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Major improvements to tennis courts in Maidenbower, Southgate and West Green are almost complete and residents can now sign up for cut-price memberships. The nine courts – four in West Green Park, three in Maidenbower Park and two in Southgate Park – have been refurbished with new surfaces, nets, posts and fencing…

º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø Borough Council has successfully bid for £6.8m from the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund to improve the energy efficiency of council homes. The money will help pay for 408 of the least energy efficient homes in º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø to have loft insulation, cavity wall insulation, external wall insulation and…

The new Town Hall has been officially opened by councillors past and present. Members from the past 30 years gathered at the new Town Hall, on The Boulevard, on Tuesday (21 March) for a small ceremony. Mayor of º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø, Councillor Jilly Hart, cut a ribbon to officially open the building, which provides civic and…

Phase one of º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø’s first District Heat Network (DHN) has been completed. The DHN, which is owned by º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø Borough Council and operated by Pinnacle Power, comprises a flue, energy centre with combined heat and power (CHP) plant and a control room on the Town Hall redevelopment site. It supplies heat and hot…

Eighteen not-for-profit organisations have been awarded new grants totalling more than £250,000 from º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø Borough Council. A range of community grants have been awarded for new and existing activity that will benefit º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø residents and visitors. These grants include £67,919 for º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø Open House Resource…

An art exhibition and immersive theatre performance will be the first events of the town centre Cultural Quarter pop-up programme. The programme will support local artists and aims to increase footfall, test out and unlock new spaces including vacant and underused locations and deliver activities for a vibrant town…

º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø Borough Council has changed its Tenancy Policy to provide more long-term security to tenants. The council’s Cabinet agreed to phase out flexible tenancies at its meeting on Wednesday (8 March). Flexible tenancies are secure tenancies offered for a fixed term. Since April 2013 the council has offered five…

Major plans to improve the area around Three Bridges Station were approved by º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø Borough Council’s Planning Committee on Tuesday (7 March). The council, working with Govia Thameslink Railway, Network Rail and West Sussex County Council, will redevelop the station forecourt, create a new entrance to the station…

A resident has been fined £153 plus costs after pleading guilty to littering and failing to supply details to Community Wardens. Everton Miller, of Broadfield, º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø, pleaded guilty by post to two offences under the Environmental Protection Act 1990. The first offence was for littering, where he dropped chewing…

º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø Wellbeing’s new mobile unit is revving up to support the health and wellbeing of people who live and work in the town. º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø Wellbeing, based at K2 º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø, offers a free, friendly and impartial service to support people to make positive improvements to their physical and emotional health and wellbeing. …