Tag archives for National Planning Policy Framework
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…
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…
CPRE Sussex Lambasts Government Housing Targets
The Sussex branch of the CPRE (Campaign to Protect Rural England) issued a strongly worded press release in early September warning against the housing targets mandated by the new Labour…
POLE POSITIONS APPROVED
5G Masts Getting the Nod From Council Planners HUGH SULLIVAN Dave YoungHalton mast Seven separate planning applications have been approved by Hastings Borough Council (HBC) over the past 13 months…
Does Hastings oppose 5G?
Council planners review new mast site proposals Planning applications for the siting of 5G masts at three new locations across Hastings and St Leonards have been lodged with Hastings Borough…
5G Mast on Queens Road Permission Refused
An application submitted by telecommunications giant, Three UK, for erection of a 20-metre high monopole on the pavement outside Morrisons on Queens Road has been rejected by the planning committee…





