Tag archives for Hastings Urban Design Group
WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND?
Letter Hastings Pier Madness Dear HIP Why can’t our local council step in and save Hastings Pier? It seems unwise that this important community asset was sold to Sheikh Gulzar…
Living With Damp and Mould
KEN DAVIS, a retired architect, a director of Energise Sussex Coast and member of the Hastings Urban Design Group and Transition Towns explains why so many Hastings houses are damp…
2066 Virtual City: The World’s First Inland Seaside
In the wake of a climate crisis architect KEN DAVIS imagines a new urban centre connecting Hastings, Battle and Bexhill This vision, this idea, this plan is overwhelmingly positive. It…
Between a Bomb, Some Rock, and a Hard Place
by MERLIN BETTS St Leonards Church hasn’t had the easiest history. From the destruction of its namesake in medieval times, it took hundreds of years to be built on its…
Draft Local Plan: The View from West St Leonards
In our News pages, Chris Lewcock presents comments on Hastings Borough Council’s draft Local Plan, which is up for consultation until 24th March. Bryan Fisher of West St Leonards Forum,…
Enhance Your Environment
Free to enter urban design competition Should buildings mimic their surroundings or should they be distinctive and challenge us visually? Hastings Urban Design Group (HUDG) is running two competitions seeking…
Council’s Climate Pledges One Year On
By Julia Hilton On 13th February 2019 – exactly a year ago – Hastings Borough Council (HBC) passed a climate change motion, pledging to limit its own use of fossil…
A Few Days Left To Have Your Say
There are just three days left for residents to comment on long term development plans for Hastings Town Centre and Bohemia. Hastings Borough Council’s Area Action Plan - which looks…