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
