As the petition to instal CCTV cameras in Alexandra Park continues to gather support neither Hastings Borough Council (HBC) nor Sussex Police will confirm that they fully back the proposal. When we asked both organisations what their positions were on the provision of CCTV in the park and who would meet the cost of the […]
Hastings Borough Council has expressed its concern at the group who met to protest in the town’s Alexandra Park last Sunday. Deputy leader of the council Councillor Colin Fitzgerald said: “I was very disappointed indeed to see the large group meeting in the park to protest on Sunday, finishing by dancing with joined hands. This […]
Over the last couple of weeks we’ve been looking at the state of planning in Hastings Borough. In this third and final special report we look at two current controversial proposals for West St Leonards where public opinion is wildly at odds with the views of the council. Plans for 192 houses on the Bulverhythe […]
Local Tories have laid down a challenge to rival political parties to put public safety before party politics and avoid door-to-door canvassing while campaigning for May’s local elections. A spokesman for the party said yesterday: “Putting resident’s safety before party politics, the Hastings and Rye Conservative Association has taken the decision not to allow their […]
It’s always great to know that people are reading what you write and by the beginning of this week I was in no doubt people had been reading last week’s Sunday Supplement that turned the spotlight on the work of our borough council when it comes to planning matters writes Stuart Baillie. It wasn’t just […]
In the most challenging of circumstances the number of rough sleepers in Hastings has been slashed with fewer than ten people sleeping rough around the town on any single night. There are an additional 40 or so former rough sleepers in emergency accommodation as plans are developed for how to move them on in to […]
The bill for demolition of the derelict arches in Battle Road will have to be paid by Hastings Borough Council who say they don’t yet know how much that will be. Battle Road will be closed for six days from Monday to allow the installation of concrete protection blocks that will protect pedestrians and road […]
Anti-social and criminal behaviour are the reasons why Hastings Borough Council’s cabinet members unanimously agreed a plan last night that will see three alleyways in the town closed off. The plan for ‘gating’ of Laser Lane and Valentines Passage, both in central St Leonards and of an unnamed cut through running from Havelock Road to […]
Hastings hit the national headlines this week when a man living in Alma Terrace, Silverhill, was slapped with an enforcement notice by the borough council after he built a 20 foot replica of the Eiffel Tower in his front garden just a few months ago.. The story might have brought a smile to the faces […]
