Closure of the colonnade shops
Dear Editor,
I think it is disgraceful the way Rother Council treats business owners, and local residents.
You may recall that a few years ago a similar thing occurred, when the very successful and popular Cafe On The Beach, which provided music on a Sunday afternoon in the summer months and other shops were all given notice for ‘essential maintenance work’ to be carried out.
They were never given the choice to reopen again they had to reapply, but were unsuccessful.
I just stopped going down to the beach.
June Harland
‘Change your decision’
Dear Editor,
Yet again, Rother Council have shown lack of respect /loyalty to any tenants running small businesses in Bexhill.
Who of the council put forward not to renew the leases of the small businesses in the colonnade after the repairs etc are completed during the winter of 25/26 should be ashamed of themselves.
Surely, morally, the existing tenants should be given first opportunity to renew their leases after the difficult times during the past 3/4years for small businesses have had to face.
Heaven forbid if anyone suggests something doesn’t seem right with this decision.
Come on Rother councillors, do the decent thing, put these small businesses first and change your decision
Steve Horsey
Railside rubbish
In your April edition, a letter from Kathryn Cole mentioned the state of the Railway embankments at Terminus Road.
I reported the overgrown vegetation and the fly-tipping/rubbish on the 22/08/24 and received a reply with a number ending 000323.
The vegetation was cleared back from the fence line, but not the rubbish/ fly tipping.
I re-reported this 11-1-25 and received a response to say all the rubbish had been removed and this had been confirmed in writing by the contractor.
I stated that I walk past the site everyday and this is not the case.
Network Rail promised to send some to site in the next three weeks to double check. Almost 3 months later, the rubbish is still there and I have heard no more.
Network Rail claims to take community relations very seriously, the state of the lineside around Bexhill would suggest otherwise.
David Arnold.
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Parking disputes
Dear Editor,
I spend most of my day in my van delivering goods to shops around Bexhill and surrounding towns in East Sussex.
Out of all of the towns I deliver to, Bexhill is the worst for parking issues, and I almost dread delivering to the town.
The issue we have is that blue badge holders park in the loading bays and on double yellow lines, whilst if I have to park in a disabled bay, because the loading bays are full of blue badge holders, I get abuse shouted at me.
It’s the same if I have to park on double yellows to make my deliveries to nearby shops, people take photos with their phones and shout things. So, where are the boundaries?
Whilst the Iceland delivery truck is allowed to stop on the zigzags on the crossing in Devonshire Road (which is an instant 3 points and £100 fine for you and I), a blind eye is turned for these drivers, whilst I spend all my day ducking and diving from the parking enforcement officers, and phone weilding vigilantes.
I totally understand blue badge holders need to have separate parking, of course I do, but they must also understand that the loading bays are designed for those who need to deliver supplies to the local shops, in which they are shopping in!
There are plenty of disabled bays available throughout the town centre, (which can be full of non-blue badge holders), so how do we resolve this?
A new loading bay was recently made in Devonshire Road, but guess what, I can’t normally park there either because of its misuse.
I don’t know the answer, but hopefully our friendly parking warden will see this and understand that a van with its hazard lights on, which might not be parked where it should be, is making essential deliveries and a bit of discretion can be made.
Iain Rogers.
