District councillors continue legal battle to remove Talland Parade scaffolding

Councillors at Lewes District Council believe ‘the end is in sight’ for the scaffolding that has scarred Talland Parade in Seaford for so long.

As part of a complex legal process and on the advice of a barrister who is a specialist is this type of dispute, the council is now preparing to take the owners of Talland Parade to the High Court for common law public nuisance and to seek a final injunction that would result in a court order requiring the scaffolding to be removed without delay. 

The council has exhausted every other possible legal avenue in their determination to rid Seaford of the scaffolding, but every attempt to date has been blocked by ‘legislative loopholes’ and ‘hollow promises’.

It is considered that given the unreasonable duration of the development works at Talland Parade and the adverse impact on Seaford residents and others, that the council now has a good case.

Councillor Stephen Gauntlett, Cabinet Member for Planning, said: “We have never stopped working with our solicitors and a specialist barrister to find a way through the courts to remove this eyesore and while nothing is guaranteed, I now have hope that the end is in sight."