The seafront is a car park. The streets belong to traffic. Neither has to stay that way.
Green Hastings argues for specific changes, in public, with the evidence shown. Two cases are open: reclaiming the Pelham seafront for people, and giving streets back to the people who walk them. Read them, disagree with them, or join in.
The cases
Case 01 · The Pelham seafront
The town's front door is a car park
Between the pier and the Old Town, at the exact point where Hastings meets its sea, sit 276 parked cars. The land under them is held by a charity founded in 1893 for the "common use benefit and enjoyment" of everyone. We think a town this good deserves a front door that isn't tarmac — and we think it can be done without shortchanging the charity, the blue-badge holder, or the trader.
Live caseRead the case →Case 02 · Street space
Streets for people, starting at the school gate
Hastings walks more than England does and owns fewer cars, yet its streets are laid out as if the opposite were true. The fastest, cheapest, most proven fix is sitting on the county council's own evaluation shelf: School Streets. Hastings helped trial them. Then every permanent scheme went somewhere else.
Live caseRead the case →The state of green Hastings
The council's net zero promise
2030
Declared 2019 · refreshed strategy agreed January 2026
Independent climate scorecard
32%
Up from 24% in 2023 · Climate Emergency UK assessment
Household recycling rate
29.5%
England 42.0% · South East 45.7% (2024/25)
Do something
Tell Alexandra Park what its next chapter should be
The Friends of Alexandra Park are running a community survey on the park's future right now, and park surveys are usually answered by a few dozen people. Five minutes of your opinions, from the sofa: take the survey (open as of 31 July 2026). Then put the Great British Beach Clean, 18–27 September, in your diary — kit and details from the Marine Conservation Society.