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Whittlewood Close
What’s near Whittlewood Close on the full map. Green dots are trees under a tree preservation order (indicative only).

Whittlewood Close 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

40%

  • Whittlewood Close40%
  • Hollington67%
  • Hastings52%

Of the 10 homes here with a current certificate.

The figures as a table
HereBeside itBeside it
Homes rated A to C for energy40%Hollington: 67%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

None of the town’s 18 conservation areas reaches Whittlewood Close 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 Whittlewood Close or stands beside its line. Every listed building in Hastings

Tree preservation orders near Whittlewood Close

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

  • TPO 13: made 16 March 1950, confirmed 19 May 1950; 1 tree, 4 groups of trees, 5 woodlands in the order. The order (PDF) ↗
  • TPO 130: made 18 March 1992, confirmed 28 May 1992; 17 trees, 1 woodland 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 Whittlewood Close’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

  • Church Wood and Robsack Wood LNR ↗ (Local Nature Reserve): Whittlewood Close’s line passes within about 20 m of it.
  • Ancient woodland: Whittlewood Close’s line passes within about 100 m of 2 parcels on Natural England’s inventory (Church Wood).

Natural England’s designations within about 100 m of the street’s mapped line. Each official page says what is protected there. 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. Whittlewood Close 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

Homes and premises

What homes sold for, their energy ratings, broadband, and business rates.

Homes sold on this street

HM Land Registry records 10 standard sales of homes on Whittlewood Close since 2017, and 50 since 1995. Newest first, by month and price; house numbers and flat names are left out. Flats include maisonettes.

MonthHomePrice
Jul 2025Detached, freehold£410,000
Mar 2025Detached, freehold£460,000
May 2021Detached, freehold£379,950
Dec 2020Detached, freehold£440,000
Sep 2020Detached, freehold£415,000
Dec 2019Detached, freehold£364,000
Jul 2019Detached, freehold£530,000
Mar 2019Detached, freehold£335,000
Jul 2017Detached, freehold£387,500
Jun 2017Detached, freehold£372,500
Sales and median price by year, 1997 to 2025
YearSalesMedian price
20252£435,000
20211£379,950
20202£427,500
20193£364,000
20172£380,000
20152£350,000
20111£289,000
20091£265,000
20071£248,000
20066£257,475
20051£250,000
20041£247,000
20022£223,000
20011£145,000
20001£175,000
19993£129,995
19989£126,995
199711£106,995

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

10 homes on Whittlewood Close 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%
C440%
D660%
E00%
F00%
G00%
All10

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 Whittlewood Close

  • Bodiam Drive (adj)

    94 to Conquest Hospital; 94A to Conquest Hospital; 319 to Hastings station; 319C to Hastings station; 322B to Ore The Hastings Academy; 322E to Ore The Hastings Academy, Ore Montgomery Road

    Weekdays: 51 buses, 05:53–22:58 · Saturday: 49 buses, 07:23–22:58 · Sunday: 25 buses, 09:25–21:39

    226 m away
  • Bodiam Drive (opp)

    74 to Blacklands Ark William Parker Academy; 94 to Bexhill The Harp; 94A to Bexhill The Harp; 322B to Harley Shute The St Leonards Academy; 322E to Harley Shute The St Leonards Academy

    Weekdays: 12 buses, 07:27–23:23 · Saturday: 11 buses, 07:34–23:26 · Sunday: 4 buses, 19:27–22:27

    240 m away
  • Rocky Shaw (adj)

    74 to Blacklands Ark William Parker Academy; 319 to Hollington Whatlington Way, Hollington Hartfield Meadow; 319C to Hollington Whatlington Way; 322B to Harley Shute The St Leonards Academy, Ore The Hastings Academy

    Weekdays: 45 buses, 06:54–23:50 · Saturday: 40 buses, 07:56–23:51 · Sunday: 21 buses, 09:47–21:12

    306 m away
  • Hartfield Meadow (opp)

    74 to Blacklands Ark William Parker Academy; 319 to Hastings station; 319C to Hastings station; 322B to Harley Shute The St Leonards Academy, Ore The Hastings Academy

    Weekdays: 45 buses, 05:51–22:56 · Saturday: 39 buses, 07:21–22:56 · Sunday: 22 buses, 09:23–21:15

    376 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 Hollington ward

Whittlewood Close's middle is in Hollington 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 43 crimes and 26 incidents of anti-social behaviour in Hollington ward. In the 12 months to August 2026: 551 crimes and 160 incidents of anti-social behaviour. The ward's figures by category.

Its police team is Hollington. The team's next meeting listed on data.police.uk: Community Meeting - For Hollington Residents, Monday 9 November 2026, 12pm, Hollington Bowl, Wishing Tree Road North.

The team's priorities, as the police word them: Anti-Social Behaviour; Anti-social Driving / Theft from or of vehicles.

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.

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 Whittlewood Close, newest first.

On the record

Nothing on our record names Whittlewood Close 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.