Decision

1.As part of the
development of the West Hill café project, Cabinet delegates
authority to the Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Place or
her nominee, in consultation with the relevant cabinet portfolio
holder:

a) to undertake the due legal process to declare the existing
Castle Hill Local Wildlife Site a Local Nature Reserve under
Section 21 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act
1949.

b) to prepare and submit an Expression of Interest to the National
Lottery Heritage Fund and subsequent Development Grant Application
to support the delivery of the long-term vision for the Hastings
Castle and wider West Hill site.