Hastings Local Plan Pre-Submission Version 2023-2041 (Regulation 19) September 2026

^[5] Housing our Ageing Population Panel for Innovation (HAPPI) principles https://www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/browse/Design-building/HAPPI/ , and the Royal Town Planning Institute’s guidance document Dementia & Town Planning, Dementia & Town Planning, RTPI 2020

^[6] Subject to eligibility

^[7]Housing and Economic Needs Assessment (2023)

^[8] Housing and Economic Development Needs Assessment (2023)

^[9] Workplace health, safety and welfare - L24 (hse.gov.uk)

^[10]Major residential developments are between 10 or more dwellings or a site area of 0.5 ha or more where the number of dwellings is unknown. Non-residential major development are of floorspace of 1,000 m2 or more.

^[11]Passive House Planning Package

^[12] How water interacts with plant and animal species in terms of importance to their habitat.

^[13] BS 42021:2022 covers the design and installation integral nest boxes associated, principally, with the following bird species: swift, starling, great tit, blue tit, house sparrow. Swift bricks are considered a universal fix for small cavity-nesting bird species as they will be used by house sparrows, starlings, great tits, blue tits, and occasionally house martins and nut hatches. This British Standard does not cover installation of i) integral nest boxes in buildings where the surface is primarily glass, as glass surfaces present well-known and fatal hazards for birds, or in metal-framed buildings with any form of insulated or fire-rated cladding (this would include the majority of industrial building typologies); and ii) exterior bird boxes. Examples of species that might breed in external nest boxes in the built environment include little owl, barn owl, tawny owl, kestrel, peregrine, stock dove, jackdaw, black redstart, pied wagtail, spotted flycatcher, robin, wren, tree sparrow, swallow and house martin. It is therefore accepted that in some cases, dependant on the outcome of relevant ecological reports, alternatives to the British Standard may present a more appropriate response.

^[14] Category A-C as defined by BS 5837 Tree Surveys or its successor.

^[15] Policy ID3 sets out required quantity, quality and value standards.

^[16] This is independent of the requirement under Part A of the Building Regulations, which relates only to the stability of a structure itself and not the surrounding area.

^[17] Including compressible ground, collapsable deposits, soluble rocks, running sand.

^[18] The condition of the site during construction.

^[19] This may include geotechnical or flood risk specialists.

^[20]GBI study 6.5.4 (role of boundary treatments); and P46 ‘integrate water management systems’

^[21] Food preparation/ production/ commercial kitchens, commercial laundries, commercial cleaning services, hairdressing, pet grooming.

^[22] As defined:

• car parks larger than 800m² or for 50 or more parking spaces
• smaller car parks that discharge to a sensitive environment, such as a marsh that has been designated as a nature reserve
• vehicle maintenance areas
• roads
• refuelling facilities

^[23] The source, nature and extent of the relevant obligation are found in, or can be ascertained from, the documents or legal sources in brackets in cases where it is appropriate to specify.

^[24] Subject to exemptions as set out in national Biodiversity Net Gain guidance, including those related to site size, duration of permission and

^[25] For employment, skills and labour, the commercial floorspace threshold is 1,000sqm.

^[26] Access for site construction, waste collection services, loading bays, emergency service access and easement for infrastructure maintenance.

^[27] For housing, development where 10 or more homes will be provided, or the site has an area of 0.5 hectares or more. For non-residential development it means additional floorspace of 1,000m2 or more, or a site of 1 hectare or more, or as otherwise provided in the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015.

^[28] https://www.gov.uk/guidance/housing-and-economic-development-needs-assessments