On 4 Aug 2016 at 9:40am Mavis wrote:
Looks like there is going to be a shop under the Premier Inn opening very soon. Fascia mostly complete now. Carrots or Chandeliers ???
On 4 Aug 2016 at 9:56am landporter wrote:
I saw the hotel's "Premier Inn" signs have gone up but the one that faces the ambulance station is hidden behind a huge tree!!!!!!!
On 4 Aug 2016 at 10:48am Hannah wrote:
It is a cafe rouge!
On 4 Aug 2016 at 1:04pm emmjaycee wrote:
it is AQUA, another Italian restaurant,
And I am not sure if they have permission for the external lighting, contrary to conservation area guidelines, see the planning application.
Check it out here »
On 4 Aug 2016 at 2:36pm JMMM wrote:
Glad it's hidden behind a tree. It means there is only one offensive sign visible!
On 4 Aug 2016 at 5:01pm Fisch wrote:
Aqua opening 26th of October 'at the old Courthouse' according to the website:
Check it out here »
On 4 Aug 2016 at 5:21pm und Chippen wrote:
I shall still go to the chippy.
On 4 Aug 2016 at 6:38pm SHS wrote:
Lewes badly needs more cafes, coffee shops and restaurants. And hairdressers. I have great trouble spending all the money I earn and using up all my spare time.
On 4 Aug 2016 at 9:03pm Sadly... wrote:
@emmjaycee
Unfortunately, some witless functionary at SDNP rubber-stamped a change to the application for planning permission and Premier Inn snuck in outdoor lighting. In a conservation area. They wasted no time and installed it before a review could be instituted. Would like to know the name of the jobsworth who f**ked this one up...
On 4 Aug 2016 at 9:52pm Mavis wrote:
Ooh Outdoor lighting ! I like it !! They must have known the street lights will be out by bed time !!
On 5 Aug 2016 at 8:06am Sadly... wrote:
Sorry, @Mavis. I wasn't clear. Outdoor lighting as in signage. The big, bright 'Premier Inn' signs. Is that the kind of outdoor lighting you appear to be so snarky/excited about?
On 5 Aug 2016 at 8:30am southstreeter wrote:
@Sadly .. I don't think Mavis mentioned outside lighting did she ? I think she was curious as to what the new shop would be .
On 5 Aug 2016 at 1:37pm Eros wrote:
Let's have it like Picadilly Circus.
On 5 Aug 2016 at 1:39pm Ed Can Do wrote:
Given there are no houses opposite the Premier Inn and it's hardly the prettiest bit of Lewes what with all the unrelenting brickwork of the NHS building and the Inn itself, is it really the end of the world if there's a lit up sign there? There are still plenty of secluded, dark alleys round that part of town to hang out in if that's what floats your boat.
On 5 Aug 2016 at 1:46pm Loitering wrote:
I prefer Pipe Passage.
On 5 Aug 2016 at 1:51pm KS wrote:
Not other Italian no more of those please, or Thai. Or endless chains.
On 6 Aug 2016 at 10:21am Moebius Strip wrote:
Endless chains are good.
On 6 Aug 2016 at 6:59pm Sadly... wrote:
@southstreeter—there are two @Mavis posts, the OP and a second one just above my one in response to it. We're all clear now, right? So—no illuminated signs in a Conservation area does not apply to Premiere Inn if they grease the right palms at SDNP. Lovely.
On 8 Aug 2016 at 11:33am emmjaycee wrote:
SDNPA have confirmed today that AQUA don't have permission to put up external lighting, yet they have gone ahead and done it.. why bother with planning, just do what you like and ignore all the rules.
On 8 Aug 2016 at 11:29pm Local wrote:
The conservation rules surrounding internally-lit signage are the biggest bunch of nonsense in the whole sector. There is nothing wrong with Premier Inns solution. Far more offensive are the hideous bike racks outside Santander, and the terrible cheap street furniture / lighting that the local authority imposes on the town. One rule for the governed, and another for the governing.
On 8 Aug 2016 at 11:49pm Quid pro quo wrote:
If Premier Inn or Aqua want lit signs let them have them on the condition they fund some decent Christmas lights for the town.
On 26 Oct 2017 at 4:00pm Paul Duckett/IDM wrote:
Don't think about it. Last visit my lady tried to order five mains in turn, each one off for "no ingredients". Lost my rag, so barred, lady too. Drinks astronomical!