Pebsham Countryside Park project – consultation

We asked for your comments about the development of Pebsham Countryside Park. A series of workshops and exhibitions were held in autumn 2005 and we invited you return a questionnaire telling us your views, ideas and aspirations. The final deadline for comments was 22 March 2006.

The consultation and design reports are now available to download, below.

Consultation results

Your comments have been fed into into the Development Strategy and Business Plan for the park. These documents have been approved by the park steering group and Rother District Council and are awaiting approval from the two other Authorities involved in the project.

Some initial improvments have been made to access arrangements, including path resurfacing and extra signposts. A leaflet was circulated during summer 2007 to the community, letting people know about access and how to enjoy the wildlife of the area.

Workshops and exhibitions

We held a series of workshops with invited community representatives, from residents to business people, interest groups, councillors and young people. Notes from each workshop are published below.

Exhibitions were held in Hastings, Bexhill and Crowhurst to provide more information about the project and to get your opinions.

Further information

More information about the Pebsham Countryside Park project, including initial reactions to the exhibitions and summaries of the questionnaire responses are available in the press releases.

To find out more about the project, please contact Peter Mead on 01424 451385 or email pmead@hastings.gov.uk.

Note: The Pebsham Countryside Park Project is a joint project between Hastings Borough Council, East Sussex County Council and Rother District Council. The early stages of the project are part-funded by the INTERREG fund of the European Union.

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Pebsham Countryside Park - final consultation report (178k)
Our findings, following the consultation.
A Response to the Consultation and Direction for the Park - pg 1-7 (810k)
A copy of Nigel Marshall's (Principal Lansdscape Architect) presentation from the community feedback meeting on 27 February 2006, at Bexhill college.
A Response to the Consultation and Direction for the Park - pg 8-14 (749k)
A copy of Nigel Marshall's (Principal Lansdscape Architect) presentation from the community feedback meeting on 27 February 2006, at Bexhill college.
Pebsham Countryside Park - What did you tell us? (963k)
A copy of the presentation showing a summary of the consultation responses, presented at the community feedback meeting on 27 February 2006, at Bexhill college.
Notes from the community feedback meeting - 27 February 2006 (196k)
Workshops - notes from the young people's group workshop 7 December 2005 (558k)
Workshops - notes from the interest group workshop 15 November 2005 (198k)
Workshops - notes from the community workshop 20 October 2005 (206k)
Workshops - notes from the landowners meeting 20 October 2005 (113k)
Workshops - opening presentation on ideas from other parks (339k)