Category: <span>Home Ground</span>

Commons talk with Jess Steele

Sharon Rhodes finds out directly from Jess Steele OBE about the Hastings Commons and the latest on the Observer Building, including the Hastings Commons Open Day planned for Friday 10 September.

Posted 20:10 Sunday, Aug 29, 2021 In: Home Ground

Professional experts criticise Council over ‘Roman’ Bath

The retrospective planning application (case ref HS/LB/20/00805), for Listed Building Consent to disfigure a Grade 2 listed building in Summerfields Wood has provoked indignation among heritage organisation experts as well as locals. The galvanised steel gates, plates and a grille in the ‘Roman’ Bath archway and lower bath area are already there however. Bernard McGinley reports.

Posted 19:44 Monday, Aug 16, 2021 In: Home Ground Tags: 0805 Bernard McGinley Bohemia Bohemia Estate DCMS planning SPAB Summerfields Wood Sussex Gardens Trust

Marline Valley rally against North Queensway proposals

Around 50 people, including representatives of the Green and Conservative parties, turned up for Seachangewatch’s protest meeting against Sea Change Sussex’s plans to build speculative industrial units on its North Queensway site. Bernard McGinley was among them.

Posted 20:49 Wednesday, Aug 11, 2021 In: Home Ground Tags: 327 Andrea Needham Bernard McGinley Julia Hilton Marline Wood Queensway North Seachange SeaChangeWatch Sussex Wildlife Trust

Protest rally against North Queensway plans

Seachangewatch plans to hold an in-situ rally to protest against the development plans for Sea Change Sussex’s North Queensway Innovation Park next Sunday. Meanwhile the sustainability statement in support of the application has come in for heavy criticism from community energy consultant Energise Sussex Coast. Nick Terdre reports.

Posted 14:31 Wednesday, Aug 4, 2021 In: Home Ground Tags: Energise Sussex Coast Natural England Nick Terdre North Queensway sea change SeaChangeWatch Sussex Wildlife Trust

Innovation park plan should be refused, says Greens’ Hilton

The Green Party’s Cllr Julia Hilton has added her voice to the many objections lodged against Sea Change Sussex’s plan to develop the North Queensway Innovation Park, complaining of the council’s lack of scrutiny of the company. Meanwhile Sea Change envisages having the Queensway Gateway road in operation by November, and has been granted funding for the Bexhill Enterprise Park North. Nick Terdre reports.

Posted 23:19 Sunday, Jul 18, 2021 In: Home Ground Tags: ESCC Green Party HBC Julia Hilton Natural England North Queensway Queensway Gateway Road sea change Selep

Foreshore inaction fails to impress, again

The Foreshore Trust (FT) said it would defend the Stade footpath near the boating lake at the Stade Amusement Park. When (following appeals) the footpath was taken over, it did nothing significant. Reportedly the footpath is to be reopened eventually, but when, and for what hours? The Hastings Borough Council (HBC) Charity Committee did not explain. Bernard McGinley wonders what the FT is for.

Posted 16:00 Thursday, Jul 8, 2021 In: Home Ground Tags: Bernard McGinley Charity Commission Charity Committee ENF/21/00091 Foreshore Trust FT HBC HS/CD/21/00240 HS/EX/18/00067 HS/FA/18/01009 planning Protector rogers

Closed Country Park footpath to be reopened this year

Full access to Ecclesbourne Glen in Hastings Country Park will finally be restored with the reopening of the main footpath later this year. But according to Save Ecclesbourne Glen group, the failure to investigate the causes of the landslip will make future monitoring of land stability more difficult. Report by Nick Terdre, photos by Russell Jacobs.

Posted 10:05 Saturday, Jul 3, 2021 In: Home Ground Tags: Country Park ESCC HBC Maya Evans Nick Terdre Rocklands Russell Jacobs SEG

HBC seeks post hoc approval for ruining ‘Roman’ ruin

A Grade 2 building in Lower Bohemia is the subject of a retrospective planning application, the legal-but-dubious mechanism of the confused or shifty. The applicant is Hastings Borough Council (HBC).

Posted 16:31 Thursday, Jul 1, 2021 In: Home Ground Tags: Bernard McGinley Bohemia House EN1 EN2 EN7 HBC lower Bohemia planning Summerfield Wood