Town-centre projects, funding bids and the local economy.
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“The total cost for the Hastings Town Deal is an investment package of over £100 million, comprising an approved £24.4 million government grant and over £85 million in match funding from other sources.”
Quoted from the council’s own words; checked against the paper Mon 12 Oct 2026. The paper may be superseded by a later one, so follow the link for the full context.
By when must the Town Deal funding be spent?
“The disposal does not generate a direct receipt but is essential to allow progression of the Town Deal project. Town Deal funding must be spent before March 2028, and delays could impact the programme.”
“Reasons: 1. To enable progress of the Towns Fund Hastings Castle project with funds to be spent by March 2028 – particularly the redevelopment of West Hill Cafe.”
Quoted from the council’s own words; checked against the paper Mon 12 Oct 2026. The paper may be superseded by a later one, so follow the link for the full context.
Who holds this brief
The cabinet posts whose own titles name “Regeneration”, “Economy”, “Shaping Places”.
Deputy Leader of the Council, Shaping Places, Regeneration and Community Wealth Building Portfolio Holder
Hastings Borough Council · Julia Hilton (Green Party) · the post's title names “Shaping Places”
Deputy Leader of the Council and Lead Member for Economy
East Sussex County Council · Pete Morley (Reform UK) · the post's title names “Economy”
How this page is made: a document appears here when its title
or text contains one of these words: “regeneration”, “town centre”, “levelling up”, “economic growth”, “economic development”, “tourism”, “high street funds”, “business support”, “employment land”, “town deal”, “business rates”, “procurement”, “inward investment”. We match whole words and
ignore case. A matching word doesn't mean the document is mainly about this
topic, so each entry shows the word that matched and links to the council's
own document.
Committee report · agenda item 4 · Charity Committee · Mon 21 Sep 2026 · matched “Tourism” in the document text
…and 434 earlier entries. The full record is searchable and in the datasets.
Contract notices on this subject
The same keyword rule, matched against what public bodies are buying. 0 are still open to bid. Awarded isn't the same as spent, and each notice's own page explains how to respond.