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We want everyone to be able to access the consultation and provide their views. The consultation documents are available online, and printed copies can be provided on request through the Community Contact Centre. We are continuing to enhance the accessibility of some elements within the online documents, including complex maps, tables and images. If you need information in an alternative format, or would like assistance accessing the documents or responding to the consultation, please contact us: Email: fplanning@hastings.gov.uk Telephone: 01424 451102 Updated versions of the online documents will be published when available.Please click on the boxes below and scroll down to view all the documents.
- Strategic Housing & Employment Land Availability Assessment (September 2026)
- Hastings Densification and Capacity Study June 2026
- Strategic Housing & Employment Land Availability Assessment (December 2025 - Superseded)
- Meeting The Accommodation Needs of The Gypsy and Traveller Community 2026 (Sep 2026)
- Appendix 1 SHELAA Call for Sites Form 2019 (Sep 2019)
- Appendix 2 SHELAA Call for Sites Targeted Call Responses (2023)
- Appendix 3 Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople New Site Form (2025)
- Appendix 4 Communication Log for Call for Sites 2025 (Aug 2025)
- Appendix 5 2024 GTLAA Details Site Assessments (2024)
- Corrections to SHELAA
- Housing and Economic Needs Assessment Update 2026
- Hastings and Rother Housing and Economic Development Needs Assessment (HEDNA) update 2024 including Appendices A-D
- HEDNA 2024 correction to tables 160,163,168 and 170
- HEDNA 2024 (Appendix E).pdf
- HEDNA_2024_(Appendix_F_part_1)
- HEDNA_2024_(Appendix_F_part_2)
- East Sussex Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Accommodation Needs Assessment (GTAA)
- GTAA addendum changes to definition and terminology
- Hastings Town Centre Retail and leisure study - This link was incorrectly displaying household survey results instead of the main report. The main report has been uploaded at 1:37pm on 25.02.26
- Tourism and Visitor Accommodation Study
- Hastings Town Centre Retail and Leisure Uses Study Appendices
- Hastings Town Centre Retail and Leisure Uses Study Centre Health Checks
- Hastings Town Centre Retail and Leisure Uses Study Household Survey Results
- Residential Development Space And Accessibility Requirements topic paper
- Habitat Regulations Assessment to accompany Regulation 19 publication August 2026
- Green and Blue Infrastructure and Biodiversity Net Gain Strategy
- Local Wildlife Sites Review (LWS)
- Local Green Spaces in Hastings Review of Designations and Nominations September 2026
- Hastings Borough Council Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment 2026 -The Appendices accompanying this document will be available shortly
- Sequential Test to Accompany the Hastings Pre-Submission Local Plan 2026 Main Report - A correction was made to the flood ranking at Table 2 row 6 and Appendix 1 Row 12 to amend the ranking of the site from 4 to 1. Replaced at 15:00 on 14/10/26
- Exception Test to Accompany the Hastings Pre-Submission Local Plan 2026 - Published at 14:30 on 14/10/26
- Hastings Borough Council Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment October 2024
- SFRA Appendix A Figure 01 - Study Area October 2024
- SFRA Appendix A Figure 02 - Topography October 2024
- SFRA Appendix A Figure 03 - Superficial Geology October 2024
- SFRA Appendix A Figure 04 - Bedrock Geology October 2024
- SFRA Appendix A Figure 05 - Historical Flood Records October 2024
- SFRA Appendix A Figure 06 - Sewer Flooding October 2024
- SFRA Appendix A Figure 07 - Flooding from Rivers and Seas (Flood Zone Map) October 2024
- SFRA Appendix A Figure 08 - Tidal Model Outputs October 2024
- SFRA Appendix A Figure 09 - Flood Risk Management Infrastructure October 2024
- SFRA Appendix A Figure 10 - Hydraulic Modelling Coverage October 2024
- SFRA Appendix A Figure 11 - Fluvial Model Outputs October 2024
- SFRA Appendix A Figure 12 - Flood Warning Areas October 2024
- SFRA Appendix A Figure 13 - Map of Risk of Flooding from Surface Water (RoFfSW) October 2024
- SFRA Appendix A Figure 14 - Susceptibility to GW Flooding October 2024
- SFRA Appendix A Figure 15 - Artificial Sources October 2024
- SFRA Appendix A Figure 16 - Flood Zone b Delineation October 2024
- Landscape Sensitivity to Residential and Commercial Development within Rother District (August 2026) - For information on the Hastings Fringe Context area see section A64 to A92
- Landscape Sensitivity to Residential, Commercial and Solar Development within Hastings(December 2024)
- Hastings Landscape Sensitivity Study - Appendix A-1
- Hastings Landscape Sensitivity Study - Appendix A-2
- Hastings Landscape Sensitivity Study - Appendix A-3
- Hastings Landscape Sensitivity Study - Appendix A-4
- Hastings Landscape Sensitivity Study - Appendix A-5
- Hastings Landscape Sensitivity Study - Appendix A-6
- Hastings Landscape Sensitivity Study - Appendix A-7
- Hastings Landscape Sensitivity Study - Appendix A-8
- Hastings Landscape Sensitivity Study - Appendix A-9 - This document was replaced on 25.09.26 with a revised version which corrected some wording to the second sentence of the sensitivity analysis on page A110 to remove ambiguity in the interpretation of this sentence
- Hastings Landscape Sensitivity Study Supplementary Document
The link for SRFA - Appendix A Figure 14 and SRFA Appendix A Figure 16 were reported as not working on 03.03.26. These documents were fixed on 03.03.26 at 3.45pm.
- Hastings and Rother Playing Pitch and Built facilities Strategy
- Strategic Open Space and Play assessment - The associated appendices to this Assessment are available on request. The technical nature of these documents means they cannot be made digitally accessible and for this reason they are not published here.
- Hastings Borough Local Plan Shared Transport Evidence Base (STEB) Transport Modelling for the Hastings Local plan, September 2026
- Update to Appendix A and B Hastings Local Plan Transport Modelling 2026
- Local Plan Transport Evidence Joint Position Statement February 2026
- Hastings Local Plan Transport Assessment and Mitigation Report
- Sustainable Transport Audit - Task 2 Gap Analysis Technical Note
- Hastings Local Plan Evidence Technical Note - Pre-Covid19 and Post-Covid 19 Modal Comparisons
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