Western Road

Western Road 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.

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.

Licensing applications here

• The Prince of Wales, 15 Western Road, Hastings New licence or full variation

  Full Variation has been received to expand the licensable area to include the rear room and court yard. The hours of operating will all remain the same and the conditions on the existing licence will remain the same.

  closed 18 May 2026
• Prince of Wales Pub, Western Road, St Leonards On Sea, TN37 6DG New licence or full variation

  Plays Monday to Sunday 12.00 to 23.00 · Films Monday to Sunday 12.00 to 23.00 · Indoor Sporting Events Monday to Sunday 12.00 to 23.00 · Live Music Monday to Sunday 12.00 to 23.00

  closed 25 February 2026

Brownfield land on this street

1 site at an address on Western Road on the council's brownfield register.

• BL50: Vehicle Repair Workshop, 31 South Street St Leonards-on-sea, First Floor Club & Premises 3 Western Road, TN37 6AP

  0.02 ha · 5 homes · Has planning permission (22 January 2021) · not owned by a public body · Central St Leonards ward

  site plan ↗ · planning file ↗

  On the register since January 2025

From Hastings Borough Council's Brownfield Land Register ↗ (published March 2025), its statutory register of brownfield land suitable for housing, read on 12 October 2026. Being on the register grants no planning permission. Every site on the register

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. Western Road 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

In the last 13 months

• Southern Water road closed

  Utility repair and maintenance works · urgent works · in the footway and carriageway · pavement closed, with another way round · permit LQ003SWAT14677119-01

  8 to 18 September 2026finished 15 September
• 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 LQ002SWAT14613454-01

  8 to 13 July 2026finished 10 July
• Southern Water

  Utility repair and maintenance works · urgent works · in the footway · clear of the road · pavement closed, with another way round · permit LQ002SWAT14624440-01

  7 to 9 July 2026finished 9 July
• Southern Water

  Utility repair and maintenance works · minor works (three days or less) · in the footway · clear of the road · permit LQ002SWAT14558370-01

  15 to 17 April 2026finished 17 April
• 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 LQ002SWAT14437800-01

  7 to 11 November 2025finished 11 November 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 6 standard sales of homes on Western Road since 2017, and 38 since 1995. Newest first, by month and price; house numbers and flat names are left out. Flats include maisonettes.

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

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

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 some premises (not all) in 1 and no premises in 1. 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.

The nearest station is St Leonards Warrior Square, about 250 m away: next trains, step-free access and facilities. Step-free access: B2, (refer to quick reference guide).

Food hygiene on this street

3 food premises the Food Standards Agency lists at an address on Western Road, 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.

• Cactus Hound ↗

  Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · 33 - 35 Western Road, St Leonards-on-sea, East Sussex

  5Tue 23 Jul 2024
• The Prince of Wales ↗

  Pub/bar/nightclub · Prince Of Wales Public House 15 Western Road, St Leonards-on-sea, East Sussex

  3Sun 29 Mar 2026
• Three Faces of Del Parc ↗

  Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · 1 - 2 Western Road, St Leonards-on-sea, East Sussex

  5Thu 27 Mar 2025

Every rating in Hastings

Crime and policing in Central St Leonards ward

Western Road'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 790 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.

• The Station Practice

  Station Plaza Health Centre, Station Approach, Hastings, TN34 1BA · 01424 464756

  1.3 km
• Clarity Pharmacy

  28 Kings Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea, TN37 6DU · 01424 436663

  60 m
• Dental Surgery

  32a Warrior Square, St. Leonards-on-Sea, TN37 6BS

  The practice told the NHS it accepts new NHS patients for routine care if they are: children aged 17 or under. The practice last confirmed this on 10 September 2026. Information from the NHS website, read 1 November 2026.

  210 m

Every GP practice, pharmacy and dentist in Hastings.

Schools nearby

• St Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School

  Primary · ages 4 to 11 · Ofsted's latest: ungraded inspection 24 April 2024: “School remains Good”

  490 m
• Christ Church CofE Primary and Nursery Academy

  Primary · ages 2 to 11 · Ofsted's latest: ungraded inspection 30 April 2025: “Standards maintained”

  910 m
• St Paul's Church of England Academy

  Primary · ages 2 to 11 · Ofsted's latest: ungraded inspection 12 June 2024: “School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next”

  990 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

• EVHM LLP - 19 Alexandra Road

  Care homes · rated Good (6 July 2023)

  290 m
• EVHM LLP - 25 Alexandra Road

  Care homes · rated Good (8 April 2026)

  290 m
• Whitecliff Care Home

  Care homes with nursing · rated Good (29 March 2023)

  370 m
• Kingswood House Nursing Home

  Care homes with nursing · rated Requires improvement (30 June 2022)

  410 m
• Barchester Tower

  Care homes · rated Good (3 February 2023)

  490 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

• Warrior Square Gardens, the nearest public park or garden: about 60 m to its nearest mapped entrance.
• Play space near Warrior Gardens, the nearest play area: about 190 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.

Sewage releases nearby

The storm overflow nearest this street, from Southern Water's feed as Swim Hastings records it. Estimates based on public discharge and environmental data — not water quality testing. Swim at your own judgment.

• St Leonards / White Rock outfall

  0.3 km from the street · 2 releases in the last 30 days · 3 in 12 months (0.2 h) · last began Sun 25 Oct 2026

Every outfall near the beaches · today's beach-by-beach picture on Swim Hastings

On the record

Council papers and other documents that name Western Road, newest first.

Licensing: cumulative impact area

Hastings Borough Council's licensing policy lists Western Road in its cumulative impact area (3: Central St Leonards: for its entire length). There, new licences and variations for alcohol and late-night food are expected to show they won't add to existing problems. The area's streets, and the policy

Named in council papers

These papers mention the street by name, but we haven't checked that each one is about this street. County papers cover all of East Sussex, and some street names are used in other towns too. The quote under each paper shows where the name appears.