Consultation

Consultation helps us to stay in touch with what our and residents and customers need and want. This is especially important when we need to make difficult decisions that affect the people of ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾.

When you take part in a consultation you help us to make good, informed decisions and provide the best service to the town.

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We are proposing to implement a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) to tackle anti-social behaviour and nuisance within the council’s town centre multi-storey car parks (Exchange Road Car Park, Kingsgate Car Park and Orchard Street Car Park). It will prohibit any activity in the car parks that is not connected to…

Closed 30 November 2023


We have a duty to divide the borough into polling districts and to designate suitable polling places within each district. The Electoral Administration Act 2013 introduced a requirement to review these arrangements every five years. The last full review was in 2019.  This review is designed to see if the…

Closed 05 November 2023


We are consulting Ifield residents who are local to Deerswood Court, as well as the adjacent land users, including the current users of the Deerswood Court garages. The proposal is to build up to 18, one and two-bed new ‘modular’ houses on the site to help address ºÚÁÏÍøվ’s chronic social housing need. The housing…

Closed 27 October 2023


We are working with the Energy Saving Trust to understand what the hackney carriage (taxi) and private hire trade across West Sussex think about electric vehicles, and what barriers you face in switching to them. The survey will take less than 10 minutes to complete and will help to inform future licensing policies,…

Closed 07 July 2023


We are proposing to extend the Alcohol Consumption Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) for a further three years under Section 60 (2) Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 when it expires in October this year. This PSPO prohibits the consumption of alcohol in a public place where it is associated…

Closed 07 June 2023


Wakehams Green Play Area has become increasingly difficult to maintain, several items are now approaching a condition where an update is required. The plan is to install a high-quality play space for the Pound Hill community; bringing the play area up to modern standards and restoring the full-service life. Share…

Closed 30 May 2023


Our Local Plan has identified required infrastructure needs for the town through its accompanying Infrastructure Delivery Schedule. The flexibility within the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL), regulations regarding the Neighbourhood Improvement Strand (NIS) would allow us to utilise some of the NIS funding…

Closed 30 December 2022


We are looking to transform the Millpond site into a high-quality unsupervised play area, expanding the provision and restoring it to a sustainable condition. We continue to work with Inspire Castle Group on an agreement to use the building on the site. Share your thoughts on the proposed plan by completing the…

Closed 16 December 2022


Southgate Playing Field Play Area has become increasingly difficult to maintain, several items have now either been removed and others are approaching a condition where removal is imminent. It receives regular complaints from concerned residents and is now considered one of the highest priority sites for investment. …

Closed 04 November 2022


As the Licensing Authority, we are required to publish a statement every three years, of the principles we propose to apply when exercising our functions under the Licensing Act 2005. Our current gambling licensing policy ends on 31 January 2023. These aim to: Prevent gambling being a source of crime or…

Closed 17 October 2022