It has been a long and hard fought campaign by the sizeable number of local people opposed to council plans that would see the building of more than 150 new homes on the old bathing pool site in West St Leonards. Hastings Borough Council’s failure to listen to local people, on this and other issues, […]
Just what is going on at the old bathing pool site in West St Leonards? It’s two and a half years since Hastings Borough Council said it was on the verge of signing a deal with a developer who was all set to build houses there and it’s getting on for six months since a […]
“…we have Peter Chowney seemingly playing the part of Captain Bligh, ignoring those around him who are trying to resolve the crew’s unrest and convinced he knows better. The local community has voted, and it begs to differ!” Where now for bathing pool protestors? our headline asked after their petition was effectively ignored by members […]
Despite a petition signed by around 2,500 local people and a presentation to the full borough council last night it appears the fears of local people are being overlooked as Hastings Borough Council (HBC) still plans to press ahead with the development of the old bathing pool site. There have been ongoing protests and calls […]
No one in charge at Hastings Borough Council (HBC) is having second thoughts about pressing on with two controversial housing developments. At last night’s meeting of the full council questions were raised about both the plans for development of housing at Bulverhythe and for the redevelopment of the old bathing pool site at West St […]
It’s time for for the town’s council to start to listen to local people and their concerns about plans to put housing on the old bathing pool site in West St Leonards. That’s the message from a large group of people who turned out on Saturday morning to sign a petition calling on Hastings Borough […]
Last autumn Hastings Borough Council (HBC) said it was just weeks away from signing a deal that would have paved the way for a high density housing development on the site of the old bathing pool in West St Leonards – more than six months on that deal has still not been signed. ‘Hastings Council […]
Dozens of people braved a wet windy Saturday morning on St Leonards seafront to send a message to Hastings Borough Council (HBC) that it cannot ride roughshod over their wishes. At the centre of the protest was a plan that could see more than 150 new homes built in five, five storey blocks of flats […]
Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid was in Hastings this morning visiting local businesses as part of the General Election campaign. Speaking while on a tour of one the Focus SB factories and standing alongside Conservative candidate for Hastings and Rye Sally-Ann Hart, Mr Javid said the Conservative message was ‘resonating on the doorsteps’ of […]
