SPOTLIGHT: Why does the Winter Garden still look so tatty?
LONG delayed work on the dilapidated exterior of the Winter Garden will finally go ahead next year, according to Eastbourne Borough Council. Refurbishment of the landmark building, near the theatres and art gallery in the Devonshire Quarter (DQ), has fallen victim to the impact of Covid on local government finances, the council says. A revised […]
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SPOTLIGHT: Plea to cut housing targets
A council leader has pledged to lobby the Government to change national planning policy after approval was given to build 700 new homes on farmland near the South Downs despite huge local opposition. Last week, planning permission was granted for the controversial scheme at Mornings Mill Farm in Lower Willingdon, against Wealden District Council’s wishes. […]
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SPOTLIGHT: Appeal for 700 homes at Mornings Mill Farm allowed
Planning permission has been granted for a controversial scheme of 700 homes at Mornings Mill Farm in Lower Willingdon – and Wealden District Council will bear the cost of the three-day appeal hearing. A Government planning inspector has upheld an appeal by the landowners Peter and Robert Vine against a decision by Wealden District Council […]
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SPOTLIGHT: Appeal hearing over homes plan
In-depth report on three-day Mornings Mill Farm inquiry FEELINGS ran high at the Mornings Mill Farm appeal hearing into a planned development of 700 homes on farmland in Willingdon, near the South Downs, which ended this week. Eastbourne MP Caroline Ansell made an impassioned plea that the proposal at Mornings Mill Farm should be rejected […]
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SPOTLIGHT: The ancient farmland which may disappear under 700 homes
John Pritchett pauses beneath the avenue of centuries-old oaks at Mornings Mill Farm with panoramic views of the South Downs towards Butts Brow. He looks up into the tree canopy and thinks back to when he worked the farm in Lower Willingdon. “I used to walk down this path after work in summer and there […]
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