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West Ascent
What’s near West Ascent 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).

West Ascent 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

33%

  • West Ascent33%
  • Central St Leonards54%
  • Hastings52%

Of the 9 homes here with a current certificate.

The figures as a table
HereBeside itBeside it
Homes rated A to C for energy33%Central St Leonards: 54%Hastings: 52%

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

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 street index lists these properties on West Ascent under Article 4 directions, which take away some building work that wouldn’t otherwise need planning permission:

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 (2)

From Historic England’s list: 2 whose list entry names West Ascent. The list entry says what is protected, which can include attached walls and railings.

Tree preservation orders

The council’s map data has no tree preservation order within about 40 m of West Ascent’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. Listed buildings: © Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Flood zones, the coast and protected nature

Flood zones

None of West Ascent’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.

The coast

The Environment Agency’s erosion map covers this frontage: 2 stretches of policy unit 4C24 Hastings (inc. the Harbour) ↗ in the Shoreline Management Plan, whose policy is Hold the line (Maintain/replace) in all three periods, 2005 to 2105: “Where protection is currently provided by coastal defence structures or managed beaches, and the intention is to retain a defence along approximately the current alignment. This will involve replacing defences when needed. Defence type, method and standard of protection may be modified over time.”

  • With Shoreline Management Plans delivered: 0 m by 2055, 0 m by 2105.
  • No Future Intervention: 24 to 40 m by 2055, 47 to 77 m by 2105.

Part of West Ascent’s line is inside the map’s No Future Intervention zone to 2105, and none of it inside the zone to 2105 with the plan delivered.

The figures are the width of the map’s erosion zone, inland from today’s shoreline, on the Higher Central allowance. In the Agency’s words: “Two periods: Medium Term (up to 2055) and Long Term (up to 2105).” “Two management scenarios: With Shoreline Management Plans delivered and No Future Intervention.” “Three climate scenarios: Present Day climate (2020), Higher Central allowance and Upper End allowance. The two allowances use sea level rise data from UKCP18 RCP8.5 70th and 95th percentiles respectively.” “All distances are cumulative over time and given in metres.”

The data and associated information are intended for guidance only - it cannot provide details for individual properties.

The data shows areas of land likely to be at erosion risk but does not show the precise future position of the shoreline.

Erosion may happen faster or slower than what we show, and risk may change over time.

The Environment Agency’s warnings on its erosion map, from its description of the data ↗.

The coast and its plan, unit by unit · On the map

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 West Ascent’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. West Ascent 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 6 standard sales of homes on West Ascent since 2017, and 16 since 1995. Newest first, by month and price; house numbers and flat names are left out. Flats include maisonettes.

MonthHomePrice
Dec 2025Flat, leasehold£125,000
Mar 2024Flat, leasehold£215,000
Sep 2023Terraced, freehold£624,000
Oct 2022Flat, leasehold£195,000
Oct 2017Terraced, freehold£577,500
Oct 2017Terraced, freehold£478,000
Sales and median price by year, 1997 to 2025
YearSalesMedian price
20251£125,000
20241£215,000
20231£624,000
20221£195,000
20172£527,750
20151£390,000
20121£220,000
20071£300,000
20061£95,000
20051£78,950
20041£69,000
20021£50,500
20001£22,000
19991£95,000
19971£19,500

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

9 homes on West Ascent have a current energy performance certificate, registered 2019 to 2024. Each home counts once, by its newest certificate; homes without one aren't counted.

BandHomesShare
A00%
B00%
C333%
D667%
E00%
F00%
G00%
All9

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 West Ascent

  • Greeba Court (opp)

    98 to Sidley Whitehouse Avenue, Sidley Mayo Lane; 99 to Eastbourne Town Centre Gildredge Road; 99E to Eastbourne Town Centre Gildredge Road; 1066 to Pebsham Bexhill College

    Weekdays: 73 buses, 06:08–23:08 · Saturday: 72 buses, 06:08–23:12 · Sunday: 36 buses, 07:43–19:58

    72 m away
  • Greeba Court (adj)

    70 to Rye station; 98 to Silverhill Chatham Road, Hastings station; 99 to Hastings station; 99E to Hastings station

    Weekdays: 76 buses, 05:42–23:28 · Saturday: 75 buses, 05:42–23:28 · Sunday: 37 buses, 08:02–20:37

    79 m away
  • Marina Pavilion (adj)

    98 to Sidley Whitehouse Avenue, Sidley Mayo Lane; 99 to Eastbourne Town Centre Gildredge Road; 99E to Eastbourne Town Centre Gildredge Road; 1066 to Pebsham Bexhill College

    Weekdays: 73 buses, 06:08–23:07 · Saturday: 72 buses, 06:08–23:11 · Sunday: 36 buses, 07:42–19:57

    180 m away
  • Marina Pavilion (opp)

    70 to Rye station; 98 to Silverhill Chatham Road, Hastings station; 99 to Hastings station; 99E to Hastings station

    Weekdays: 76 buses, 05:43–23:29 · Saturday: 75 buses, 05:43–23:29 · Sunday: 37 buses, 08:03–20:38

    226 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 700 m away: next trains, step-free access and facilities. Step-free access: B2, (refer to quick reference guide).

Crime and policing in Central St Leonards ward

West Ascent's middle is in Central St Leonards 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 121 crimes and 30 incidents of anti-social behaviour in Central St Leonards ward. In the 12 months to August 2026: 1,038 crimes and 357 incidents of anti-social behaviour. The ward's figures by category.

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

The team's priorities, as the police word them: Drug related harm; Vehicle offences / Anti-social driving.

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 190 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 West Ascent, newest first.

On the record

Nothing on our record names West Ascent 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.