Q: Why doesn’t the mechanical sweeper clean the traffic islands any more, also the gullies and pavements are never swept down Sea Road. (07/01/2019)
A: The high volume of traffic on many of our roads, coupled with necessary strict health and safety regulations, makes the cleansing of traffic islands and roundabouts difficult to complete within normal working hours. Our street cleansing contractor Kier is restricted…
Read More »Q: Please can you let me know the schedule for providing EV Charging points in public car parks in Bexhill? At the moment there are no charging points in the town at all! The Council needs to go green on this…
A: We are currently working with neighbouring authorities including Hastings, Eastbourne and Wealden to develop a co-ordinated approach to electric vehicle charging points including carrying out soft market testing with suppliers. We are also looking at options for drawing down funding…
Read More »Q: Why can’t the garden waste collections be added to the pamphlet for refuse and recycling collections? As we are paying extra for the garden waste service, wouldn’t it be a good idea to let people know when the collection day…
A: Thank you for your query regarding including garden waste collection dates in the pamphlet for refuse and recycling. We have looked into the feasibility of including this information previously but due to the complexity of adding the additional dates, which…
Read More »Q: Why have charges been introduced at the ‘tip’. Surely this will result in an increase in fly tipping? (15/12/2018)
A: Reductions in Government funding has meant East Sussex County Council (ESCC) has had to cut £17m from its budget this year, affecting council services throughout the county including the Household Waste Recycling Sites (HWRS). ESCC carried out a review of…
Read More »Q: Who was responsible for the disaster that is the “Colonnade Restaurant” and where is the money coming from to pay for the losses? (15/12/2018)
A: A report went to Cabinet seeking approval to run in house with a view to selling on the lease. A further report then went to Cabinet seeking to lease out the Colonnade. There will be a further report to the Council’s Overview and Scrutiny…
Read More »Q: I am wondering why, when parking charges were suspended on 8th December, the meters in Bexhill were all still taking money? Why were they not covered or turned off? Of three meters in the De La Warr car park, two…
A: Thank you for your query regarding the concessionary Christmas parking dates in the run up to Christmas. Every year, Rother District Council liaises with the Chamber of Commerce in Bexhill, Battle, and Rye, and allocates three days of their choosing…
Read More »Q: I have been asked by the Sidley & Albert Road Surgery Patient Participation Group (PPG) to contact you to register the Groups concerns over the seemingly lack of Medical Centre Facilities in any of the housing developments taking place within…
A: Thank you for your query. The Hastings and Rother Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), which is a GP led membership organisation responsible for commissioning the majority of health services for local people, is consulted on all major planning applications (schemes of…
Read More »Q: Re. litter control – I met a friend in Wembley High St a few days ago, he was smoking and dropped the cigarette end onto the payment, he was stopped by a Brent Council official who had photographed the offence,…
A: Rother Officers do have the ability to issue fixed penalty notices for littering but our Officers are more likely to simply advise people not to litter. Unlike some Councils, who employ private enforcement companies, we do not target people who…
Read More »Q: I telephoned the council and chose the appropriate option. I wanted to speak to someone in planning. I could not get through to anyone at all. I was hanging on the line for at least 10 minutes but to no…
A: We are really sorry for the extended wait time you experienced whilst calling us. Our average time to answer is usually between 2 to 3 minutes however there will be times where peaks in call volumes exceed the number of…
Read More »Q: Dear Cllr Maynard, as Leader of the council, why are you allowing the town to deteriorate so much? More and more litter is appearing on the streets, I still find dog excrement on many of the pavements and there are…
A: As an authority we do take problems of littering and dog fouling seriously and we respond to all reports received. If there are problems in particular roads please e-mail customer.services@rother.gov.uk with the details and photos, if possible. We can then instruct our…
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