Category Archives: Transport and Environment

Major improvement scheme scaled back for festivities

SHOPPERS searching for the perfect Christmas presents will be given room to roam as work to transform Eastbourne town centre is scaled back.

As the festivities get into full swing, fencing will is being reduced and machinery moved to reveal more of the new paving laid as part of the major scheme to revitalise the centre. Continue reading

Appeal against unauthorised waste ban dismissed

A LANDOWNER has lost his appeal against an enforcement notice banning him from using his Ringmer farm to store and process old windows and doors.

East Sussex County Council had ordered the owner of Upper Lodge Farm to stop importing, storing and processing waste UPVC windows and doors – a practice it did not have planning permission to carry out. Continue reading

High Street restrictions will help ease congestion

CONGESTION-busting measures are set to be introduced along Lewes High Street following a review of parking across the district.

A ban on parking on pavements and loading and unloading during peak times, are among 32 changes being introduced in and around Lewes in response to concerns raised by residents, businesses, and other road users. Continue reading