Introduction

Welcome.

Thank you for taking the time to visit our dedicated consultation website for the proposed high-quality residential development on West Hill Road, St Leonards-on-sea.

This website was created to provide more information on Mile Property Group’s emerging proposals and seek comments and feedback from the local community. This is an opportunity for you to provide us with your views and ideas to help inform the final scheme prior to submission to the local planning authority.

Your views are important to us as we want to ensure that our proposals allow the site to reach its full potential and to contribute to the vibrant communities of St Leonards.

Aerial view of wider site context
Aerial view of wider site context

Site Description

The site is located in a predominantly residential area on the western edge of St Leonards, within the Grosvenor Gardens Conservation Area. The Site is currently an empty area of land which has existing accesses onto West Hill Road. There is a boundary wall which runs along the southern side of West Hill Road, the Site sits partially above the wall and higher than West Hill Road itself which is built in a cutting.

To the southern side of the Site is a steep cliff face, below which are the town houses of Grosvenor Crescent. The site is therefore visible from the sea front and from views to the east and west.

The site has been vacant for many years and is identified as a key development site by the local planning authority with an allocation for residential use, and a permitted consent for a large high-density apartment block.

Aerial view of wider site context
Aerial view of wider site context

Previous Scheme


(Designed By Others)

The permitted consent, HS/OA/88/01323, is an older scheme designed by others that has approval for a large apartment building that, if built, would provide up to 117no. residential apartments.

This planning permission has been implemented and therefore could be built in the future. As you can be seen from the image below, whilst the layout of the apartments does work with the site levels, the building would be of a significant scale and would be significantly out of character with the local area.

South Elevation of implemented permission HS/OA/88/01323 and HS/DS/89/00804
South Elevation of implemented permission HS/OA/88/01323 and HS/DS/89/00804

The Site is also allocated for development (i.e. the Council has identified that the Site could be developed) within the Hastings Development Management Plan for 117 new homes (site reference FB7).

Mile Property Group are keen to create a different type of development, significantly reduced in scale from the approved scheme which is more sympathetic to the neighbouring area and will sit more comfortably within the Conservation Area.

Details of how the proposals have evolved is explained on the following pages.

Site Plan of implemented permission HS/OA/88/01323 (click to enlarge)
Site Plan of implemented permission HS/OA/88/01323 (click to enlarge)
Opportunities and Constraints Plan
Opportunities and Constraints Plan (click to enlarge)

Site Considerations

The Site presents a range of constraints and opportunities, all of which have been taken into consideration in the development of the revised proposals.The opportunities and constraints plan below sets out the key considerations which include:

  • The setting of the Site in the Conservation Area and the need to significantly improve the appearance of the approved development.
  • Clearing the existing site which has been left vacant and unmanaged for a considerable period of time.
  • Better consideration of the impact upon existing neighbouring properties.
  • The impact of development upon cliff stability.
  • Ecological enhancements.
  • Improving access to the site and retaining the existing boundary walling adjacent to West Hill Road.
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