The work has started...

Archeologists from Chris Butler Archeological Services have been on site this week.   Two test pits were dug and bits and bobs have been sent away for analysis.

Paul Humm of Chris Butler Archeological Services 

Caroline Russell, Paul Humm and Andrew Bradshaw spent 2 days digging through rubble and years of building refuse - the resulting holes are 1m wide x 2m long  x 1.2m deep .

Nothing of note was found and the underlying clay has been exposed,

Caspar Johnson and Andrew Bradshaw

Caspar Johnson, East Sussex County Archeologist joined Caroline, Paul and Andrew on site on Thursday.









It's amazing how much soil and spoil can be shifted by 3 hard-working experts.

Every good project starts with a big hole!

Planning Permission has been granted

It's the news we've been waiting for - Rother District Council have granted Planning Permission and Listed Building Consent for Lion Street

Thank you for all the support - from individuals and businesses alike

We can now push ahead with the development - we'll keep you posted here and Facebook and Twitter

Click here to see the Planning Consent on Rother's website

Click here for The Rye Observer coverage of the story

Fantastic News

The Fletcher/Kino cinema project takes another step forward as we hear from East Sussex County Council about a grant of £100,000 - yes...One Hundred Thousand pounds!

Read the full story in The Rye Observer here

Fantastic news this week as Rye Town Council take a further look at the plans and says "Yes" with an increased majority over last time.

Click here to go to the full article in the Rye Observer

Rye Town Council meets again on 4th January

At the Rye Town Council meeting on 2nd January, there was a majority in favour of supporting the planning applications and Rye Town Council will be meeting again on 4th February to look at some of the details of the cinema project.

Please go to the "Support for the Cinema" tab to contact the relevant authorities showing how much you would like a cinema in the Lion Street complex.

Happy New Year

The pink Planning Notices are up on the Lion Street site and tonight we will be presenting our plans to Rye Town Council.

In the meantime if you haven't registered your support for the idea to bring a permanent cinema back to Rye and to give a sustainable future to a much loved building, then please follow the link below to add your comments to the Planning Application at Rother.

Please do it for each of the links as one of them is a Planning Application and the other a Planning Application for a Listed Building.


Planning Application

Planning Application for Listed Building

Just in case these links don't open the application numbers are RR/2012/2397/P and RR/2012/2395/L

The plans for Lion Street are submitted to Rother District Council

As soon as the application appears on Rother's website, we'll put a link here so that you can view it easily.

In the meantime...here's one of the fantastic architectural sections prepared by Derek Rankin and Rob Pollard of Jonathan Dunn Architects