The draft service plan for West Sussex County Council’s Fire and Rescue Service is out for public consultation until 8th October 2010.  See  http://www2.westsussex.gov.uk/CustomerInsight/FRS_consultation.pdf for a summary of the proposals.  What they term their “Fire Redesign Improvement Proposals” involves the reconfiguration of fire services based on ensuring a consistent level of risk based response across […]

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 […]

Burgess Hill Town Council has agreed a draft town plan which outlines strategic priorities for the town, with the aim of promoting a positive future for Burgess Hill based on acceptance of some new housing but only on the basis of planned infrastructure development that will benefit all residents of the town. See the separate […]

Mid Sussex District Council seems intent on imposing the bulk of the housing required under the government’s housing targets onto Burgess Hill without consultation or discussion with the Town Council – 3,800 or 82% of the identified houses are being proposed to be built to the north and north west of the town. This relates […]

Local people have been stunned by the news that the Tories running Mid Sussex District Council, have given the Chief Executive a massive £16,000 pay hike. The news came as the council announced a potential budget shortfall of £1.4m for next year and suggested that they may have to start laying off staff. Serena Tierney, […]

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 […]

Did you know that you can now view WSCC meetings on line? The County Council’s recorded webcasts of its meetings will be available to access for three months from the meeting date. They are fully indexed to give you direct access to specific agenda items. To access the webcasts you will need: a media player […]