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Chichester District Council will be one of five local authorities in England taking part in a new £2.5m tree planting project.

'Please be patient if services are disrupted' - that's the message from Brighton and Hove's waste and recycling collectors.

Funding to improve two key sites in Bognor Regis has been given the nod by Arun District Council.

A senior county councillor has come under fire from opposition members after declining to call an urgent item on the impact of coronavirus on schools.

Open-ended leases on beach chalets will end after Labour and Conservative councillors joined forces to push through a rule change.

Proposals to expand a rural campsite are set to go before Lewes planners next week.

An Arun councillor has apologised after calling a fellow councillor a ‘silly woman’ during a meeting.

Plans to create an “eco-house” in the garden of Hailsham home have been refused by Wealden District Council. 

Programmes to improve safety and access to West Sussex footways, totalling approximately £64,000, have been completed.

At least one group of GP surgeries in Sussex has found its calls to patients to get coronavirus jabs are being mistaken for a scam.

The chief executive of Arun District Council is to be asked whether he will show ‘solidarity’ with staff and consider taking a pay freeze.

Crawley councillor and former mayor Raj Sharma has died.

The coronavirus rules appear to be preventing councillors from carrying out site visits before making decisions about planning applications.

Bexhill could soon be set to have its own remote-control racing track, after plans gained the backing of senior councillors.

Plans for more student flats in Lewes Road, Brighton, were approved by councillors, with a curfew on using a proposed roof terrace.

Plans which could lead to a new medical centre being built in Bexhill have gained the support of Rother council leaders.

Councillors from all parties backed calls for the government to scrap BTEC exams this year and provide extra help for Brighton and Hove schools in the covid crisis.

A councillor who criticised the ‘secrecy’ surrounding plans to improve junctions of the A27 at Chichester has been made chairman of a group set up to keep track of what is on the table.

Rules around the use of concessionary bus passes in West Sussex are to be relaxed in order to allow pensioners and vulnerable people to travel to coronavirus vaccination appointments.

The Clair Hall in Haywards Heath, controversially closed "permanently" last September by district councillors, reopened only three months later as a vaccination centre — and district councillors say they might reconsider its future, after jabs finish.

A school’s nursery class will close despite protests from parents.

Councillors have appealed for more to be done to get young people involved in climate change discussions.

Efforts are under way to make sure that Brighton and Hove City Council webcasts work properly after the public feed failed during a meeting of the full council last month.

A council facing thousands of pounds in costs after losing two planning appeals has criticised ‘confusing and conflicting’ decisions made by inspectors.

Plans to restore a Victorian bandstand in Bexhill  have been given the backing of Rother council leaders.

The deputy leader of the council has called on the government to close nurseries and offer financial support to early years providers.

A broad group of city residents, brought together by a polling company, has drawn up a vision for Brighton and Hove's future — and it includes radical proposals for travel to bring about a carbon-neutral city in just nine years.

Work to remove the government-funded temporary cycleway in Shoreham has been scheduled to start this week.

Work is continuing on plans to move the East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service (ESFRS) control centre to Surrey.

People who rent beach chalets face having to hand back their lease if they no longer live in Brighton and Hove.

In a bid to beat the winter blues, Worthing Samaritans are encouraging the community to reach out to someone they care about and connect over a virtual cuppa this winter, for Brew Monday. 

The RSPCA will continue to rehome rescue animals on a delivery basis during the ongoing lockdowns in Sussex.

Seaford Town Council is inviting bids for the tender of a 'highly sought after' mobile ice cream concession spot on Marine Parade.

New weight management and alcohol wellbeing programmes are available for residents, and people who work in Adur & Worthing, following the festive period.

‎Only 200 people responded to a consultation into Chichester District Council’s Climate Emergency Detailed Action Plan.

A proposed roof extension for a building on Hove seafront has divided opinion, with officials and dozens of neighbours opposed, while an MP and hundreds of supporters have backed the plan.

Access to the Burton family memorial in St Leonards has been closed after a landslip on the cliff face below.

Parish councillors said they were delighted after plans for 175 homes in Angmering were postponed after concerns were raised about drainage.

Plans to build 60 student flats above a supermarket in Brighton are due to go before councillors next week.

Following a recent Government announcement regarding local authority funding, West Sussex County Council’s Cabinet will consider which of its proposed savings it will take forward for the coming year.

Bexhill could soon be set to have its own remote-control racing track, if plans gain the backing of Rother council leaders next week. 

A set of huts on Hove seafront will stay shut until the government relaxes its coronavirus restrictions.

Councillors are being asked to cut a class from eight Brighton and Hove primary schools and almost halve the intake at a secondary school despite opposition from parents.

Landlords in Hastings who fail to ensure their properties are energy-efficient could soon face fines of up to £4,000. 

Chichester District Council has agreed to spend £40,000 on consultants to help get two new projects off the ground.

Eastbourne Borough Council is asking people who are facing eviction to seek help quickly to reduce the risk of becoming homeless.

Leading figures from the arts and creative industries have helped to put together a recovery plan aimed at reviving their fortunes in Brighton and Hove.

Plans to restore a Victorian bandstand in Bexhill are set to go before Rother council leaders next week.

Plans which could lead to a new medical centre being built in Bexhill are set to go before Rother council leaders next week. 

The unsightly county council buildings in Crawley will soon be a thing of the past after a Margate firm was given the contract to demolish them.

Plans for 15 flats and a coffee shop next to a Crawley level crossing have been described as ‘contrived’, ‘awkwardly located’ and ‘totally unacceptable’.

Plans to close 32 of the 43 children and family centres in West Sussex are to be discussed by a scrutiny committee in the new year.

Plans for a trio of micro parks to spruce up some of the tired corners of Manor Royal have been submitted to Crawley Borough Council.

Staff from East Sussex Wildlife Rescue & Ambulance Service (WRAS) have rescued a bird of prey which was reported as grounded by the children's playground at Isfield Rec on Tuesday (December 29).

The borough council said work is well underway at Worthing's Decoy Farm as contractors prepare the ground to transform the "long-hazardous" site into a future employment site.

Rejecting two planning applications against the advice of officers has seen Arun District Council accused of ‘unreasonable behaviour’ and facing thousands of pounds in costs.