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Council Finances Suffer Further Pain
Likely staff salary inflation will add to deficit HUGH SULLIVAN The cabinet of Hastings Borough Council held session on Monday evening to review the latest forecasts of the council’s future…
Hotel Costs Soar But Council “Committed”
HUGH SULLIVAN The construction of a Premier Inn hotel on the former Cornwallis Street car park site owned by Hastings Borough Council (HBC), politically controversial since it was first mooted…
HOME TOWN HERO HEADS UNITED BUY-UP
HUGH SULLIVAN A year of increasingly bitter conflict between the owners of Hastings United football club and Hastings Borough Council (HBC) came to a seemingly inevitable conclusion last week with…
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Crowdfunder Special
The House Girl As previously reported - Local Housing Co-op to Purchase Gensing Manor? in HIP 230 - Hastings Rental Health (HRH), a longstanding campaign group involving renters, compassionate homeowners…
REPORT PROMPTS COUNCIL SELL-OFF
HUGH SULLIVAN A meeting of the cabinet of Hastings Borough Council on Monday evening approved the sell-off of four property assets. Amongst them are two plots of land – at…
Old Bathing Pool: EA Reviewing Flood Risk Report
HUGH SULLIVAN Prospective developers of the Old Bathing Pool site at West Marina say they have submitted a ‘risk report’ to the Environment Agency, and are awaiting its ; Dave…
Corrections
Water outflows In HIP 229 we published an article We Just Want to Swim in the Sea! written by David Dennis which included the following paragraph: “Gradually, as legislation demanded…
NEWS IN BRIEF
Azur Trial Date The petition brought by Sea Change Sussex in the High Court to wind up Azur Events Limited (AEL), the company leasing the Azur Marina Pavilion, on grounds…
Swift Bricks a Green Win for Councillor Tony Collins
TESSA BOASE Robert Booth Hastings Borough Council has voted to incorporate ‘swift bricks’ into every new building to help the critically endangered bird species. The motion was proposed by Green…
Tories Lose Majority on County Council
PAUL McLAUGHLIN County Hall in Lewis The Conservatives have lost their majority on East Sussex County Council (ESCC) after being pushed into second place in a by-election last Thursday (3 August).…
Changing of the Guard?
When Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick told Parliament on 29 March this year that the Home Office was intending to use an unidentified location in East Sussex for the housing of…
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Northeye: Contrasting Views of Bexhill Demos Dear HIP I am writing regarding the article about Northeye in your last edition. Thank you for correcting the information about the petition. We…
POLE POSITIONS APPROVED
5G Masts Getting the Nod From Council Planners HUGH SULLIVAN Dave YoungHalton mast Seven separate planning applications have been approved by Hastings Borough Council (HBC) over the past 13 months…
Twin Demos Over Northeye: Same Goal, Contrary Rhetoric
A group of around 40 local residents gathered on the small park outside Bexhill Town Hall last Saturday afternoon to stage their latest demonstration under the slogan No to Northeye.…
United Stay Put
Clear majority of full council rejects football stadium move The projected move of Hastings United football club from Pilot Field to Tilekiln playing fields in Hollington is dead. It was…
Playing Pitch Strategy Document Still Awaited
Dave YoungHorntye Pavilion Speaking in the Hastings Borough Council (HBC) debate concerning the future of Hastings United football club, Green party councillor Claire Carr called for a “proper new town-wide…
Travellers at Bay
HUGH SULLIVAN Between 27 June and 10 July a group of Travellers camped for nearly two weeks at the Old Bathing Pool site in West St Leonards in 12 or…
Icklesham Celebrates New Affordable Housing
On 14 July the community of Icklesham celebrated the completion of 15 new-built affordable homes on the edge of the village - 12 for social rent, three for shared ownership.…
“Crazy” Ticket Office Cut
PAUL McLAUGHLIN The Rail, Maritime and Transport Union (RMT) has launched a national campaign to fight plans by the train operating companies and the Government to close ticket offices across…
Sewage Leak: Pump Up the Volume
PAUL McLAUGHLIN The Pumphouse in Alexandra Park was packed last week (14 July) for a meeting to discuss the recent sewage pollution of the Old Roar Gill. There was a…
EVERSFIELD NOT RISING
Housing hopes set back as building company fails HUGH SULLIVAN Construction work has halted at Eversfield Rise, the estate of 140 affordable homes being built on the former playing fields…
Pier Company Threatened with Winding up Petition
Lions Hastings Pier Limited, the company which manages the pier for its owner Sheikh Abid Gulzar, is facing a potential winding up petition intended to be brought by former employees…
Gateway junction works still stalled
East Sussex County Council (ESCC) remains at apparent loggerheads with its contractors Sea Change Sussex over completion of the Queensway Gateway junction road which is intended to connect traffic from…
More Funds for Potholes
East Sussex County Council (ESCC) has announced additional Investment, potentially in excess of £15 million, to improve the condition of the county’s roads and protect them for years ahead. The…
Council leader plays down bankruptcy threat
A recent issue of Private Eye described a leaked ‘peer review’ of the finances of Hastings Borough Council prepared by the Local Government Association as revealing it to be “on…
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NEW ACT AT WHITE ROCK?
HUGH SULLIVAN The cabinet of Hastings Borough Council (HBC) is scheduled to debate the future of the White Rock Theatre at its meeting on Monday evening, 3 ; It appears…
Council Cabinet “Refreshed”
Hastings Borough Council (HBC) leader Paul Barnett has reshuffled cabinet roles. He has taken the finance and equalities portfolio for himself, moving Cllr Simon Willis to housing and community development,…
Hart explains absence from parliamentary vote
When Parliament voted on 19 June to support its Privileges Committee in censuring Boris Johnson over his lies concerning Downing Street parties held during Covid lockdowns, 118 Conservatives joined opposition…
Southern Water– Bad to Worse
PAUL McLAUGHLIN It has been yet another bad fortnight for Southern Water. After being roundly criticised (see HIP 228) over its failure to provide crucial data to an independent inquiry…
Compassion and Hope for Ukraine
NICKY TORODE An evening celebrating Ukrainian culture last Friday (23 June) at the De La Warr Pavilion started with energy and colour. Stepping off the spiral stairwell onto the…
No Political Affiliations, says Cllr Fernando
Cllr Lucien Fernando, who became ward councillor for Silverhill on a Conservative ticket in May 2022 but has now left the party (see HIP 227), says that his future votes…
Southern Water rebuked again
Investigators of town centre floods demand further data PAUL McLAUGHLIN Southern Water has been roundly criticised once again – this time over its failure to provide crucial data to an…
Northeye Protestors Blame Merriman and Tory Government
HUGH SULLIVAN A meeting of Bexhill-on-Sea Town Council resolved last Wednesday to oppose the use of the former prison site at Northeye to house asylum seekers. The full Town Council…
They Think it’s All Over
Cabinet rejects football relocation, plans set to be refused HUGH SULLIVAN On 5 June the cabinet of Hastings Borough Council (HBC) rejected the relocation plan being pursued by Hastings United…
On-demand bus services introduced across East Sussex
Flexibus, a flexible on-demand rideshare service, has been introduced across a number of zones of East Sussex which are not served by any regular bus route. Residents within each zone…
Carers Week: Celebrating Diversity
PAUL McLAUGHLIN The Isabel Blackman Centre hosted the launch of Carers Week last Saturday (10 June), with local MP Sally-Ann Hart and the new Mayor of Hastings, Cllr Margi O’Callaghan, in attendance.…
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Councillor Voting: Reaction We have received the following posts on our website following our lead report in HIP 227 Storm over Council votes Good article. To be clear, all contested…