Proposed Local List of Heritage Assets for Bexhill-on-Sea

This is a draft of a new Local List for Bexhill-on-Sea created by committee members of Bexhill Heritage. It is a first step in drawing up a more comprehensive submission to Rother District Council for their assessment of our recommendations and adoption.

Local listing does not introduce a requirement to obtain any additional permissions over and above those that are already required. Inclusion on the Local List means that the building’s conservation as a heritage asset of historic and/or architectural importance is a material consideration when a planning authority decides a planning application. Proposals for change will be decided taking a balanced judgement having regard to the scale of any harm or loss and the significance of the heritage asset.

Rother District Council does not currently have a Local List but other nearby local authorities do, including Eastbourne (see: https://democracy.lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk/documents/s3289/Building%20of%20Local%20Interest%20-%20Draft%20Criteria%20Document.pdf ) and Hastings (see : https://www.hastings.gov.uk/conservation/heritage-assets/ ).

Following the unanimous support for a new local list by Bexhill Heritage members at a recent Members Meeting, we are consulting BH members on this draft local list - members can support (or disagree with) our existing candidates and/or share additional information on their history, architect etc by emailing locallist@bexhillheritage.com, as well as put forward new contenders of their own by using the nomination link below.

Search the List to find locally listed buildings, infrastructure, shop-fronts, street furniture, walls, public artworks, memorials and more.