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 […]
Hastings Green Party has called on Hastings Borough Council (HBC) to properly scrutinise the work of regeneration company SeaChange Sussex. A representative from Hastings Council sits on the board of SeaChange, along with representatives from Rother District and East Sussex County Councils. According to Green councillor Julia Hilton not one of the councils has ever […]
A report recommending the terms of lease and management of the controversial Bale House in Hastings Country park was unanimously approved by Hastings Borough Council’s (HBC) cabinet when it met on Wednesday. The single storey visitor centre, which took seven years to build and went massively over-budget, eventually costing £1.1million, has been the subject of […]
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 […]
Plans that could see more than £100m flooding in to Hastings’ to regenerate the town and its economy were approved this week. On Tuesday it was announced that Hastings’ had secured a £24.3 million share of a £3.6 billion pot of money offered to 101 towns across the UK through the government’s Towns Fund Town […]
A primary school, a business and the Ore Community Land Trust (Ore CLT) have come together in a unique way to help protect the environment. Banfield and Pomphrey Funeral Directors’ shop window in Old London Road was transformed with a wildlife window display put together by Ore Community Land Trust (Ore CLT) and pupils of […]
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 […]
By Tom McCann A controversial plan to build housing in the empty fields off Harrow Lane was the subject of heated debate during a three hour meeting of Hastings Borough Council’s (HBC) Planning Committee last week. Approval has already been granted to build 50 homes on the site, however the developer has resubmitted their proposals […]
