More anger over Hastings development plans

Hastings & St Leonards Observer

Published on Friday 24 June 2011 16:00

THE row over developing the town’s green spaces is rumbling on with fingers now being pointed at a local housing association as well as the council,
The Observer reported last week that plots of land off Ghyllside Avenue and Parkstone Road could be auctioned off to raise money for Hastings Borough Council.............................

Hastings Castle lottery bid is in ruins - Hastings & St Leonards Observer

A MULTI-million pound bid to revamp Hastings’s historic castle has been kiboshed by the Lottery.......................

The HLF recognised the castle’s historic importance, but was unimpressed by the details of the plans - which the council has been working on for almost a decade.
Carole Souter, chief executive of HLF, told the Observer: “Hastings Castle is a much-loved and hugely significant local landmark and we applaud the council’s aspirations to renovate and open up the site.
“However, we had concerns about the viability of the project and due to the competitive nature of this round of funding were unable to support it.”................
http://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/news/local-news/hastings_castle_lottery_bid_is_in_ruins_1_2741581

1066 & all that - Hastings Castle at risk. See it now!

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