Central St Leonards

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 Adele Bates

  Central St Leonards ward · Hastings Borough Council · council page ↗

  Green Party
• Cllr Solly Solamito

  Central St Leonards ward · Hastings Borough Council · council page ↗

  Green Party
• Cllr Amanda Jobson

  Hastings - Central St Leonards and Gensing division · East Sussex County Council · council page ↗

  Green Party

How this ward voted

• Solly Solamito electedGreen Party1,30361% of the total
• Alex DudleyReform UK37818% of the total
• Trevor RedmondLabour Party34416% of the total
• Caroline June KerswellConservative Party1075% 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 Central St Leonards 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 Central St Leonards

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

• 78 Marine Court, Marina (HS/FA/26/00579) Planning comments

  Proposed replacement of existing UPVC casement window with new PVCu casement window (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
• 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
• 21 London Road (HS/FA/26/00543) Planning comments

  Block up ground floor rear window. Block up four ground floor side windows. Replace ground floor door to side elevation. Install kitchen extractor flue and extractor unit with heat pump to side elevation and 2no. air conditioning units to rear elevation (part-retrospective)(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 30 Oct 2026, as we last read it on 1 November 2026. How it is counted.

  closes Thu 19 Nov 2026
  18 days left
• 138 Marine Court (HS/FA/26/00617) Planning comments

  Replacement window and door on north elevation

  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 13 Nov 2026, as we last read it on 1 November 2026. How it is counted.

  closes Thu 3 Dec 2026
  32 days left
• 12 Carisbrooke Road (HS/FA/26/00541) Planning comments

  Application to replace to rear elevation 9 no. timber sash windows with 9.no UPVc sliding sash windows, replacement of 2.no casement windows with 1.no UPVc sliding sash window and 1.no UPVc casement window

  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
• 138 Marine Court, Marina (HS/LB/26/00619) 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
• 26 Eversfield Place (HS/FA/26/00403) Planning comments

  Alterations to existing lower ground floor accommodation including installation of a lightweight glazed canopy over the rear courtyard, timber slatted screening and staircase providing access to the shared rear garden.

  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
• 78 Marine Court, Marina (HS/LB/26/00580) 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
• Flat 3, 56 Warrior Square (HS/FA/26/00394) Planning comments

  Replace 2no. windows and 2no. doors to first-floor front elevation with 1no. UPVc door and 3no. sliding sash windows. Relocation of existing boiler flue.

  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
• Goat Ledge, Lower Promenade (HS/FA/26/00270) Planning comments

  Removal of existing kiosk and seating cabins and replacement with shipping container kiosk and reconstructed seating cabins (Retrospective), with proposed refuse store.

  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
• Ground Floor, 4 St Johns Road (HS/FA/26/00512) Planning comments

  Replacement of 1no. timber sash window to ground-floor front elevation and 1no. timber sash window to first-floor rear elevation with UPVc 'Heritage Rose' sash windows. (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 unknown: check here.

  closing date unknown
• Second Floor And Third Floor Flat, 27 Carisbrooke Road (HS/FA/26/00622) Planning comments

  Proposed conversion of existing second/third floor maisonette into 2 no. self contained flats

  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 Falaise Road and Grand Parade. 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 HS12: Gambier House, 111 West Hill Road and West House, 115 West Hill Road
  at least 20 homes
• Policy HS20: Former West Hill Road Reservoir
  at least 30 homes
• Policy HS25: Former Convent of Holy Child Jesus, Magdalen Road
  about 200 homes

Conservation areas and listed buildings

Conservation areas in Central St Leonards: St. Leonards North ↗, Grosvenor Gardens ↗, St. Leonards West ↗, Burtons' St. Leonards ↗, Kings Road ↗, Eversfield Place ↗, Magdalen Road ↗, Warrior Square ↗, St. Leonards East ↗. All of the town’s conservation areas

65 listed buildings (4 grade II* and 61 grade II) are in or beside the ward. The list for Central St Leonards

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 143 standard sales of homes in Central St Leonards ward, at a median price of £200,000.

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

3,562 homes in Central St Leonards 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 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.

Every ward, and the town.

The ward's police team

Sussex Police's neighbourhood team for this area is called Central St Leonards.

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.

• Drug related harm

  raised 3 September 2026, action dated 3 September 2026

  What the police say they are doing

  We continue to take firm action against drug-related crime through regular patrols, intelligence-led operations, and targeted enforcement, disrupting supply chains and holding offenders accountable. Alongside enforcement, we work closely with partner agencies to reduce harm, support vulnerable individuals, and raise awareness of available services. Our focus remains on prevention, safeguarding, and protecting the community from the impact of drug-related activity.

• Vehicle offences / Anti-social driving

  raised 3 September 2026, action dated 3 September 2026

  What the police say they are doing

  Proactive patrols will continue, with continued work within the community to identify and target individuals responsible for anti-social driving in the area. We also work with partner agencies who specialise in parking offences. We remain committed to tackling this issue head-on. Vehicles have been seized and drivers who put others at risk will continue to be dealt with robustly.

Meetings and events coming up

• Community Meeting - Central St Leonards

  Sunday 24 January 2027, 5pm · St John Evangelist church, Pevensey Road St Leonards

• Community Meeting - Central St Leonards

  Wednesday 21 April 2027, 3pm · St John Evangelist church, Pevensey Road St Leonards

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.

• Cross Street 5

  5 Cross Street, TN37 6DP · Workshop · Land & Buildings

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

• Crystal Square Car Park, Substation Site (Ref: 47/44R0550)

  Cross Street/South Street, TN37 6DP · Substation · Land Only

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

• Crystal Square Car Park

  Cross Street/South Street, TN37 6DP · Car Park · Land Only

  Freehold; the list's tenure details: Other · asset CRCP-01

• Bottle Alley, Store 4

  Eversfield Place, TN37 6FD · Café · Land & Buildings

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

• Bottle Alley, Store 5

  Eversfield Place, TN37 6FD · Store · Land & Buildings

  Freehold; the list's tenure details: Leasehold (out) (let on a lease) · asset BOTT-02

• Bottle Alley, Kiosk on Upper Promenade

  Eversfield Place, TN37 6DB · Café · Land & Buildings

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

• Bottle Alley, Store 1

  Eversfield Place, TN37 6FA · Studio · Land & Buildings

  Freehold; the list's tenure details: Other · asset BOTT-04

• Bottle Alley, Whole site

  Eversfield Place, TN37 6QR · Covered Promenade · Land & Buildings

  Freehold; the list's tenure details: Other · asset BOTT-05

All 58 in Central St Leonards ward

Care and health services in Central St Leonards

Registered with CQC at an address in the ward: 1 care homes, 1 GP surgeries, 1 dentists.

• Blair House

  Care homes · rated Good (17 November 2022)

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

Green space

12 green spaces in Central St Leonards on Ordnance Survey's map, 8.8 hectares, about 12% of the ward: 2 public parks and gardens, 2 play spaces, 1 playing field, 1 other sports facility, 2 tennis court sites, 1 bowling green, 2 churchyards and religious grounds, 1 cemetery. 4 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 Central St Leonards ward that our record holds, 13 are closed on FixMyStreet and 7 are still open. The median time from report to close was 6 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

6 sites in Central St Leonards on the council's brownfield register now.

• BL11: Gambier House, 111 West Hill Road, Hastings

  0.23 ha · 15 homes · No planning permission · not owned by a public body

  In the draft Local Plan as HS12 (proposed, not adopted)

  site plan ↗

  On the register since December 2017
• BL15: West Hill Road Reservoir, St Leonards

  0.19 ha · 14 homes · No planning permission · not owned by a public body

  In the draft Local Plan as HS20 (proposed, not adopted)

  site plan ↗

  On the register since December 2017
• BL41: West House, 115 West Hill Road

  0.33 ha · 10 homes · No planning permission · not owned by a public body

  In the draft Local Plan as HS12 (proposed, not adopted)

  site plan ↗

  On the register since December 2019
• BL48: Car park, 35 Shepherd Street (HL104)

  0.04 ha · 9 homes · No planning permission · not owned by a public body

  site plan ↗

  On the register since January 2025
• 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

  site plan ↗ · planning file ↗

  On the register since January 2025
• BL51: 1st to 3rd floors, 29-30 Kings Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6DU

  0.02 ha · 6 homes · Has planning permission (full planning permission, 11 November 2020) · not owned by a public body

  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

Street problems reported here

• Pothole more than 30 cm wide or 6 cm deep

  “Potholes near to bin storage: Several Potholes near bin area.”

  near Stockleigh Road

  reported 9 Oct 2026map ↗ · report ↗
• 2 pothole reports near Silchester Road

  Pothole more than 30 cm wide or 6 cm deep (2)

  Each of the 2 reports

  • Pothole more than 30 cm wide or 6 cm deep: “Potholes and lots of debris from surface erosion.” report ↗
  • Pothole more than 30 cm wide or 6 cm deep: “Large pothole” report ↗
  reported 30 Sep 2026map ↗
• 2 pothole reports near Market Terrace

  Pothole more than 30 cm wide or 6 cm deep (2)

  Each of the 2 reports

  • Pothole more than 30 cm wide or 6 cm deep: “Multiple potholes in parking bays: Approx 10 potholes in this area.” report ↗
  • Pothole more than 30 cm wide or 6 cm deep: “Large pothole: Pothole in parking bay” report ↗
  reported 22 Sep 2026map ↗

Food hygiene in this ward

The Food Standards Agency places 110 food premises in Central St Leonards; 86% of the 108 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.

• Londis ↗

  Retailers - other · 21 - 23 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, East Sussex

  5Wed 14 Oct 2026
• The Clam ↗

  Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · 22 - 26 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, East Sussex

  5Wed 14 Oct 2026
• Top Pizza 4 U / Monster Burgerz ↗

  Takeaway/sandwich shop · 3 - 5 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, East Sussex

  1Thu 1 Oct 2026
• La Bella Vista ↗

  Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · 8 Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-sea, East Sussex

  5Thu 1 Oct 2026
• Chinese Town ↗

  Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · 27 London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, East Sussex

  2Tue 29 Sep 2026
• Little Skaters Nursery ↗

  Caring Premises · Stockleigh Hall Stockleigh Road, St Leonards-on-sea, East Sussex

  5Mon 28 Sep 2026
• Reel ↗

  Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · 43 - 49 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, East Sussex

  4Fri 4 Sep 2026
• Royal Victoria Hotel ↗

  Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · The Royal Victoria Hotel 45 Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, East Sussex

  1Fri 28 Aug 2026
• Folks ↗

  Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · 45B London Road, St Leonards-on-sea, East Sussex

  5Fri 28 Aug 2026
• Happiness in Mind Day Service ↗

  Retailers - other · Marlborough House Health Centre Marlborough House 19 - 21 Warrior Square, St Leonards-on-sea, East Sussex

  5Mon 27 Jul 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.

• St Leonards / White Rock outfall

  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

Central St Leonards at a glance

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

The record in full

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