Tag archives for Local Plan
What’s The Plan?
Housing campaigner GRACE LALLY argues that a Local Plan for Hastings that promotes building more homes won’t increase supply of the secure affordable social housing that we really need Gemini…
Community Opportunities
Have Your Say about the New Local Plan Hastings BC published its new draft Local Plan on 20 February, launching a six-week consultation period. With less than two weeks to…
Not in Ore Back Yard
HUGH SULLIVAN Hastings Borough Council (HBC) has launched a consultation on its draft Local Plan – and stirred the residents of Ore into a hornets’ nest of opposition to several…
The Greenest Building is the One that Already Exists
GRACE LALLY of Hastings Housing Alliance advocates for a retrofit approach to upgrade housing stock The draft Local Plan supports demolishing hundreds of social rented flats in the Four Courts,…
Not a Plan for Walkers or Cyclists
ANNA SABIN, Hastings Urban Bikes Where are the walking, cycling and bus networks? Not in the Local Plan and certainly not on the ; For the residents of our newer…
Arson Suspected in Magdalen Road Fire
JOEL CHESHIRE A fire at the disused former convent site on Magdalen Road in St Leonards required a major response from emergency services last Sunday (1 February) afternoon. Police have…
Local Plan: Have Your Say
By Chris Lewcock Hastings Borough Council (HBC) has published its Local Plan, potentially setting the course for development of our town over the next 20 years. It sets out proposed…
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,…