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The outline application from Homes England, which included the demolition and rebuilding of Oakwood FC’s ground and club house, was discussed by the planning committee on Tuesday (September 29).

The next few years will see Crawley Borough Council facing some ‘very difficult choices’ as it tries to drag itself out of the financial hole caused by Covid-19.

East Sussex County Council says it will not be looking to make any new cuts next year, as the authority begins its annual budget-setting process.

A 71-year-old climate activist from Dorking is planning to walk more than 100 miles around six Wealden drill-sites, to raise money for legal action against Surrey County Council.

Cash received by police from the sale of unclaimed lost property, and property confiscated by order of the courts has been donated to Crawley Open House.

A public consultation has opened to residents in Eastbourne today, inviting them to share their thoughts on plans to reduce waste collections in the area.

Horsham councillors have voted to continue the town’s community lottery after a successful trial year.

Hastings Town Deal Board is celebrating after the Government approved its bid for £1 million funding for four projects.

A senior councillor has declined to back calls for East Sussex County Council to become an ‘ethical care council’.

Developers who designate space for growing food in and around new buildings in Brighton and Hove are more likely to be given planning permission.

Council plans to take over the rewilding of Waterhall golf course could see the old clubhouse removed.

Lewes District Council is to give financial support to the organisation which runs its leisure centres.

Chichester councillors have added their voices to calls for the government to drop its controversial plans to change the way housing figures are calculated.

Proposals to purchase and redevelop the former UTC building in Newhaven have been given the go ahead by Lewes council leaders.

New grants to help job creation are available in Hastings and Bexhill.

Volunteers with the Arun and Chichester Citizens Advice service say a decision to stop seeing members of the public face-to-face has been made "with a heavy heart".

Chichester District Council may consider joining the county-wide electric vehicle strategy being spearheaded by West Sussex County Council.

Fly-tipping more than doubled in Brighton and Hove when household waste sites closed temporarily.

Communal bins could be rolled out to more streets in Brighton and Hove.

Neighbours and Sussex Police have voiced their opposition to plans to convert a shop into a wine bar.

Grants between £500 and £5,000 are now available to community groups and village organisations in Wealden.

Wealden District Council has urged its 3,000 council house tenants to "talk to us" if they are unable to pay their rent, or are getting into arrears.

West Sussex County Council said today (September 23) it continues to support additional refugee children amid an ongoing crisis but is in urgent need of more people to help care for them.

The owners of a lagoon dubbed ‘a potential environmental disaster waiting to happen’ could be prosecuted if they fail to clear it by May.

Hailsham Community College has been forced to close today (Wednesday), as a burst water main has left it without water.

The children’s services team at West Sussex County Council are ‘beginning to feel what good looks like’, councillors have been told.

The headmaster of West Rise Junior School in Eastbourne has written a self-help book that's due to be published in November.

Six new "sustainably-designed" waterfront industrial units are set to add to the Port of Shoreham's business property list.

The government has tasked councils with recycling at least half of all household waste

A proposal to convert the walking route in Alexandra Park into a shared pathway has been submitted to the council

Eastbourne Borough Council is asking residents to 'get out and walk' for World Car Free Day tomorrow (Tuesday).

Wealden District Council is celebrating National Recycle Week this week, now in its 17th year.

It's due to new on-street parking charges

Brighton and Hove may have to build thousands more houses under government plans to quadruple its target for new homes.

A specialist whisky shop can open a bar in the North Laine after councillors unanimously agreed planning permission.

Eastbourne's ten-day-long festival of walking begins today (September 18), as the local authority announces it's been made "Covid-Ready".

Developers, architects and community groups have eight weeks to let Arun District Council know that they would like to be part of the regeneration of Bognor Regis.

The deputy leader of Arun District Council said he thought he had  ‘entered the pantomime season a little early’ after both he and the leader were called on to step down.

Eastbourne Councillors have approved an expansion of a conservation area, which has been a protected place of special architectural and historic interest for more than three decades.

Scrutiny – or the lack of it – proved to be a major sticking point as Arun District Council took another step towards changing its governance system.

The city council could press ahead with plans to rewild Waterhall Golf Course after the company which originally wanted to do it dropped out.

Councillors have shared their views on proposals to close the walk-in health centre at Eastbourne railway station.

There's been a boost of nearly £9,000 for volunteers in Sussex who help in search and rescue operations.

A brewery’s bid to begin selling alcohol from its premises outside Crowborough has been refused by councillors.

An Eastbourne wine delivery business has been granted a licence following a hearing earlier this month. 

West Sussex County Council has estimated that its budget gap over the next four years could be between £117m and £186m.

A community centre in Eastbourne has been awarded £900 from local councillors to make the venue Covid-19 safe in line with government guidelines.

The city’s tourism sector is making a comeback in Brighton and Hove, councillors heard this week.

People living in streets where not everyone has a green council wheelie bin say that binmen have refused to take their rubbish for three weeks.

A number of benches are being removed on Friday (11) as part of ongoing work to tackle anti-social behaviour in Hastings town centre.

After the operator of three leisure centres in Adur and Worthing, Adur Community Leisure, went into insolvency during the lockdown, the District Council has pledged to do all it can to speed up the search for a new operator.

Proposals for an FA-approved football ground in Bexhill have been backed by planners in Rother District, although objections from Sport England mean a final decision has yet to be made.

Chichester’s draft Climate Emergency Detailed Action Plan will be put out to public consultation from the end of this month.

Two of the three landowners involved in the Tangmere Masterplan stand-off have agreed heads of terms to sell their land.

A public consultation is to be held into plans for a walking and cycling network in Chichester.

Proposals to purchase and redevelop the former UTC building in Newhaven are set to go before Lewes council leaders later this month. 

Rother council leaders have signed off on plans to borrow £46m as part of a deal to keep a major business in the district.