Politics

Proposals to amend a major housing development near Hailsham have been given the go ahead by Wealden Planners

Southern rail services have improved but ‘there’s a long way to go’, according to a group of MPs.

Wealden council leaders have given their backing to calls for the council to declare a climate emergency. 

Campaigners have called on Lewes District Council to rethink proposals to build a new health hub in Seaford.

Lewes District Council has laid out plans to reach carbon neutrality after becoming the latest council to declare a climate emergency. 

Revised plans for a major development at a former Seaford school site have been submitted.

A cross-party alliance has taken control of Lewes District Council after voting out its Conservative-led cabinet.

Amended proposals for a major housing development near Hailsham are to go before Wealden planners next week.

Two schemes for a combined 620 new Hailsham homes are set to be discussed by district councillors next week.

A new footbridge at Newhaven’s Tide Mills over the railway line has been unanimously approved by the South Downs National Park Authority this week.

Residents are being invited to view plans to redevelop Newhaven Marina this week.

A proposal to extend mobile coverage to hard-to-reach areas has been welcomed by MP Maria Caulfield.

Polegate’s library is set to reopen and be run by volunteers if plans are signed off next week.

Few fires shock the world.

Increased funding from Government is needed to protect vital council services, a report has warned.

A decision on a new footbridge at Newhaven’s Tide Mills over the railway line is set to be made next week.

Lewes council leaders have given the go ahead for a wide range of measures intended to reduce the authority’s impact on climate change. 

Residents are to be asked for their views on the next step of the Lewes local plan including revisions to key policies. 

Cllr Liz Boorman says in her letter (June 14) that the issues regarding moving GPs’ surgeries to an out-of-town ‘health hub’ are ‘being addressed’, but the potential damage to the viability of Seaford’s town centre is not, and cannot be simply wished away.