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Hastings Old Town

The informally arranged streets and passageways of the Old Town conservation area reflect its medieval origin and contain numerous timber framed buildings.  Many of the buildings have been refaced in the 18th and 19th centuries but still form an organic jumble of small scale buildings nestling in the Bourne Valley between the undeveloped East and West Hills.

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Burtons' St Leonards

Now incorporated into the built up urban area of Hastings the Burtons' St.Leonards conservation area contains larger more formally designed rendered buildings, arranged in a predetermined formal town plan pattern reflecting the vision of James Burton and his son Decimus in the first half of the 19th century.

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Street Index and map of Conservation Areas:

• A - Z Street Index - An alphabetical list of Streets with links to Conservation area details
• Conservation Map - A Map illustrating the Conservation areas within the Hastings area.  Includes links to conservation area street listings.

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Conservation Area Controls

Within a Conservation Area special additional planning controls exist, for example:

1. It is an offence to demolish a building or a substantial part of a building without Conservation Area Consent
2. Anyone intending to lop or fell a tree of over 75mm in diameter or in certain circumstances 100mm diameter as measured 1.5m above the ground within a conservation area must give six weeks notice to the local planning authority. Felling or lopping of the tree must not be carried out within the six weeks notification period, without consent, during which time the local authority may decide whether to protect the tree by a Tree Preservation Order.
3. Planning permission is required for the installation of a satellite dish on the front wall or roof slope of a property in a conservation area.

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