County Councillor Sue Knight has won a minor victory for residents living near Folders Lane. Please click on the link for the full story. Sue – working for you!

Burgess Hill is to get its own Food Bank to support the most needy families in the area. The Food Bank is being organised and run by part of the ‘Churches Together Organisation’ and is being set up with generous      donations from diverse organisations and a grant from the County Local Committee, the councillors’ arm […]

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 […]

An informal public consultation held in  2010 has said ‘No’ to Controlled Parking Zones being a part of the Burgess Hill street scene. This follows a huge response across Burgess Hill. Over 55% respondents were against the principal of a Residents’ Parking Scheme. Burgess Hill County Cllr Sue Knight, said:  “This was a very difficult […]

On Tuesday 30th November the Planning application for the new Special Needs School on the Oakmeeds Campus was approved unanimously by West Sussex County Council’s Planning Committee. During the debate, councillors from all political party’s expressed their concerns over traffic and agreed to support my special request that the Chair of the Committee write to the […]

Burgess Hill Lib Dems would like to extend their best wishes to the ’soon to be married’ Royal Couple. Friday April 29th 2011 will be a public holiday and many will want to celebrate the Royal Wedding with neighbours and friends. This link will help all who feel their neighbourhood may want to arrange a street […]

With the first gritters of the winter out on our roads Mid Sussex residents are being encouraged to prepare for whatever severe weather this winter might bring. The Government has published a ‘snow code’ to act as guidance for dealing with snow and ice and Mid Sussex District Council is encouraging all residents to read […]

Would you like to see more buses and fewer cars on the road? Could more be done to promote walking and cycling? How can traffic congestion levels be reduced at key junctions in our towns?   West Sussex County Council is renewing its transport plan for the area which brings the opportunity to respond to […]

At next Friday’s County Council meeting, Liberal Democrat Group Leader Morwen Millson will call on the Cabinet Member for Finance and Resources to consider taking action to make West Sussex a Fairtrade council There are over 450 Fairtrade Towns across the UK , including many in West Sussex . The Fairtrade Foundation works with businesses, […]

  Dear Resident, You may have heard of a consultation document about proposals for the future of Mid Sussex Special Schools. Although this document is about the merger of the two current schools it also mentions the possibility of the redevelopment of a new Special School on the Oakmeeds campus. Clearly this raises a number […]