How about some action on Talland Parade?

We have written to the leader of Lewes District Council encouraging the council to take action on Talland Parade. 

Dear Zoe,

As Seaford councillors, we have heard many times how fed up people are with the Talland Parade site. Over a decade of boarded-up shopfronts, scaffolding, and broken promises has done real damage to our town. Seaford deserves better and we are writing to encourage you to take any steps you can to get the site finally cleared up.
We welcome the recent engagement with council officers and the Government to take the site forward. We write, after our MP James MacCleary and county Councillor Carolyn Lambert, along with a representative from Lewes District Council whom James invited, met with the government. At this meeting, they discussed the option of using new compulsory purchase order powers introduced by the current government to take the site off the owners and into the hands of the council.

We are writing to ask for your commitment as Leader of the Council to ensure all action necessary is taken to clear up the site. We propose that: Talland Parade will be included in the Local Plan as a priority site, that Cabinet approves necessary steps to put a case together to purchase the site and, that the Council commits to delivering truly affordable social homes on the site.

We don’t run the Council—but we represent the community most affected by this ongoing saga. Our job is to raise Seaford’s voice and encourage action in our town from the councils. We’re ready to work with you to make progress, but we’ll also keep pushing to ensure this key site in the centre of the largest town in the district doesn’t drift off the agenda.

Yours sincerely,

Cllr Lesley Boniface (Seaford West)
Cllr Christina Bristow (Seaford West)
Cllr Christine Brett (Seaford South)
Cllr Stephen Gauntlett (Seaford Central)
Cllr Freddie Hoareau (Seaford Central)
Cllr Olivia Honeyman (Seaford South)
Cllr Carolyn Lambert (Seaford South County Councillor)