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Published Final answers Cabinet Questions- 07.09.26

Committee report · Cabinet · Mon 7 Sep 2026 · Hastings Borough Council · agenda item 4

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On street cleansing, the council said the bin locations and removals raised by a resident would be passed to its Waste Team for review. p6p15

On the draft Local Plan, the council said the Breadsell site is included as an area of development potential rather than a site allocation, pending hydrological monitoring to understand its impact on the nearby Marline Valley Woods SSSI. p122

The council said no new Tree Preservation Orders have been made in the last two years, and that no trees have yet been planted under its current tree-planting programme. p96p100

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  • p62. Eleanor Barnes Please, please install more public bins around St Leonard's. At least half a dozen have been removed in the last year .. which is contrary to needs of the residents, businesses, people (and dogs). There is a Thank you for contacting us and for taking the time to share your feedback about street cleansing and waste services in St Leonards.
  • p15The locations you have identified for additional bins, and areas where bins have been removed, will be passed to our Waste Team for review.
  • p96In relation to Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs), no new Tree Preservation Orders have been formally made during the last two years. The Council continues to assess
  • p100As no planting has yet taken place under the current programme, the number of trees planted using this budget is currently zero. Further information on the programme and planting outcomes will be available as the work progresses.
  • p122Development at this location will only be acceptable following an agreed programme of hydrological monitoring to understand impact on the SSSI. Until this monitoring is completed and the results of this work are available, we will not be able to establish whether this is a suitable location for development. For this reason, the location is presented as an Area of Development Potential and not a site allocation. Potential housing numbers are not included within the council's housing land supply figures or housing target.

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