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Hastings Heritage in Peril
KENT BARKER Conservation campaigners have castigated Hastings Borough Council (HBC) for failing to protect the numerous heritage sites in the town. One said Hastings had a “sorry record of failing…
Council Responds to Government on Planning Policy
HUGH SULLIVAN Hastings Borough Council has submitted its formal response to the government’s consultation on the draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) 2025. The full text of this response has…
Help Create a New Local Plan
CLLR MARK ETHERINGTON, Lead councillor for strategic planning and climateadaptation, Hastings Borough Council We need your help to create our new Local Plan which will guide the development and future…
Call for More Gypsy and Traveller Sites
The South Downs National Park Authority has partnered with local district and borough councils across East Sussex, including Hastings Borough Council, to launch a collaborative call to identify land sites…
Housing Targets Row
PAUL McLAUGHLIN The simmering row between the Green-led council and the local Labour MP resurfaced this week after Hastings Borough Council (HBC) formally responded to the Government’s plans to change…
The New Councillors
Billie Barnes (Silverhill, Labour) comfortably defeated the sitting ward councillor, Lucian Fernando of Reform UK. She says she was inspired to stand from a campaign to re-open the Silverdale swimming…