017, and 86 since 1995. Newest first, by month and price; house numbers and flat names are left out. Flats include maisonettes.

Month	Home	Price
Nov 2025	Detached, freehold	£435,000
Sep 2025	Detached, freehold	£375,000
Sep 2025	Detached, freehold	£340,500
Mar 2024	Semi, freehold	£300,000
Sep 2023	Terraced, freehold	£286,000
Aug 2023	Detached, freehold	£375,000
Apr 2022	Detached, freehold	£342,000
Aug 2021	Terraced, freehold	£288,000
Oct 2020	Semi, freehold	£285,000
Jul 2020	Semi, freehold	£258,500
Oct 2019	Detached, freehold	£330,000
Oct 2019	Detached, freehold	£287,000

All 16 sales since 2017

Month	Home	Price
Oct 2019	Terraced, freehold	£221,000
Jul 2019	Terraced, freehold	£206,000
Oct 2018	Detached, freehold	£270,000
Aug 2018	Terraced, freehold	£244,000

Sales and median price by year, 1995 to 2025

Year	Sales	Median price
2025	3	£375,000
2024	1	£300,000
2023	2	£330,500
2022	1	£342,000
2021	1	£288,000
2020	2	£271,750
2019	4	£254,000
2018	2	£257,000
2016	2	£268,750
2014	2	£213,000
2013	2	£187,500
2012	1	£175,000
2011	5	£210,000
2010	4	£228,500
2009	2	£186,250
2008	2	£163,500
2007	2	£218,750
2006	3	£169,950
2005	3	£172,000
2004	3	£144,000
2003	4	£160,475
2002	2	£146,225
2001	2	£125,500
2000	1	£67,000
1999	6	£90,475
1998	3	£68,500
1997	8	£64,250
1996	10	£55,500
1995	3	£53,000

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

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

Band	Homes	Share
A	0	0%
B	0	0%
C	10	40%
D	13	52%
E	2	8%
F	0	0%
G	0	0%
All	25

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 Towerscroft Avenue

Hollinghurst Road (opp)
94 to Bexhill The Harp; 94A to Bexhill The Harp; 100 to Rye station; 101 to Rye station; 321 to Ore Crowborough Road, Hastings station; 359 to Bexhill Penland Road
Weekdays: 48 buses, 06:27–21:51 · Saturday: 46 buses, 06:27–21:51 · Sunday: 22 buses, 06:57–19:56
80 m away
Hollinghurst Road (adj)
94 to Conquest Hospital; 94A to Conquest Hospital; 100 to Conquest Hospital; 101 to Conquest Hospital; 321 to Conquest Hospital; 323B to Conquest Hospital
Weekdays: 47 buses, 06:39–22:27 · Saturday: 46 buses, 06:39–22:37 · Sunday: 23 buses, 06:39–20:43
97 m away
Clarendon Close (adj)
94 to Conquest Hospital; 94A to Conquest Hospital; 100 to Conquest Hospital; 101 to Conquest Hospital; 321 to Conquest Hospital; 323B to Conquest Hospital
Weekdays: 47 buses, 06:38–22:26 · Saturday: 46 buses, 06:38–22:36 · Sunday: 23 buses, 06:38–20:42
200 m away
Towerscroft Avenue (adj)
94 to Bexhill The Harp; 94A to Bexhill The Harp; 100 to Rye station; 101 to Rye station; 321 to Ore Crowborough Road, Hastings station; 359 to Bexhill Penland Road
Weekdays: 48 buses, 06:26–21:50 · Saturday: 46 buses, 06:26–21:50 · Sunday: 22 buses, 06:56–19:55
216 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 Silverhill ward

Towerscroft Avenue's middle is in Silverhill 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 32 crimes and 7 incidents of anti-social behaviour in Silverhill ward. In the 12 months to August 2026: 430 crimes and 74 incidents of anti-social behaviour. The ward's figures by category.

Its police team is Silverhill. The team's next meeting listed on data.police.uk: Community Meeting - Silverhill, Thursday 17 December 2026, 6pm, St Matthews Church Grounds ( We will try and use the hall if it is raining ).

The team's priorities, as the police word them: Hate Crime; Residential Burglary.

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 GeniePoint near John Macadam Way, about 930 m from the middle of this street (no details 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.

High Glades Medical Centre
9a Upper Church Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea, TN37 7AT · 01424 754678
480 m
Laycock Chemists
30 Little Ridge Avenue, St. Leonards-on-Sea, TN37 7LS · 01424 755395
430 m
Harrow Lane Dental Practice
204 Harrow Lane, St. Leonards-on-Sea, TN37 7JZ
The practice told the NHS it does not accept new NHS patients for routine care. It accepts new NHS patients only for specialist care, by referral from another dentist. Information from the NHS website, read 1 November 2026.
320 m

Every GP practice, pharmacy and dentist in Hastings.

Schools nearby

Ark Little Ridge Primary Academy
Primary · ages 4 to 11 · Ofsted's latest: graded inspection 10 October 2023: overall effectiveness Outstanding
480 m
Hollington Primary School
Primary · ages 2 to 11 · Ofsted's latest: graded inspection 19 July 2022: overall effectiveness Inadequate
730 m
New Horizons School (Part of the Sabden Multi Academy Trust)
Special · ages 5 to 16 · Ofsted's latest: graded inspection 24 June 2025: overall effectiveness not judged
790 m
Mulberry Silverdale Primary
Primary · ages 5 to 11 · Ofsted's latest: ungraded inspection 11 October 2023: “School remains Good”
870 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.

Care homes nearby

Oak View
Care homes · rated Good (2 March 2022)
380 m
The Wheelhouse
Care homes · rated Good (19 November 2019)
380 m

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

Alexandra Park, the nearest public park or garden: about 650 m to its nearest mapped entrance.
Play space near Fairfield Road, the nearest play area: about 510 m.

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.