Manor field School children are now safer following the installation of long awaited bollards. The introduction of bollards are part of new measures which will hopefully led to a safer route to school, not only for them, but all users of the footpaths. The traffic […]

The next meeting of the County Local Committee is to be held 7pm on Tuesday 11 June 2013 at Albourne Village Hall, The Street, Albourne, Hassocks, BN6 9DJ. Decisions affecting Burgess Hill East Division will be taken at the meeting, in particular the appointment and re-appointment of School Governors in the area. Please click on […]

Work starts 22nd June PUBLIC NOTICE Leylands Road Work starts 6th JunePUBLIC NOTICE Valebridge Drive During the harsh winter a lot of damage was done to our local roads. I promised whilst still your County Councillor to do my best to get as many roads fixed as possible. Some were damaged more than others and it […]

The recent bad weather is having a major impact on the state of our roads in Burgess Hill, as it is across the whole of West Sussex. This means there will be a rush of road repairs which will need dealing with urgently. Cllr Sue Knight has asked for the ‘Pot Hole’ hotline number to […]

Fight back against the piles of yellow pages directories deposited on your doorstep, whether you require them or not, 28 million paper copies are circulated nationally every year, when the same information can be found on the internet. There is a little publicised opt out of receiving the Yellow Pages – call Yell’s recycling helpline […]

New housing sites can often occur when larger gardens or other small sites are redeveloped, these “windfall” housing sites provide several hundred new houses a year, yet our Conservative District Council has failed to ensure developers of these sites pay any contribution to local infrastructure. Normally new housing developments are required to contribute towards the […]

Despite earlier supporting all party moves to update the Town Council’s Environmental Charter, Conservatives on the Town Council recently voted down their own proposals for reform, refusing to respond to calls for a working party to continue to discuss the issue, and instead voted to retain the current policy. Whilst the Council itself has fairly […]

Local Liberal Democrat County Councillor Colin Wilsdon welcomed the announcement of the go ahead for a South Downs National Park after a long campaign in favour of the move that will protect this significant local landscape and promote tourism in the area.  This was despite opposition from local Conservatives who continue to call it the […]

Food packaging generates the bulk of our everyday rubbish yet a recent survey revealed 40% of supermarket packaging is difficult to recycle. Packaging makes the product look bigger and for goods such as meat or vegetables often dictates the portion size, so we may buy more than we need. Whilst the report says the weight […]