Mid Sussex District Council’s Scrutiny Committee for Planning gave the go ahead for the revised Plan to proceed to the next stage. This will be when the Full Council on March 18th is asked to endorse the revised Plan. I was substituted onto the Committee by the Lib Dem team of Councillors as I had […]

Image of the front cover of the, now defunct, MSDC  Draft District Paln At the recent meeting on 14th October, of MSDC’s Planning & Economic Scrutiny Committee, the revised Draft District Plan was approved to proceed for public consultation between November and January 2015. Dates are to be finalised along with a number of other key supporting […]

Manor field School children 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 control measures were the result of extensive consultation with highways professionals […]

Residents were notified some weeks ago by West Sussex County Council of resurfacing work to be carried out on 6th June 2013, in Valebridge Drive, Chichester Way and Charlwood Road. The 6th has come and gone and work has not started. I have made enquiries about what has happen and asked why the work has […]

The Burgess Hill Post Office in Church Walk is to be one of the branches being converted to a new style post office as part of a major countrywide investment. This means Burgess Hill Post Office will close for refurbishment on Saturday 15 June at 12.30pm and re-open on Wednesday 03 July at 09:00am. When re-opened customers will enjoy longer […]

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, including St Andrews Ward, will be taken at the meeting, in particular the appointment and re-appointment of School Governors in the […]

Please click on the links to see the full details of the West Sussex County Council Tempory Road Closures. My wife Sue Knight and I worked to get these urgent repairs onto the priority list prior to the County Council elections in May. The good news is the dates for the repairs have been finalised, although […]

This is your opportunity to make your comments and views on the plan known before they go for examination by the planning inspector. This plan will be used to judge all planning applications, small and large up to 2031. If accepted by the planning inspector it will see Burgess Hill grow by over 4000 homes […]

I hope this information helps when planning your last weekend before Christmas Graham SERVICE UPDATE Latest update from southernrailway.com   Friday, 17th December 2010                     With snow and ice expected across London and the South East this weekend, we wanted to advise you on how to […]

Last week see the earliest heavy snowfall and resulting disruption for a generation. In marked contrast to the justifiable complaints and long term disorganisation of last winter, all our local councils seemed to get it right this time. Gritting was undertaken early and in the high priority areas where it was needed. Last winter Lib Dem […]