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.
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).
The rollercoaster that has arisen by the Boating Lake on the Old Town seafront does not have planning permission, or an application, and wasn’t even notified to Hastings Borough Council (HBC) or the Foreshore Trust (FT). Do Permitted Development Rights (PDR) apply? What about the issues of the perimeter fence and the footpath, so controversial a few years ago? Will the Council or the FT take action? Bernard McGinley looks at another fine mess, and also took the photos.
Despite the recommendation by planning officers to approve the retrospective application (HS/FA/20/00884) for a large house in the Martineau Lane area, Councillors voted to refuse it (8-1, with one abstention). What now for the building known as ‘Son of Bunker’? What next for local planning? Bernard McGinley reports. (References are to the video timings).
In February the story was that developers up at Martineau Lane/Mill Lane were cocking a snook at the planners of Hastings Borough Council (HBC). Now the Council’s planners are recommending approval of the retrospective application despite the previous one. It looks like unconditional surrender or indulgence by the Council. The Planning Committee meets online on Wednesday 7 April. Bernard McGinley compares cases, often using their last three numbers.
If you have views on how Hastings should look over the next 20 or so years, time is running out to say so. Bernard McGinley explains what to do.
The charity that owns the town centre Queen’s Arcade as an asset to benefit local people is about to auction it off very soon and suddenly. Bernard McGinley wonders why, and took the pictures.
What did the Conservation Officer of Hastings Borough Council (HBC) say about a high new building in a conservation area? Nothing. The Planning Committee? Nothing. As the new development takes shape at the old White Rock Post Office, Bernard McGinley, who also took the photos, looks at a decided case.
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