Bexhill Road housing FAQs

The Council is bringing the site forward for development to help meet local housing need. The demand for affordable housing in Hastings far outweighs supply and there are over 1,500 households on the Council Housing Register waiting for a suitable home. It is also important that we build homes in sustainable locations like this one, with good access to local transport and services.

Minor works including site security have now started. The main works will start on site in July 2025.

We are aiming for late summer 2026.

The council has procured Boutique Modern through the Modular Housing Framework to build the new houses.

Modular development has many benefits compared with traditionally built housing, including less waste in the manufacturing process, reduced noise and disruption during the build phase and greater energy efficiency for residents. Find out more about modular housing at boutiquemodern.co.uk

All 16 of the homes will be let at Affordable Rent capped at Local Housing Allowance rates. They will be allocated as move-on accommodation for local people in housing need.

All the two-bedroom homes have been designed to meet M4(2) standards: Accessible and Adaptable Dwellings (Building Regulations Part M). This means that they will provide for most people to access the dwellings (including access to habitable rooms and sanitary facilities on the entrance level) and include features that make them suitable for a range of occupants including older people, people with reduced mobility and some wheelchair users (subject to further adaptations being carried out to the property to suit a specific occupant’s needs). The allocated parking for residents includes 8 x accessible parking spaces.

Flood risk was examined at the outline planning application stage. As a result of this assessment, flood protection measures must be included in the development - such as raising new homes above existing ground level and using permeable surface materials where suitable. The new houses will be designed to keep occupants safe without increasing flood risk for surrounding occupiers.

A 'fabric first' approach means that all the new homes will be well insulated, resulting in a lower carbon footprint and cheaper bills for occupants. The proposals include solar panels, electric vehicle charging points, and a sustainable drainage system.

Yes, we are proposing 16 resident car parking spaces and 4 visitor car parking spaces as well as 32 cycle parking spaces to encourage sustainable modes of transport.

Yes. The car park will be closed from 1 July 2025 until the completion of the works in late summer 2026 for safety reasons. 

The existing public car park will be closed for the duration of the construction phase of the project to facilitate safe access and egress from the working construction site and to provide space for the contractor’s welfare facilities and material storage. As part of the development works, it is currently proposed to level and resurface the existing public car park with markings added to delineate individual parking spaces which should improve the efficient use of space in the car park.

The council will be reviewing parking conditions alongside the feedback received an online car park survey which was open from March to July, when it reviews the options for future management and maintenance of this area.

Boutique Modern will be contacting the neighbouring properties throughout the project to keep residents updated on any aspects of the development that may affect them. They will also share their contact details should anyone need to contact them.

The new homes will be of a modular design and build. They will be primarily constructed in a factory and then assembled on site, meaning less disruption to local residents and road infrastructure.

Before any construction work starts on site, the Local Planning and Highways Authorities will need to approve a Construction Traffic Management Plan setting how and when construction vehicles will access the site and where they will park.

We will continue to work closely with Southern Water who have been carrying out drainage replacement works which completed at the end of February 2025.

The council has obtained external funding from the Projects and Partnerships Funding from the UK Government programme, the Affordable Homes Programme and the Brownfield Land Release Fund (BLRF2) which has enabled the site to be developed.