Chapmans galore - Cemetery update

New Stories

• Chapman, Alfred James - Fish Buyer of Hastings

• Chapman, Charles & Family - St Leonards’ Dairy Dynasty

• Chapman, Charles, wife & daughter - Builder, and one of the founders of Mount Pleasant Church

• Chapman, Henry - builder of Old Humphrey Avenue, Letting Agent, Landlord and The Hughenden Hall opened at 97 All Saints Street

• Chapman, Peter & Family - Solicitor; born and practised in Barbados

The Next Scheduled Cemetery Walks are

At 2PM on the 19th May & 7th July 2019

To arrange a Cemetery Walk
email Anne Scott

Works to Stade Family Amusement Park approved!

Controversial proposals to extend an amusement park on Hastings seafront have been approved by town planners.  The proposals for a range of works were granted planning permission by HBC’s planning committee at a meeting on Wednesday (March 6).

The approved works include adding an extra floor to the main park building, creating a new boathouse and jetty at the boating lake and extending the park’s boundaries by reducing the width of a footpath between the A259 and the beach.
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Before making a decision, the committee heard how the application was a duplicate of a previous item, which had been deferred due to concerns its description did not make it clear to a casual reader that replacing the footpath would extend the park’s boundaries.  This could have left the council’s decision open to a judicial review, councillors were told at a meeting in October.

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Petitioners were represented at the meeting by local resident Anne Scott, who voiced fears about the potential loss of open public space.

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Objectors had also raised concerns about the restructuring of the footpath, with some raising concerns about the path being gated off and closed to the public.

However a spokesman for the developer said this would not be the case and that access would remain ‘unobstructed’. The developer’s spokesman, architect Bernard Baker, also suggested the inclusion of a condition to preserve the visibility along the path by keeping plants under control in an attempt to allay objectors’ concerns . 

Following a short debate the proposals were granted planning permission with an additional condition relating to visibility of the footpath.

Read more at: https://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/news/politics/works-to-hastings-amusement-park-finally-approved-1-8839280

Harold Place Toilets

Town Centre Restaurant/Retail development available via a pre let

Location

The site is situated on the pedestrianised area of Hastings town centre at the intersection of Queens Road, Wellington Place and Harold Place. Nearby occupiers include Caffé Nero, Costa Coffee, Jempsons and other local and national traders.

Key Points

• Ideal Restaurant location - ideal underground toilets (extant) & community park
• Close to town centre and Seafront - with a view, coming from the station
• Guide Rent £50,000pa
• Potential for other uses/designs - see above
• 3 Storey accommodation possible stpp - simply, No!
• Available as a rental option only