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Hastings Borough Council agree to commence compulsory purchase of the Pier!

Hastings Borough Council Cabinet unanimously agreed to proceed with the compulsory purchase of the Pier from its absent owners, Ravenclaw.  Our recent feasibility study by Leisure Development Partners and Colman Architects indicated that £8m would be required for the first phase development. Following a meeting with Nick Hurd, Minister for Civil Society on Tuesday in which [...]
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9th June 2010 – Arthur Green Awarded Grassroots Grant from Sussex Community Foundation

        We have been awarded a Grassroots grant of £3720 from Sussex Community Foundation to assist us with the running costs of Arthur Green, so we can concentrate on continuing to provide regular information and progress to residents and visitors on the Battle for Hastings Pier campaign.
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22nd April 2010 – Annual General Meeting

Hastings Pier & White Rock Trust will be hosting their AGM at White Rock Hotel from 7:00pm.  All are welcome to attend and any non-Members can become members on the night if they wish to join us.  We plan to review the achievements for 2009-10, as well provide updates on the Feasibility Study and Compulsory [...]
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25th March 2010 John Denham MP & Michael Foster MP Visit Pier & Arthur Greens

With the announcement of £200k regeneration funds for Hastings being given by the Government, Michael Foster brought John Denham, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to visit the Trust and take a walk around the pier so we could show him the planned work for Phase 1 of the renovations. Accompanied by members of the [...]
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Arthur Greens – The Pier Information Centre & Shop

We have recently taken over a seafront shop known as Arthur Greens to use as our interim Pier Information Centre and Shop.  The shop, located opposite the old Ice Rink building at 34 White Rock, was originally an 1870’s mens tailors and still contains many of the fixtures and fittings of that time.  Vacant for [...]
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Open Meeting Heralds New Era for Pier & Hastings

Download the Press Hastings’ Next Generation Open the ProceedingsRelease for this Meeting   St Helens’ Candidates    Photos Courtesy of Adam Piggott 13th December 2009 – NEW Save the Pier Video The Battle for Hastings Pier Video   10th December 2009 – HPWRT Congratulate New St Helens Elected Representative Press Release 7th December 2009 – Open Meeting Heralds New Era for Pier & Hastings The Pier [...]
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6th November Quiz Night!

We had 60 people join in with our Quiz Night.  Thanks to everyone for making it such a success!  Watch this space for more news on our next Quiz Night!!
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‘Marching For The Pier’ Video Pts 1, 2 & 3

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Save Hastings Pier – The Protest March Video

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Well Done!

Well done! A fabulous turn-out to the march on 17th October – great sunshine, great atmosphere, 2,000 people with yellow & black flags telling the council to stop dithering and start the Compulsory Purchase – take the pier from the private owners who have left it to rot and hand it over the community trust [...]
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