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Residents hold ‘amicable’ meeting about 'over-the-top' flats plan

Residents hold ‘amicable’ meeting about 'over-the-top' flats plan

* Chair of the residents’ association explains how the controversial plan for a seven-storey block could be amended * Details of online meeting with developer * Residents seek compromises to retirement apartments scheme Sheltering on the east side of Martello Tower 66 from a howling southwesterly, Frances Lawrence and Caroline Lynam are philosophical

Council leader objects to Sovereign Harbour scheme

Council leader objects to Sovereign Harbour scheme

The leader of Eastbourne Borough Council is among hundreds of objectors to a plan to build 137 retirement apartments next to the beach at Sovereign Harbour. Coun Stephen Holt wrote in his objection to his own council's planning department that the development, which would be four metres higher

Residents left stranded for weeks by broken lift at flats

Residents left stranded for weeks by broken lift at flats

UPDATED 16 January 2024 with comment from FirstPort The lift in an Eastbourne block of flats which stopped working before Christmas, forcing elderly and disabled residents to walk up and down as many as 90 stairs, has finally been repaired. Three weeks after residents reported the problem at Penshurst House

Council agrees five-year lease for Fort Fun

Council agrees five-year lease for Fort Fun

* Indoor soft play area to be refurbished under five-year lease at seafront site * Defiant Sports no longer allowed by council to use site * An environmental scheme in partnership with the Eden Project is still the long-term aim The long-derelict Fort Fun site on Eastbourne seafront is scheduled to partially re-open

Energy project could bring 50,000 solar panels to Eastbourne Levels

Energy project could bring 50,000 solar panels to Eastbourne Levels

Part of the Eastbourne Levels could be covered in 50,000 solar panels if planning permission is approved for a renewable energy project in a multi-million pound deal, a public meeting heard. The land, owned by the Duke of Devonshire, covers an 80-acre site currently used for livestock grazing. The

Could Eastbourne have more 20mph speed limits?

Could Eastbourne have more 20mph speed limits?

Campaigners for a 20mph limit in residential areas have dismissed claims by East Sussex County Council that it would require “significant and costly traffic management measures” to put in place. The introduction of 20mph speed limit areas in Eastbourne still seems a distant prospect, despite widespread support from political parties,

Visions of greener transport in Eastbourne

Visions of greener transport in Eastbourne

Car-free, elegant public spaces in the town centre, frequent buses, and safe cycling for families and commuters was the vision presented at a sustainable transport summit in Eastbourne. There was consensus that the current situation could not continue: car dependency, daily traffic jams, gridlocked roundabouts, unreliable buses, driving speeds which