Report by Tom McCann Despite a commitment for Hastings to be carbon neutral by 2030 and approving a tough climate crisis motion in 2019 Hastings Borough Councillors rejected a motion last week that some thought might encourage greater use of electric cars. At the full council meeting members voted against reducing parking charges for drivers […]
The Bale House, the controversial new Country Park visitor centre that has cost more than £1.1m and taken seven years to come to fruition will open, at last, later this summer. Described in January by Councillor Andy Batsford as a, “…great public asset for the town,” the building will be up for discussion tomorrow tonight […]
Where do we go from here? As the dust settles on last week’s council elections we might well ask. The first full meeting of the new-look Hastings Borough Council will come next Wednesday and while a number of things will have changed, a lot will have a very familiar feel about it. Labour remain in […]
Julia Hilton is Hastings’s first Green councillor as she swept to victory in both elections to Hastings Borough Council and East Sussex County Council. In the borough council ward of Old Hastings it was a landslide victory as Ms Hilton recorded 1,032 votes, the other three parties could only manage 937 votes between them. In […]
The man behind the installation of the new lightning fast broadband for Hastings started his business out of frustration as he struggled to find decent broadband for his family. This week Lightning Fibre Chief Executive Ben Ferriman confirmed the roll-out of lightning fast broadband for Hastings is well underway. Having announced a multi-million pound partnership […]
Hastings Borough Council has submitted a planning application to build 192 new homes on land at the rear of Bexhill Road in Bulverhythe. The council says the scheme will provide a range of much needed quality housing including a significant number of affordable homes for local families. Councillor Andy Batsford, lead councillor for housing and […]
The Country Park’s “brilliant new environmentally sustainable community facility,” that council officers say will, “become a major attraction for people from Kent, Sussex and beyond” will cost local council tax payers an EXTRA £340,000 bringing the total cost of the project to over £1.1m – almost three times the original estimate. Papers published from last […]
Did Hastings councillors give their officials a blank cheque to finish controversial straw bale project at any cost? Additional costs being incurred by Hastings Borough Council (HBC) to complete and then to run the new visitor centre in Hastings Country Park are not being released to the public! After Monday night’s cabinet meeting we emailed […]
Rows between the specialists building the new straw-bale visitor centre in Hastings Country Park have stalled the project and will add significantly to the cost. And on Monday night, Hastings Borough Council’s (HBC) Labour only cabinet will be told they must make an ‘urgent decision’ and issue what is effectively a blank cheque to cover […]
