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The Employ º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø Jobs Fair is back, offering residents the chance to find out more about vacancies. The free event is open to all ages and takes place in º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø Library on Wednesday 16 March from 10am until 3pm. Come along and meet with a wide range of local employers from various industries including retail,…

The panel for º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø Question Time 2022 has been announced. The free event, which gives residents an opportunity to ask questions about topics important to them, takes place from 7-9pm on Wednesday 9 March at º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø College in the town centre. º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø Question Time takes the form of an independently-chaired…

A joint statement from the Leader of the Council Peter Lamb for º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø, Leader of the Opposition Cllr Duncan Crow and Deputy Mayor of º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø, Councillor Morgan Flack.  

A grant from º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø Borough Council has helped create an innovative photography exhibition at º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø Museum. Capturing Lockdown 2020 brings both professional and community captured images of the first lockdown to the museum, on the High Street. Back in the early days of the first lockdown, Linda Woodard, a…

With Ofgem’s announcement of a rise in the energy price cap from April 2022, º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø residents are being encouraged to check if they are eligible to receive help to lower energy bills under the Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery scheme. Under the scheme, which is delivered by Warmworks on behalf of º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø…

º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø Borough Council wants to hear your views on introducing a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO), which would prohibit dog-related anti-social behaviour in Tilgate Park. The council intends to introduce the PSPO under Section 67 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, prohibiting dog…

º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø Borough Council has extended a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) prohibiting the anti-social use of vehicles.  The PSPO was introduced in 2019 because businesses and residents had been affected by vehicles gathering in large groups and drivers engaging in anti-social use of vehicles, particularly…

º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø Borough Council is urging residents to sign up for Direct Debit to receive their £150 payment towards their energy bills as quickly as possible. Last week the government announced that a payment of £150 will be made in April to Council Tax paying residents in properties in bands A to D to help with…

A man who unlawfully felled two protected trees in Ifield was fined a total of £7,881 at º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø Magistrates’ Court on Thursday (3 February). Damian Sawyer was prosecuted by º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø Borough Council and pleaded guilty to felling a cherry tree and a yew tree contrary to a tree protection order. In 2015, Mr Sawyer…

º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø Borough Councillors will be asked to agree an additional discretionary £150 Council Tax discount for vulnerable working age residents at the Full Council meeting on 23 February. Last year, the government provided councils with Council Tax Hardship Funding, which was intended to give each working age…