Residents urged to have their say during public consultation. By Julia Hilton 

There is less than a month to go to comment on, and influence, the biggest urban development plan for the borough of Hastings probably since James Burton transformed St Leonards in 1828.

The plan has huge implications for the future of the town centre and White Rock area over the next 15 years and it is vital that local people make their views known. However, the council hasn’t made it easy. When you click on the link you are confronted by a 129-page document with twenty seven questions.

The plans are nothing if not ambitious. Over 650 houses, new sports and leisure facilities, new arts centres, new hotels, the complete transformation of the White Rock and Bohemia Road
areas, all contained an ‘Area Action Plan’ which sets out aspirations for the area from St Mary’s Convent in the west, across the town centre as far as Pelham Place.

Hastings Urban Design Group is running two evening walkabouts where the proposals will be presented in a more digestible format and people can see what the plans would mean on the ground. The event on 12 September will cover the town centre area. The one on 13 September will focus on the plans for White Rock and Bohemia. Both start at 6.00pm at the White Rock Hotel with a short presentation about the proposals followed by walking the areas concerned. There is also one more drop in session at Muriel Matters House on Saturday 8 September between 10.30am-12.30pm. You have until 4.00pm on 24 September to make comments.

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