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The quality of the Deck exterior is literally being lost sight of.

Carry on regardless at Hastings Pier?

Breaches of planning consent on Hastings Pier have been known for many months.  Following coverage of this in HOT, there are four more big signs on the Deck building, there without permission. The Deck doors have new lettering over them, without permission. The inscription for the Birch Room has similarly been obliterated without permission.  For Bernard McGinley, this looks increasingly like a slight to Hastings, its people, the council and Hastings Pier. Looking at the continuing mess, he wonders if it’s time to resave the pier.

Posted 21:07 Wednesday, Aug 21, 2019 In: Home Ground Tags: Bernard McGinley dRMM Hastings Pier LBC Lions Group Listed Building Consent Lord Brett McLean pier planning planning permission RIBA slots Stirling Prize
Slots in the middle room have caused controversy (photo: Bernard McGinley).

Slot machines on the pier: answering some of the critics

Bernard McGinley’s recent piece about slot machines on the pier has provoked a lot of response, especially on HOT’s Facebook page, much of it critical. Editorial organiser Nick Terdre takes up some of the questions raised.

Posted 12:20 Tuesday, Aug 6, 2019 In: Home Ground Tags: Bernard McGinley Gulzar Listed Building Consent Nick Terdre pier slot machines
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Slots where slots shouldn’t be

Even in high summer, Hastings Pier is looking meagre still, with more toy animals than visitors. (Closing at 5pm in high summer probably doesn’t help.) The ‘new amusement area’ has opened — but some of gaming machines are where they should not be. What will Hastings Borough Council (HBC) do? Bernard McGinley looks at a needlessly drawn-out problem.

Posted 21:35 Tuesday, Jul 9, 2019 In: Home Ground Tags: Bernard McGinley Cllr Davies Council Hastings Pier HBC Listed Building Consent pier planning planning permission slots
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Construction of Country Park visitor centre under way

Construction of the new visitor centre in Hastings Country Park is finally under way, with the opening expected in the autumn. Nick Terdre reports.

Posted 11:26 Friday, Jun 7, 2019 In: Home Ground Tags: Colin Fitzgerald Country Park Hastings Borough Council Interreg Nick Terdre Peter Chowney straw Up Straw visitor centre
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Taking control of your housing

On Saturday 1 June, Emily Johns and others from Walden Pond Housing Cooperative in St Leonards-on-Sea are running a workshop to explain how to set up a housing co-op. Read on to find out more about how you can create an affordable and long-term housing solution.

Posted 16:14 Saturday, May 11, 2019 In: Home Ground
Photo: Michael Moor.

Two-year project aims to bring Country Park heritage to light

The heritage hidden in Hastings Country Park is to be brought to light in a joint project between Hastings Borough Council and environmental charity Groundwork South, supported by funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Nick Terdre reports.

Posted 18:46 Wednesday, May 8, 2019 In: Home Ground Tags: Country Park Ecclesbourne Glen Groundwork South Hastings Borough Council Heritage Lottery Fund Hidden Hastings Interreg Marianne North Peter Chowney RADAR RAF Fairlight visitor centre
Close-up of the path diversion.

England Coast Path goes kinky in Hastings Country Park

The landslip below Rocklands caravan park has obliged Natural England to go the long way round to accommodate the Hastings Country Park section of the coastal path, as Andrew Colquhoun, vice chair of the Friends of Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve, explains.

Posted 14:52 Tuesday, Apr 30, 2019 In: Home Ground Tags: Country Park East Sussex County Council Ecclesbourne Glen Natural England
The 'Deck' or visitor centre on Hastings Pier.

Planners back slot machine proposal for central pier rooms

The central ‘Deck’/visitor centre building of Hastings Pier is fully recommended by HBC officers for conversion to two rooms full of fruit machines (‘slots’).  Why are legal and policy protections being ignored? Bernard McGinley tries to peer more closely into the matter.

Posted 16:19 Monday, Apr 29, 2019 In: Home Ground Tags: Bernard McGinley Foreshore Trust Hastings Pier HBC Listed Building Consent NPPF pier Pier administrators planning planning committee slots
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