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White Rock24 White Rock (Granted permission, 25 May, Castle)21 White Rock (Granted permission, 10 Aug, Castle)
The lights are the 2 things on the record here in the last year. Tap one for its details. What’s near White Rock 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).

White Rock 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

£177k

  • White Rock£177k
  • Castle£219k
  • Hastings£280k

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

Homes rated A to C for energy

42%

  • White Rock42%
  • Castle49%
  • Hastings52%

Of the 76 homes here with a current certificate.

The figures as a table
HereBeside itBeside it
Median price of a home sold, 2024£177kCastle: £219kHastings: £280k
Homes rated A to C for energy42%Castle: 49%Hastings: 52%
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Since December 2025: 2 planning decisions. 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 White Rock, 3 in all (3 granted and 0 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: 3 applications (3 granted and 0 refused)

  • 21 White RockBusiness premisesGranted permission

    Change of use of the third-floor private dwelling to additional House in Multiple Occupation (HMO…

    HS/FA/26/00254, decided in the week of Mon 10 Aug 2026. No comments from the public on the council’s file. The council’s file ↗

  • 24 White RockGranted permission

    Retrospective application for the erection of a screen wall at the ground floor level and structu…

    HS/FA/25/00635, decided in the week of Mon 25 May 2026. No comments from the public on the council’s file. The council’s file ↗

  • 24 White RockGranted permission

    This asks for listed building consent to work on a listed building. Retrospective application for the erection of a screen wall at the ground floor level (amended de…

    HS/LB/25/00636, decided in the week of Mon 25 May 2026. No comments from the public on the council’s file. The council’s file ↗

Planning appeals on this street

The planning committee's appeal reports list each appeal against a planning decision; the Planning Inspectorate decides them, and its own data lists those it has decided, each linking to its decision letter. Each is shown with its latest outcome.

Every appeal on the record

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 White Rock 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 (7)

From Historic England’s list: 6 whose list entry names White Rock and 1 whose map point is beside its line. 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 White Rock’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

Part of White Rock is in Flood Zone 3 (the sea). That is the Environment Agency’s flood map for planning, which shows land that could flood from rivers or the sea, ignoring the benefits of any existing flood defences.

Locations in flood zone 3 have a high probability of flooding.

This means, in any year, land has:

  • a 1% (1 in 100) or more chance of flooding from rivers
  • a 0.5% (1 in 200) or more chance of flooding from the sea.

Flood zone 3 developments need a flood risk assessment as part of their planning application.

The Environment Agency’s words, from Flood zones and what they mean ↗.

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: one stretch 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: 16 m by 2055, 33 m by 2105.

Part of White Rock’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 White Rock’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.

What the council lists here

Entries on the borough council's land and assets list whose address names it, in the list's own words. Entries held for the Foreshore Trust say so. The whole list and how it is read.

Asset of community value

From the borough council's register. What listing means, and every entry.

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. White Rock 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 23 standard sales of homes on White Rock since 2017, and 104 since 1995. Newest first, by month and price; house numbers and flat names are left out. Flats include maisonettes.

MonthHomePrice
Aug 2025Flat, leasehold£111,000
May 2025Flat, leasehold£150,000
Aug 2024Flat, leasehold£177,000
May 2024Flat, leasehold£340,000
Jan 2024Flat, leasehold£160,000
Jun 2023Flat, leasehold£180,000
Feb 2023Flat, leasehold£245,000
Sep 2021Flat, leasehold£120,000
Mar 2021Flat, leasehold£242,000
Jan 2021Flat, leasehold£325,000
Jan 2021Flat, leasehold£213,000
Oct 2020Flat, leasehold£125,000
All 23 sales since 2017
MonthHomePrice
Feb 2020Terraced, freehold£575,000
Oct 2019Flat, leasehold£145,000
Aug 2019Flat, leasehold£150,000
Apr 2019Flat, leasehold£115,000
Mar 2019Flat, leasehold£125,000
Dec 2018Flat, leasehold£138,000
Sep 2018Flat, leasehold£128,000
Sep 2018Flat, leasehold£110,000
Apr 2018Flat, leasehold£137,000
Sep 2017Flat, leasehold£107,000
Jan 2017Flat, leasehold£125,000
Sales and median price by year, 1995 to 2025
YearSalesMedian price
20252£130,500
20243£177,000
20232£212,500
20214£227,500
20202£350,000
20194£135,000
20184£132,500
20172£116,000
20162£112,500
20155£99,000
20142£120,000
20136£93,000
20127£93,000
20112£246,500
20101£117,000
20091£120,000
20081£150,000
200712£151,750
20065£109,000
20052£100,250
20044£99,000
20032£82,975
200213£69,950
20011£69,950
20004£55,375
19993£42,000
19984£23,125
19973£25,000
19951£35,000

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

76 homes on White Rock 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%
B68%
C2634%
D3343%
E1114%
F00%
G00%
All76

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: some premises there could get gigabit-capable broadband, not all, 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 on White Rock

  • Pier (opp)

    70 to Rye station; 98 to Silverhill Chatham Road, Hastings station; 99 to Hastings station; 99E to Hastings station; 319 to Hastings station; 319C to Hastings station

    Weekdays: 201 buses, 05:48–23:32 · Saturday: 194 buses, 05:48–23:32 · Sunday: 108 buses, 07:16–22:05

  • Robertson Street (Stop T)

    98 to Sidley Whitehouse Avenue, Sidley Mayo Lane; 99 to Eastbourne Town Centre Gildredge Road; 99E to Eastbourne Town Centre Gildredge Road; 319 to Hollington Whatlington Way, Hollington Hartfield Meadow; 319C to Hollington Whatlington Way; 321 to Conquest Hospital

    Weekdays: 201 buses, 06:04–23:28 · Saturday: 195 buses, 06:04–23:29 · Sunday: 104 buses, 06:16–22:04

  • Pier (adj)

    98 to Sidley Whitehouse Avenue, Sidley Mayo Lane; 99 to Eastbourne Town Centre Gildredge Road; 99E to Eastbourne Town Centre Gildredge Road; 319 to Hollington Whatlington Way, Hollington Hartfield Meadow; 319C to Hollington Whatlington Way; 321 to Conquest Hospital

    Weekdays: 201 buses, 06:05–23:29 · Saturday: 195 buses, 06:05–23:30 · Sunday: 104 buses, 06:17–22:05

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 Hastings, about 450 m away: next trains, step-free access and facilities. Step-free access: A, Compliant step-free access to all platform(s).

Food hygiene on this street

16 food premises the Food Standards Agency lists at an address on White Rock, by name. 1 was first listed in the last 90 days, marked new here and listed first. 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 Castle ward

White Rock's middle is in Castle 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 301 crimes and 114 incidents of anti-social behaviour in Castle ward. In the 12 months to August 2026: 2,459 crimes and 689 incidents of anti-social behaviour. The ward's figures by category.

Its police team is Castle (Hastings). The team's next meeting listed on data.police.uk: Community Meeting - Castle Ward, Saturday 14 November 2026, 10am, Hastings Police Pod, Wellington Place, Hastings.

The team's priorities, as the police word them: Shoplifting; Anti-social behaviour; Street Community / Drinking in public.

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 Carlise Parade, about 260 m from the middle of this street: an annual mean of 16.5 µg/m³ in 2025.

Every year the report gives: 2021: 19.3, 2022: 19.1, 2023: 16.9, 2024: 16.0, 2025: 16.5 (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 A charging point near Priory Street, about 390 m from the middle of this street (8 bays 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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Street names and locations from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.