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Rollercoaster induces nausea over the Stade Amusement Park

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.

Posted 10:36 Wednesday, May 5, 2021 In: Home Ground Tags: 01009 Bernard McGinley boating lake Flamingo Foreshore Trust FT HBC planning

HBC refuses retrospective planning permission for unauthorised building

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).

Posted 18:44 Tuesday, Apr 13, 2021 In: Home Ground Tags: 267 884 AONB appeal Bernard McGinley Bishop Bunker Cox Davies Foster HBC Marlow-Eastwood Martineau Lane Mill Lane O'Callaghan Patmore planning Roberts Rocklands

Bachelor’s Bump pile recommended for planning permission, despite ineligibility

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.

Posted 12:23 Monday, Apr 5, 2021 In: Home Ground Tags: 884 Bernard McGinley chalet bungalow HBC Martineau Lane Mill Lane planning

2039 and all that: Draft Local Plan deadline is 24 March

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.

Posted 13:27 Tuesday, Mar 23, 2021 In: Home Ground Tags: Bernard McGinley consultation DLP planning

Queen’s Arcade under sudden threat

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.

Posted 07:34 Tuesday, Mar 16, 2021 In: Home Ground Tags: Arcade Assembly Rooms auction Ben Went Tree Bernard McGinley castle ward Dyer & Hobbis Hastings Museum HBC Heringtons Solicitors John Logie Baird Local Plan planning Queens Arcade TC8 TC9 Television Went Tree Trust

Rabbit hutches for White Rock

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.

Posted 12:52 Sunday, Mar 14, 2021 In: Home Ground Tags: 663 Arthur Green backhouse Bernard McGinley delegated powers HBC Palace Court wall planning post office White Rock

Developer cocks an oversized snook at HBC planners

Up at Bachelor’s Bump in Ore a new planning row is heating up. A retrospective application is seeking approval for works that were previously refused. Locals are angered by what they see as rogue development. The overbearing house is on a laneside slope and the skyline. The Council have yet to decide what to do. Who will prevail? Bernard McGinley reports from the Country Park borders, with apologies for so many numbers.

Posted 19:52 Thursday, Feb 18, 2021 In: Home Ground Tags: 884 Bernard McGinley Bunker Enforcement Martineau Lane Mill Lane overdevelopment planning Rocklands

Rocklands: Grounds for FoI refusal shown to be untrue

Hastings Borough Council’s record in dealing with the Bunker in Rocklands caravan park is not one to be proud of, involving as it does years of evasion and failure to engage with complaints. Now it is claiming the non-existence of documents that tangibly exist, as Chris Hurrell of Save Ecclesbourne Glen makes clear.

Posted 15:48 Wednesday, Nov 11, 2020 In: Home Ground Tags: 12(5)(b) Bunker EIR FoI HBC planning Rocklands SEG