Tag archives for Combe Valley Countryside Park
How Green is Local Labour?
DAVID EP DENNIS argues that the environmental agenda of the Labour council in Hastings is at odds with the national policies of the Labour Party … potentially to the serious…
Eco-tensions in Combe Valley
By David EP Dennis A series of unfortunate events is taking place inside the Combe Valley Countryside Park boundary. Because Combe Valley was a countryside park with multiple landowners, rather…
Land speculators move in on Combe Valley
A six-and-half acre plot of land on the western edge of Combe Valley Countryside Park, which used to be a part of Pebsham Farm, was sold off last year. Estate…
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…
Planning To Break A Promise
By David Dennis Hastings Borough Council’s decision to proceed with plans to build 190 new houses inside its own Combe Valley Countryside Park boundary is a breach of its own…
Upper Wilting Land, Marriage and Death
How can we weave a burning farmhouse, a dead king, a wind farm and some solar panels into a single tale? By David Dennis The proposed solar site below Lower…
Homes For People Or For Wildlife?
By David Dennis The Combe Valley Countryside Park covers about 1,500 acres of countryside between Hastings and Bexhill. About half of the land is privately owned and farmed; the remainder belongs to Hastings,…
Combe Valley
A new Discovery Centre opens in the heart of the Combe Valley Countryside Park on August 5th. Visitor are invited to join a sponsored walk (eight miles, starting at )…