MP “Blocking” Landlord Licensing Programme
As reported in HIP 162 (Selective Licensing: Ministry Delays Renewal), the system of landlord licensing which Hastings Borough Council has operated in a number of wards of the town over the past five years to control private lettings will expire…
Plans Lodged Housing on Pilot Field
Hastings United Football Club have lodged twin planning applications with the borough council to pursue their intended relocation from Pilot Field on Elphinstone Road to the Tilekiln playing fields above Tesco in ; Composition of the new stadium, football pitches…
HBC leads county effort to shelter rough sleepers as winter approaches
Hastings Borough Council is the lead partner amongst councils in East Sussex in a successful joint funding bid from the government’s Next Steps Accommodation Project to minimise the number of rough sleepers returning to the streets. The Next Steps Accommodation…
Selective Licensing: Ministry Delays Renewal
The selective licensing scheme which Hastings Borough Council has operated in a number of wards of the town over the past five years, will expire on 24th October. The council consulted with local stakeholders before the March lockdown this year,…
Hundreds Face Crisis
Council plea to extend moratorium on evictions By Emma Harwood Hundreds of families and residents across the town will face pain, crisis and homelessness unless the government extends its ban on evictions, the Portfolio Holder for Housing and Homelessness has…
Rough Sleeping In Rough Times
On Thursday 26th March, every council leader in England received a letter from Luke Hall MP, the Under Secretary of State for Local Government and ;It asked their councils to house all rough sleepers “by the end of the week” to prevent the…
Sunny Side Up
Local Solar Panels By David Dennis Should we site solar panel farms on greenfield sites? Certainly Hastings Borough Council (HBC) thinks we should. Councillor Andy Batsford has confirmed that there are active proposals to site solar panels at Hastings Country…
West Marina Awaits Its Fate
But councillor calls for “ideas and creativity” Hastings Borough Council (HBC) is about to complete the grant of a long lease of the former bathing pool site at West Marina to developers County Gate. Council leader Peter Chowney told the…
Bexhill Road: 190 New Homes On A Flood Plain
Hastings Borough Council (HBC) announced last week that Homes England has confirmed its grant of up to £ to develop the first tier of open space at Bulverhythe behind Bexhill Road. The funding is part of the Local Authority Accelerated…
Flood Money Spurs Council Development
On 8 July the cabinet of Hastings Borough Council (HBC) approved proposals for the first new housing development to be carried out in its own name for more than 20 years – the construction of 190 homes on the lower…