Battle Road FAQs

The internal structure is being propped and the internal walls are being demolished.  

The demolition work is aiming for completion in spring 2022. 

The council worked closely with the owners to remedy the dangerous structure but without action taken by the owners, the council was compelled to enforce the notices issued to the owners, who failed to make the necessary remedial work.

In total the budget to complete the works has been set at £525,000.  The increase in costs was due to unexpected additional safety works that could not have been anticipated.

The council is reviewing the legal options for the recovery of the costs for this work.

Battle Road has been reduced to one lane, one way travelling north since East Sussex County Council highways installed a safety wall alongside the dangerous structure on Battle Road. This makes sure that no one is in danger from the structure and the works.

he council has worked closely with East Sussex County Council Highways to investigate alternative traffic diversions and the response was that any alternative road restriction would have an even more negative effect on traffic flow and would increase traffic.

No, work will be carried out between 8am and 5pm Monday to Friday and is not weather dependant

No. Work will pause on 23 December and resume on 4 January.

The demolition company are using equipment that keeps both noise and dust to a minimum and should not cause any high levels noise or dust.