Open Hastings
Hastings this week
Friday 30 October to Thursday 5 November 2026. From the councils’ own publications, as they stood on 30 October 2026, 21.58.
Council meetings
Open to the public, apart from items the agenda marks as exempt.
- Tuesday 3 November, 10.00 East Sussex Cabinet
Have your say: what closes in the next three weeks
- Closes Saturday 31 October Secondary school places for September 2027 (Year 7) (School admissions, East Sussex County Council)
- Closes Thursday 12 November Draft Local Plan Regulation 19 stage (The Local Plan, Hastings Borough Council)
- Closes Thursday 19 November John Logie Baird, Wetherspoons, 29-31 Havelock Road, TN34 1BE (Licensing representations, Hastings Borough Council)
And 15 planning applications whose comment period ends in the next 21 days: each is on openhastings.com/deadlines with how to comment.
Planning applications
13 new on the council’s weekly lists in the last seven days.
| Ward | New applications |
|---|---|
| Central St Leonards | 4 |
| Ashdown | 2 |
| Baird | 1 |
| Braybrooke | 1 |
| Castle | 1 |
| Gensing | 1 |
| Old Hastings | 1 |
| Ore | 1 |
| Wishing Tree | 1 |
Minutes of one meeting newly published (Hastings Cabinet of 7 Sep); nine planning decisions issued (7 granted, 2 refused).
In town
- Sat 10 Oct to Sun 8 Nov, under way Tapestry of Black Britons (Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, Bohemia Road)
- Sat 31 Oct, 2pm to 3pm Halloween stories and songs at the Greenhouse (Alexandra Park Greenhouse, St Helens Road)
- Fri 6 Nov, 10am to 12.30pm Hastings Voluntary Action AGM and Volunteer Awards (Council Chamber, Muriel Matters House, Breeds Place)
Money
By the date on each payment, the borough paid out £3.0m in August 2026, the latest month in its files. The council's August file comes to £5.9m, because it also lists payments dated in other months.