LDC and Liberal Democrates screw up Newhaven

[mona]

All people are trying to do is make a living and make the best of their town, yet the local council look to be doing their upmost to hinder that - however Sainsbury's only seem to have to click their fingers to get planning permission for an extension.

Smacks of the stadium situation where the universities can bung up as many buildings as they like but all we get is opposition.

 

[Monkey Man]

Hmm. Agree it's depressing what's happened to Newhaven but the town has been gradually strangled for years and it's not just in the past decade or so while LDC has been Lib Dem. The town has just been abandoned by everybody. Take a look back at some Victorian images of the town ... it was lovely. I'm afraid the decay is the work of industry, politicians of all colours and central government. Do you really think any district council would have tried to stop the expansion of JS at Denton Corner? Of course you could make a stand but you are guaranteed to lose on appeal, costing local tax payers a lot of money.

I didn't even realise Newhaven had a central shopping area until a couple of years ago. I avoid it because it's utterly horrible, and there are lots of people I could blame for that. And that includes, I'm afraid, some of the residents who don't create what we might call a "welcoming" atmosphere...

 

[Porky]

When is the next election for LDC?

 

[dougdeep]

I grew up in Newhaven, it went downhill when they shut off the High Street.

 

[Jim in the West]

When is the next election for LDC?

Not til May 2007. But by then the Judicial Review will have been concluded in our favour and LDC will have been presented with a legal bill of over £100,000 (possibly as much as £200,000 if we're lucky). The really unfair bit will be that Lord Bracknell will probably end up with a hefty hike in his council tax to pay for it....

 

[Muhammed - I’m hard - Bruce Lee]

I grew up in Newhaven, it went downhill when they shut off the High Street.

agreed


people just drive round it now

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Do you really think any district council would have tried to stop the expansion of JS at Denton Corner? Of course you could make a stand but you are guaranteed to lose on appeal, costing local tax payers a lot of money.

Make a stand..........appeal........cost local taxpayers a lot of money?

Nah, they'd never do that.

 

[adrian29uk]

Here is the article from the sussex express