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Country Park ‘bunker’: protest picnic

It ain’t over till it’s over!

Posted 16:59 Wednesday, Jun 3, 2015 In: Home Ground Tags: Bahcheli Report, Bunker, Christiaan Zwart, Cllr Wincott, Coffey Report, Country Park, Hastings Borough Council planning department, picnic, planning, Save Ecclesbourne Glen, Save Ecclesbourne Glen critique

What next for the Bunker?

In mid-March, Hastings Borough Council (HBC) finally ordered the notorious ‘Bunker’ at Rocklands Caravan Park to be demolished. Where does that leave the planning permission (known as ‘952’ after its planning reference) that caused all the fuss? Bernard McGinley hears from the Save Ecclesbourne Glen group about what could happen next.

Posted 17:35 Monday, Apr 6, 2015 In: Campaigns Tags: 952, Bernard McGinley, Bunker, Country Park, Rocklands Caravan Park, Save Ecclesbourne Glen

Bunker owner back with new application

The two-storey ‘Bunker’ in Hastings Country Park is the subject of a new planning application, for which comments and objections close on 23 January. Bernard McGinley provides an update on this bone of contention, while Bob Okines reports on an awareness-raising event in Priory Meadow.

Posted 18:19 Friday, Jan 16, 2015 In: Home Ground Tags: Bahcheli Report, Bernard McGinley, Bob Okines, Bunker, conservation area, Country Park, Dawn Poole, East Hill, Ecclesbourne Glen, HBC, High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, John Hodges, planning committee, Rocklands Caravan Park, Save Ecclesbourne Glen, Site of Special Scientific Interest, Special Area for Conservation, Statutory Ancient Monument

Hastings group closes Barclays account in protest at bank’s support for weapons sales to Israel

Hastings environmental campaign group Combe Haven Defenders (CHD) has closed its account with Barclays bank, in protest at the company’s role in weapons sales to Israel. Gabriel Carlyle reports.

Posted 21:23 Friday, Mar 15, 2024 In: Campaigns

Affordable housing goes missing near The Ridge

The greenfield site known as ‘Land adjacent to 777 The Ridge’ (near Baldslow Post Office) was to have 50 housing units put on it. Then it became 67. Now it’s 71 proposed dwellings. Meanwhile, the requirement for affordable housing as a share of that went from 40% to zero. Bernard McGinley reports, and wonders about the roles of members and officers in decision-making. The photos were all taken from public places.

Posted 13:00 Thursday, Feb 16, 2023 In: Home Ground Tags: 00906, 016, 645, 777, 970, appeal, Bernard McGinley, Harrow Lane, Park Lane Group, Planning Services Manager

Council misleads and censors over pending planning decision

Hastings Borough Council (HBC) has refused – for no applicable reason – to publish objection statements on a planning application being decided on 20 July. The Council’s unevenhandedness is striking. Read it here instead: there have been unauthorised works in the redline area of a current application. What should be material considerations are treated with dogged disregard by the planning authorities, who are rewriting the past. The site is Rocklands. Bernard McGinley reports on unfeasible lines taken.

Posted 18:09 Sunday, Jul 17, 2022 In: Home Ground Tags: Bahcheli, Bernard McGinley, HBC, HE, planning department, Ramp, Rocklands, SAM, screening, SMC

Two men playing rock guitar onstage and pulling 'rock' faces!

Equatorial Group host This is Spinal Tap at Electric Palace

Grab your opportunity to catch on the big screen the hilarious cult classic mockumentary about a ridiculous rock group, This is Spinal Tap, says Annie Waite. The much-adored comedy is the Formative Film choice of East Sussex’s finest blissed out folk-rock band, The Equatorial Group, who will be playing live at the Electric Palace cinema alongside the film screening on Saturday 14 May.

Posted 08:30 Monday, May 2, 2022 In: Film,Music & Sound Tags: Andy Tourle, Annie Waite, Dave Davies, Helen Weeks, live music, Neil Grimes, The Electric Palace cinema, The Equatorial Group, This is Spinal Tap, Twe Fox

ESCC lobbied about their investment in ‘war crimes’

In advance of the full council meeting on Tuesday 7 December, East Sussex County Council (ESCC) will be lobbied by not one, but two divestment campaigns. ‘Divest East Sussex’ have been holding monthly protests highlighting the Council’s investments in fossil fuels to support their pension scheme. Next Tuesday, the local Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) will also be outside County Hall to ask ESCC to divest from what they say are war crimes. PSC’s Laurie Holden tells us more about the campaign.

Posted 18:18 Wednesday, Dec 1, 2021 In: Campaigns