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Council Southern Water
18th November 2024 / 18th November 2024 by Becca H
Greens get agreement from Southern Water CEO to ‘reconsider’ compensation for householders Green-led Hastings Borough Council called Southern Water to their second public council meeting last Monday, to face further scrutiny over their long-awaited detailed plan for Hastings. In the public meeting, it was clear that Southern Water were trying to move on from past […]
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Community Council Finance Transparency
6th November 2024 / 6th November 2024 by Becca H
DOGS PERMITTED RETURN TO OLD TOWN BEACHES IN SUMMER At last night’s meeting, our all-Green cabinet voted unanimously to uphold the results of the dog PSPO consultation, which saw Option 2 – removing the exclusion zone from both Rock-a-Nore and Stade beaches – favoured by 64% of respondents. The news heralded applause from members of […]
Council Finance
9th October 2024 / 9th October 2024 by Becca H
New Capital Assurance Board to give “much needed oversight” to council’s capital finances Tonight’s cabinet meeting announced the creation of a new ‘Capital Assurance Board’ – a cross party councillor and officer working group who will advise and help to develop the council’s capital investment strategy as well as better manage the assets we own […]
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8th August 2024 / 9th August 2024 by davidbowden
Hastings Green Party wholeheartedly condemns the organised racist and Islamophobic acts of violence that we have seen in towns and cities across the country over the past week. Our town was named on a far-right target list: a threat designed to intimidate and cause terror within our local communities of colour, Muslims, refugees and migrants, […]
Southern Water
25th July 2024 / 25th July 2024 by davidbowden
One of the first actions of new Green Council Leader Julia Hilton on her election in May was to call Southern Water to council to face questions on their performance. Yesterday evening CEO Lawrence Godsen and three other senior representatives attended a meeting with the public and councillors for the first time. Julia said, “As […]
Council
Here are some highlights from last night’s full council: HOUSING We’ve approved Phase 2 of the council’s Housing Programme which will provide around 134 new council-owned homes to help our residents most in need. This includes: This programme will not only significantly reduce our temporary accommodation costs, but all these homes will have to meet […]
23rd May 2024 / 23rd May 2024 by davidbowden
Hastings can be a place where residents are proud of their town and feel safe, valued and heard; where housing is available, affordable and energy efficient, and people can live healthy fulfilling lives.
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9th May 2024 / 10th May 2024 by juliahilton
Southern Water will be offering local businesses more than the company’s standard level of compensation for the massive disruption, in particular those who rely on the May Day weekend for a huge portion of their income. The Southern Water team should be thanked for their hard work on the ground to resolve this emergency but […]
Hastings Observer Articles Local Elections
9th May 2024 / 9th May 2024 by juliahilton
At last week’s local elections, Hastings residents gave the local Green Party eight new councillors, bringing the total to twelve. We feel honoured by your trust and energised by the responsibility that entails. Throughout the campaign you told us you’d had enough of bickering between parties, disliked all negative campaigning and wanted us to work […]
Hastings Observer Articles
2nd March 2024 / 5th April 2024 by juliahilton
This has been a devastating week for some Hastings residents, who have had to leave their homes due to landslides in both Old Roar Gill and Caves Road. On Wednesday evening Deputy Leader Glenn Haffenden and I, along with other councillors and senior officers, met with residents who have been affected by the landslip at […]
