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Park Beck owners seek five-storey rebuild

The previous proposed eyesore for the Park Beck building on Upper Maze Hill was eventually withdrawn. Now a new blot is proposed. Bernard McGinley looks around the conservation areas.

Posted 21:49 Sunday, Apr 8, 2018 In: Home Ground Tags: Bernard McGinley, conservation area, Development Management Plan, HBC, Heritage Strategy, Market Passage, NPPF, Park Beck, planning, Upper Maze Hill, uPvc

Park Beck as it is - a "characterful house," according to Chris Lewcock.

Changes to Park Beck application cause concern

Regal Care Homes and its developer, Penson have amended their proposal for an ’extra care home’ at 21 Upper Maze Hill, suggesting that this makes it more acceptable to local residents who objected to the original proposal. However, the planning department does not intend to test this claim by reconsulting. This is one of a number of concerns which have arisen over the handling of the amended proposal. Nick Terdre reports.

Posted 10:01 Wednesday, Nov 30, 2016 In: Home Ground Tags: 21 Upper Maze Hill, Bryan Jezeph Consultancy, Burtons' St Leonards Society, Chris Lewcock, Hastings Urban Design Group, Park Beck, Penson, Regal Care Homes, Victorian Society

How the proposed extra care home will look - this is the original seven-storey version (Statement of Community Involvement).

An application of low standards

Local residents interested in commenting on planning applications which affect them will have become aware as they make their way through the developer’s documents of various common shortcomings – the poor quality of the English, sometimes to the point of incomprehensibility, inaccuracies, inconsistencies and misrepresentations in the project descriptions, and in some cases the absence of important details. Bernard McGinley turns a critical spotlight on the proposed project at 21 Upper Maze Hill in St Leonards and finds plenty to alarm him.

Posted 21:33 Sunday, Nov 20, 2016 In: Home Ground Tags: Bernard McGinley, conservation area, HBC, HBC Planning Department, Information Commissioner, Local Plan, NPPF, Park Beck, Penson, Regal Care Trading Ltd, Upper Maze Hill

Park Beck - a five-storey building is proposed to replace it (photo: Bernard McGinley).

Assault on Conservation Area 13

Does St Leonards need another planning controversy? It looks like it’s getting one anyway as the council considers plans to knock down Park Beck in Upper Maze Hill – part of the Markwick Terrace Conservation Area – and replace it with a bloated Croydonesque mess. Bernard McGinley walks Burton’s turnpike.

Posted 12:31 Sunday, Oct 30, 2016 In: Home Ground Tags: Archery Ground, Bernard McGinley, Caple-ne-Ferne, Hastings Borough Council Planning Committee, Hastings Borough Council planning department, HBC, James Burton, NPPF, Park Beck, St John the Evangelist Brittany Road, Upper Maze Hill, West Hill Road