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���߲����� Borough Council joins the nation in mourning the death of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. The Union flag outside the Town Hall has been lowered to half-mast and marks the start of the period of national mourning. , A book of condolence is available to sign in the Town Hall foyer from 10am until 4pm on…

���߲����� Borough Council, on behalf of 10 local authorities, has successfully bid for money to support its work in responding to Gatwick Airport’s proposal to bring its northern runway into routine use. The council has secured £90,000 funding from the government’s Innovation and Capacity Fund to appoint a range of…

���߲����� Borough Council has launched a consultation on Goffs Park to shape how it manages and invests in the park in the future.  Starting today (Thursday 1 September), the four-week consultation aims to better understand what residents, visitors and stakeholders love about the park and their aspirations for…

���߲����� Borough Council has pioneered a strategy to retrofit water saving devices into its existing housing stock in order to unblock two new affordable housing schemes that are required to be “water neutral”.   In an initial pilot, 100 existing council properties have been retrofitted with a flow-regulating…

Eight critically-endangered Baer's pochards have been successfully bred at Tilgate Nature Centre.  The Baer’s pochard is one of the rarest ducks in the world, with less than 1,000 birds in their wild range across northern and central China, and fewer than 300 birds in zoos across Europe.  Loss of…

A Langley Green man has been fined a total of £600 after rubbish he collected was dumped near to where he lived. Abdul Rehman, 47, of Lark Rise, collected waste that was discovered fly-tipped at communal garages in Martyrs Avenue. The contents of the fly-tip led ���߲����� Borough Council to uncover where the…

���߲����� Borough Council welcomed ���߲����� Homes tenants and leaseholders from across the town to its first Estates Day. The event took place across ���߲����� with two main activity hubs in Bewbush and Broadfield and eight other smaller satellite hubs in Northgate, West Green, Ifield, Gossops Green, Southgate, Furnace…

As the dry, hot summer continues, ���߲����� Borough Council is reminding visitors to its parks that barbecues are not allowed. Thousands of people flock to our beautiful parks and gardens every week so the council is reiterating the ‘no BBQ’ message to protect its green spaces, woodlands and wildlife. The recent…

���߲����� Borough Council has organised a litter pick and two guided walks during Love Parks Week 2022, a Keep Britain Tidy campaign which runs until Friday 5 August. The litter pick took place on Monday (1 August) in Goffs Park. Councillor Chris Mullins, Cabinet member for Wellbeing, was joined by Councillor Michael…

New moves to protect the town’s major employment areas from inappropriately-located housing have been made by ���߲����� Borough Council, following Government changes to permitted development rights. Currently, office, light industrial and warehouse premises cannot be converted to housing without planning permission…