Castle

Councillors and elections

Who represents you

Borough councillors (planning, housing, licensing, the borough's own services) are the ward's own, from the borough's register. At county level (highways, social care, schools) this area is in the division named; a division covers more than one ward, and the exact boundary is the county's rather than ours.

• Cllr Becca Horn

  Castle ward · Hastings Borough Council · council page ↗

  Green Party
• Cllr Steph Fawbert

  Castle ward · Hastings Borough Council · council page ↗

  Green Party
• Cllr Becca Horn

  Hastings - Braybrooke and Castle division · East Sussex County Council · council page ↗

  Green Party

How this ward voted

• Steph Fawbert electedGreen Party1,40464% of the total
• Graeme WhiteReform UK33615% of the total
• Judy RogersLabour Party33315% of the total
• Charlie CookeConservative Party1256% of the total

The next elections here

• Hastings Borough Council: May 2028. The borough elects half its councillors every two years, in even-numbered years, so Castle ward is due to elect a councillor then (the last borough election was on 7 May 2026). Polling day is normally the first Thursday in May, Thursday 4 May 2028.
• East Sussex County Council: May 2030. The county elects all its councillors together, normally every four years; the last county election was on 7 May 2026.

These are the councils’ usual cycles, counted from the last elections on the record; the returning officer confirms a poll when its notice of election is published, on the council’s elections and voting page. Local government reorganisation, which the government paused on 7 September 2026, could change this: where reorganisation stands.

Am I registered? You register once, online, at gov.uk/register-to-vote. To check whether you’re already on the register, gov.uk says to contact your electoral registration office: for Hastings, that is the borough council’s Electoral Services. Where do I vote? finds your polling station by postcode at election time.

You can act on these now

Closing dates in Castle

What you can still act on here, closing soonest first. Each says how to act and where its closing date comes from.

• 2 Queens Road (HS/FA/26/00574) Planning comments

  Proposed installation of extractor flue to rear (amended description).

  How to act: Check the deadline and comment on the council's website ↗

  Who decides: Hastings Borough Council: its planning officers or its Planning Committee

  What they can take into account: Determining a planning application (from GOV.UK, checked 14 October 2026)

  Closing date by rule: 21 days beginning with the day the site notice went up, public holidays not counted. The council's file gives the site notice date as Fri 16 Oct 2026, as we last read it on 1 November 2026. How it is counted.

  closes Thu 5 Nov 2026
  4 days left
• 28 St Andrews Square (HS/FA/26/00586) Planning comments

  Use of property as a House in Multiple Occupation (Use Class C4) (Retrospective)

  How to act: Check the deadline and comment on the council's website ↗

  Who decides: Hastings Borough Council: its planning officers or its Planning Committee

  What they can take into account: Determining a planning application (from GOV.UK, checked 14 October 2026)

  Closing date by rule: 21 days beginning with the day the site notice went up, public holidays not counted. The council's file gives the site notice date as Tue 20 Oct 2026, as we last read it on 1 November 2026. How it is counted.

  closes Mon 9 Nov 2026
  8 days left
• Draft Local Plan Regulation 19 stage The Local Plan

  The plan names 34 sites across Hastings.

  How to act: Send a representation through the council's consultation portal or on its form ↗

  Who decides: Hastings Borough Council submits the plan; an independent planning inspector examines it

  What they can take into account: What this stage is, and how to respond (from the council's Regulation 19 page, checked 14 October 2026)

  Closing date from Hastings Borough Council's consultation page, as we last read it on 1 November 2026.

  closes Thu 12 Nov 2026
  11 days left
• 153 Queens Road (HS/FA/26/00200) Planning comments

  Proposed change of use of ground floor of premises from Class E to Laundrette (sui generis use class) with basement to remain as ancillary storage, to include alterations to shopfront and extract fans installed to rear (part-retrospective).

  How to act: Check the deadline and comment on the council's website ↗

  Who decides: Hastings Borough Council: its planning officers or its Planning Committee

  What they can take into account: Determining a planning application (from GOV.UK, checked 14 October 2026)

  Closing date by rule: 21 days beginning with the day the site notice went up, public holidays not counted. The council's file gives the site notice date as Thu 29 Oct 2026, as we last read it on 1 November 2026. How it is counted.

  closes Wed 18 Nov 2026
  17 days left
• John Logie Baird, Wetherspoons, 29-31 Havelock Road, TN34 1BE Licensing representations

  New licence or full variation

  How to act: Send a representation to the council's licensing team, in writing ↗

  Who decides: Hastings Borough Council, the licensing authority; at a hearing, three councillors from its licensing committee

  What they can take into account: Licensing applications, reviews and minor variations (from the council's page, checked 14 October 2026)

  Closing date from the council's list of licensing applications, as we last read it on 1 November 2026.

  closes Thu 19 Nov 2026
  18 days left
• 1-3 Robertson Street (Former Owens) (HS/FA/26/00604) Planning comments

  This asks to change the conditions of a permission already granted.

  How to act: Check the deadline and comment on the council's website ↗

  Who decides: Hastings Borough Council: its planning officers or its Planning Committee

  What they can take into account: Determining a planning application (from GOV.UK, checked 14 October 2026)

  Closing date unknown: check here.

  closing date unknown
• 19 Milward Road (HS/FA/26/00405) Planning comments

  Conversion of Existing C2 Shared House to Large House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) (Sui-Generis) 9b/9p.

  How to act: Check the deadline and comment on the council's website ↗

  Who decides: Hastings Borough Council: its planning officers or its Planning Committee

  What they can take into account: Determining a planning application (from GOV.UK, checked 14 October 2026)

  Closing date unknown: check here.

  closing date unknown
• 34 St Marys Terrace (HS/FA/26/00606) Planning comments

  Re-instatement of the original Victorian balcony and railings to the front elevation. Renovation of the front elevation and reinstatement of original detail render around the front entry door. Renovation of existing sash windows and existing front dormer. Removal of existing modern rear additions. Re-modelling and re-cladding of the existing rear extension. New first floor terrace opening from kitchen, including new French doors. New ground floor ensuite, courtyard and lightwell. Revised steps to garden and localised rebuilding and repair of the existing retaining wall. Internal plan changes including removal of ground floor kitchen

  How to act: Check the deadline and comment on the council's website ↗

  Who decides: Hastings Borough Council: its planning officers or its Planning Committee

  What they can take into account: Determining a planning application (from GOV.UK, checked 14 October 2026)

  Closing date unknown: check here.

  closing date unknown
• West Hill Cafe, Castle Hill Road (HS/LB/26/00528) Planning comments

  This asks for listed building consent to work on a listed building.

  How to act: Check the deadline and comment on the council's website ↗

  Who decides: Hastings Borough Council: its planning officers or its Planning Committee

  What they can take into account: Determining a planning application (from GOV.UK, checked 14 October 2026)

  Closing date unknown: check here.

  closing date unknown

Everything you can still act on, across Hastings, soonest first.

Consultations open to everyone

Open consultations cover the whole borough, including this ward. Live status for floods, power and transport is on the live page.

• Draft Local Plan Regulation 19 stage

  Hastings Local Plan Pre-Submission Version 2023–2041: Regulation 19 consultation Hastings Borough Council is now consulting on the…
  Hastings Borough Council

  11 days leftcloses 12 Nov 2026
• Let's talk about care and support at home

  Do you or a family member have care and support at home from a care worker?
  East Sussex County Council

  29 days leftcloses 30 Nov 2026
• Tell us how you found out about East Sussex 1Space (2026)

  East Sussex 1Space is an online directory run by East Sussex County Council.
  East Sussex County Council

  29 days leftcloses 30 Nov 2026
• East Sussex Local Offer Survey (2026)

  The East Sussex Local Offer is a website and a directory.
  East Sussex County Council

  60 days leftcloses 31 Dec 2026
• How we communicate with you - Providers and Settings

  We want to hear from Providers and Settings, about how we communicate with you .
  East Sussex County Council

  60 days leftcloses 31 Dec 2026

Coming up

Council meetings in the next 31 days whose papers mention this ward's streets. Reading the papers before the meeting gives you time to ask a councillor about them.

• Cabinet

  Its papers mention Carlisle Parade, Castle Hill Road, Falaise Road, Pelham Crescent and 4 more. Add to your calendar

  Mon 9 Nov, 18.00Hastings Borough Council

Planning and decisions here

What has been applied for and decided in the ward, the plans that cover it, and appeals.

Local Plan sites in this ward

Sites the council's draft Local Plan names in this ward, from their policy headings. What each allows is in the plan itself; the Local Plan page has every site, the timetable and how to respond.

• Policy HS7: Former Post Office and University of Brighton building
  at least 41 homes

Conservation areas and listed buildings

Conservation areas in Castle: Old Town ↗, Hastings Town Centre ↗, White Rock ↗, Cornwallis Gardens ↗. All of the town’s conservation areas

75 listed buildings (1 grade I, 6 grade II* and 68 grade II) are in or beside the ward. The list for Castle

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.

Living here

Homes, crime, schools, care, green space, buses, food hygiene and the sea nearby.

Homes sold in this ward

In 2025 HM Land Registry recorded 128 standard sales of homes in Castle ward, at a median price of £202,500.

A sale is in the ward when its postcode is, by the ONS postcode directory; a sale whose postcode has since been retired goes by its street. Each street page lists its own sales. House prices in Hastings.

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 in this ward

2,875 homes in Castle ward have a current energy performance certificate, registered 2016 to 2026. Each home counts once, by its newest certificate; a home is in the ward its postcode is in.

Each street page has its own counts. Energy ratings in Hastings, and 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.

Reported crime in the ward

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.

Every ward, and the town.

The ward's police team

Sussex Police's neighbourhood team for this area is called Castle (Hastings).

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.

data.police.uk's entry for the team says: “Monday to Saturday from 9am until 8pm”

The team's priorities

As the police word them on data.police.uk, with their dates.

• Shoplifting

  raised 1 September 2026, action dated 28 November 2026

  What the police say they are doing

  Police remain in the town every day, carrying out daily and evening high-visibility patrols to tackle crime and respond quickly as issues arise. Arrests continue to be made as part of our proactive approach, which includes engaging with businesses to share crime prevention advice and gather intelligence. Our efforts are delivering results for offences such as theft, violence, and antisocial behaviour. Repeat offenders are being targeted through enforcement and court action, leading to custodial sentences and disrupting persistent criminality. The DISC system strengthens our partnership with local businesses, enabling real-time information sharing and helping us act swiftly against those causing harm. We remain committed to keeping the town safe and secure.

• Anti-social behaviour

  raised 1 September 2026, action dated 28 November 2026

  What the police say they are doing

  Police continue to tackle antisocial behaviour with a daily presence at the pod and regular high-visibility patrols, including evenings, in hotspot areas. Officers are identifying those responsible and taking proportionate action, offering advice, engaging with parents, and issuing Community Protection Warnings (CPWs) where needed. Our approach combines enforcement with early intervention to reduce ASB and create a safer environment for everyone.

• Street Community / Drinking in public

  raised 1 September 2026, action dated 28 November 2026

  What the police say they are doing

  In response to ongoing concerns, we are maintaining daily patrols which have enabled us to engage more effectively and robustly with members of the street community.

  We are actively enforcing the conditions of the Public Space Protection Order (PSPO), including the confiscation of alcohol where appropriate, to help maintain a safe and welcoming environment for all. In addition, we are issuing Community Protection Warnings (CPWs) to the most persistent offenders, imposing specific behavioural conditions aimed at curbing anti-social conduct and reducing the impact on the wider community.

  We are also working closely with local businesses, particularly those involved in the sale of alcohol, to raise awareness of the issues and promote responsible retail practices. This includes providing guidance on refusing sales to individuals who are known to contribute to street-level disorder.

  Alongside enforcement, we continue to collaborate with partner agencies to support individuals within the street community, ensuring their welfare is considered while addressing behaviours that negatively affect public spaces. Our visible presence allows us to respond swiftly to incidents, prevent escalation, and reassure residents and visitors alike.

  We remain committed to balancing firm enforcement with compassionate support, ensuring our town remains a safe and inclusive place for everyone.

Meetings and events coming up

• Community Meeting - Castle Ward

  Saturday 14 November 2026, 10am · Hastings Police Pod, Wellington Place, Hastings

• Community meeting- Castle

  Monday 11 January 2027, 4:30pm · Police Pod, Harold Place, Hastings

• Community meeting- Castle

  Thursday 11 March 2027, 10am · Police Pod, Harold Place, Hastings

Council land and buildings

Council papers proposing to sell, lease or transfer land or buildings that name Castle ward. A paper naming a street is not checked to be about a site on it. Property details are often in exempt (private) papers that councils don’t publish, and this site only sees what is published, so this list is partial: a sale or lease decided in private may not be here at all. How this list is made

• Hastings Borough Council · Cabinet · Mon 2 Mar 2026

  March Cabinet - Hastings Castle and West Hill Café Project - Final

  Agreed, the minutes record.

  The report recommended: “1.Cabinet is asked to delegate authority to the Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Place, or her nominee, in consultation with the relevant Cabinet Portfolio Holder, to: a) Confirm that, having complied with Section 123(2A) of the Local Government Act 1972 and having considered the objection received, the Council will proceed with the disposal by long lease of approximately 293.9 sqm of open space land located so”

  The minutes record: Agreed. “RESOLVED (unanimously): 1.Cabinet is asked to delegate authority to the Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Place, or her nominee, in consultation with the relevant Cabinet Portfolio Holder, to: a) Confirm that, having complied with Section 123(2A) of the Local Government Act 1972 and having considered the objection received, the Council will proceed with the disposal by long lease of approximately 293.9 sqm of open space land located south of and adjoining West Hill Café, and to complete all necessary legal…” minutes ↗

  With it (2)

  • Appendix 1 – Intention of Open Space Disposal Drawing
  • Appendix 2 – Intention of Open Space Disposal Notification

  Streets it names: Wellington Gardens, Castle Hill Road

  Listed because it says: disposal of, long lease, less than best consideration

What the council lists here

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

• Muriel Matters House, First Floor Suite

  Breeds Place, TN34 3UY · Offices · Land & Buildings

  Freehold; the list's tenure details: Leasehold (out) (let on a lease) · asset BR32-01

• Muriel Matters House, HBC Occupied

  4-6 Breeds Place, TN34 3UY · Offices · Land & Buildings

  Freehold; the list's tenure details: Occupied by Local Authority (used by the council) · asset BR32-02

• Retail Unit, 1, Muriel Matters House

  1 Breeds Place, TN34 3AA · Retail · Land & Buildings

  Freehold; the list's tenure details: Leasehold (out) (let on a lease) · asset BR32-03

• Retail Unit, 2, Muriel Matters House

  2 Breeds Place, TN34 3AA · Retail · Land & Buildings

  Freehold; the list's tenure details: Leasehold (out) (let on a lease) · asset BR32-04

• Retail Unit, 3, Muriel Matters House

  3 Breeds Place, TN34 3AA · Retail · Land & Buildings

  Freehold; the list's tenure details: Leasehold (out) (let on a lease) · asset BR32-05

• Retail Unit, 6a, Muriel Matters House

  6a Breeds Place, TN34 3AA · Retail · Land & Buildings

  Freehold; the list's tenure details: Leasehold (out) (let on a lease) · asset BR32-06

• Muriel Matters House, Second Floor

  Breeds Place, TN34 3AA · Offices · Land & Buildings

  Freehold; the list's tenure details: Leasehold (out) (let on a lease) · asset BR32-14

• Cambridge Gardens, 8

  8 Cambridge Gardens, TN34 1EH · Residential · Land & Buildings

  Freehold; the list's tenure details: Leasehold (out) (let on a lease) · asset CA08-04

All 90 in Castle ward

Care and health services in Castle

Registered with CQC at an address in the ward: 1 hospitals, hospices and community health services, 1 care homes with nursing, 2 care homes, 2 care at home and supported living, 3 GP surgeries, 8 dentists, 1 other health services.

• 63 Collier Road

  Care homes · rated Good (22 December 2018)

• Evergreen

  Care homes with nursing · rated Good (5 May 2026)

• St Marks

  Care homes · rated Good (15 August 2023)

This page uses Care Quality Commission information. Every one, with its rating.

Green space

18 green spaces in Castle on Ordnance Survey's map, 13.6 hectares, about 14% of the ward: 9 public parks and gardens, 4 play spaces, 3 other sports facilities, 2 bowling greens. 5 play areas in all, counting playgrounds mapped only on OpenStreetMap.

A site counts in the ward that holds its middle; hectares are the ground inside the ward, and a play space inside a park adds to the count, not the area. Every ward, and each space. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (OS Open Greenspace).

How long street reports here took to close

Of the 20 problems reported in Castle ward that our record holds, 8 are closed on FixMyStreet and 12 are still open. The median time from report to close was 3 days: half the closed reports took longer, half less. Reports still open aren’t in that figure.

“Closed” is FixMyStreet’s status, set by the council or the person who reported it. It is not proof that anything was fixed. Our record of reports starts on 3 August 2026. Older open reports have been checked again for closure since 11 October 2026; before then a report that closed later could still show as open here.

Brownfield land in this ward

3 sites in Castle on the council's brownfield register now.

• BL44: 61 St Marys Road, TN34 3LW

  0.02 ha · 4 homes · A planning application is being decided · not owned by a public body

  The register's note: “Pending renewal. Previous permission granted 2018-07-20 expired - Demolished industrial site into zero carbon building containing 4 apartments. Planning permission expired - applied for renewal”

  site plan ↗ · planning file 1 ↗ · planning file 2 ↗

  On the register since December 2021
• BL54: Former Post Office & University of Brighton building

  0.1 ha · 41 homes · No planning permission · not owned by a public body

  In the draft Local Plan as HS7 (proposed, not adopted)

  site plan ↗

  On the register since January 2025
• BL55: Queensbury House

  0.04 ha · 90 homes · No planning permission · not owned by a public body

  site plan ↗

  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

Street problems reported here

• Pothole more than 30 cm wide or 6 cm deep

  “Ph: Why wasn’t this filled with.the other one recently reported. Wasting our money yet again..The whole section should have been resurfaced anyway..”

  near Cornwallis Gardens

  reported 31 Oct 2026map ↗ · report ↗
• New white arrow road markings issue

  “The new white arrow marking left turn at the junction of Devonshire Road left into Havelock Road is prompting car drivers to turn left which is prohibited because there is no white straight-on arrow to show cars should drive straight over the crossing into Priory Street. Seems incredible that error was not noticed by Highways as cars cover the words only taxis and buses at the junction when stopped at the traffic lights or in the dark.”

  near Cornwallis Terrace · Other

  reported 9 Oct 2026map ↗ · report ↗
• Pothole more than 30 cm wide or 6 cm deep

  “Potholes and surface degradation: This entire stretch is littered with potholes, dips, loose gravel and is a hazard to pedestrians, cyclists and motorists. It needs re-surfacing.”

  near Mann Street

  reported 3 Oct 2026map ↗ · report ↗
• Trees

  “Trees & shrubs extremely overgrown.: The trees & shrubs are so overgrown, hanging over the pavement and now growing over the bus shelter and will soon reach the road. People walking through are constantly ducking & dodging the greenery. Surely someone is responsible for cutting it back?!”

  near Queens Road

  reported 25 Sep 2026map ↗ · report ↗
• Street cleaning

  “Broken glass left from glazing new premises: I'm writing to ask that attention be given to the clearance of the broken glass both collected along the kerbside and across the road as well as the pavement leading into Robertson Terrace and down the slip road to the rear of the businesses adjacent to Players Sports Bar. The broken glass is from the replacement of the windows at the rear of the former Debenhams building to accommodate the moving in of new businesses. The glass has been present for”

  near Robertson Terrace

  reported 21 Sep 2026map ↗ · report ↗
• 3 pothole reports near Redmayne Drive

  Pothole more than 30 cm wide or 6 cm deep (3)

  Each of the 3 reports

  • Pothole more than 30 cm wide or 6 cm deep: “Ph x 2: Ph” report ↗
  • Pothole more than 30 cm wide or 6 cm deep: “Ph” report ↗
  • Pothole more than 30 cm wide or 6 cm deep: “Ph” report ↗
  reported 20 Sep 2026map ↗
• Pothole more than 30 cm wide or 6 cm deep

  “Ph”

  near Cornwallis Gardens

  reported 29 Aug 2026map ↗ · report ↗
• Pothole more than 30 cm wide or 6 cm deep

  “5 potholes: Ph”

  near Harold Place

  reported 19 Aug 2026map ↗ · report ↗

Food hygiene in this ward

The Food Standards Agency places 184 food premises in Castle; 87% of the 175 rated 0 to 5 are rated 5, and 5 are rated 0, 1 or 2. The most recently rated are below, newest 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.

• Waterfalls ↗

  Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · 23 Robertson Street, Hastings, East Sussex

  5Tue 6 Oct 2026
• 1066 Bakery ↗

  Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · Unit Su36 Queens Parade, Priory Meadow, Hastings, East Sussex

  5Mon 5 Oct 2026
• Yaaze Bistro Cafe & Meze Bar ↗

  Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · 15 Denmark Place, Hastings, East Sussex

  5Wed 30 Sep 2026
• Yummy fashion ↗

  Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · 18 - 20 Wellington Place, Hastings, East Sussex

  5Tue 22 Sep 2026
• Club XS ↗

  Pub/bar/nightclub · 19 - 21 Prospect Place, Hastings, East Sussex

  5Fri 18 Sep 2026
• Beneys Off Licence ↗

  Retailers - other · 3 York Buildings Wellington Place, Hastings, East Sussex

  1Thu 17 Sep 2026
• The Grumpy Cook ↗

  Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · 1A Robertson Street, Hastings, East Sussex

  1Thu 17 Sep 2026
• Lounge Suites Galore ↗

  Pub/bar/nightclub · The Fountain Inn 93 Queens Road, Hastings, East Sussex

  5Fri 4 Sep 2026
• Cockles & Dreams ↗

  Pub/bar/nightclub · The Fountain Inn 93 Queens Road, Hastings, East Sussex

  5Fri 4 Sep 2026
• Trini Jam ↗

  Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · St Andrews Shopping Mews 1 Waldegrave Street, Hastings, East Sussex

  5Thu 13 Aug 2026

Every rating in Hastings

Sewage releases nearby

The storm overflows in or just off this ward, 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.

• Hastings town centre / Pelham outfall (Priory Stream culvert area)

  1 release in the last 30 days · 3 in 12 months (1.1 h) · last began Thu 22 Oct 2026

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

Castle at a glance

Who lives here, and how the ward compares with Hastings as a whole.

The record in full

All of Castle's streets and everything the record holds about them, newest first.