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With Ofgem’s announcement of a rise in the energy price cap from April 2022, ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ residents are being encouraged to check if they are eligible to receive help to lower energy bills under the Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery scheme. Under the scheme, which is delivered by Warmworks on behalf of ºÚÁÏÍøվ…

ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Borough Council wants to hear your views on introducing a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO), which would prohibit dog-related anti-social behaviour in Tilgate Park. The council intends to introduce the PSPO under Section 67 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, prohibiting dog…

ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Borough Council has extended a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) prohibiting the anti-social use of vehicles.  The PSPO was introduced in 2019 because businesses and residents had been affected by vehicles gathering in large groups and drivers engaging in anti-social use of vehicles, particularly…

ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Borough Council is urging residents to sign up for Direct Debit to receive their £150 payment towards their energy bills as quickly as possible. Last week the government announced that a payment of £150 will be made in April to Council Tax paying residents in properties in bands A to D to help with…

A man who unlawfully felled two protected trees in Ifield was fined a total of £7,881 at ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Magistrates’ Court on Thursday (3 February). Damian Sawyer was prosecuted by ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Borough Council and pleaded guilty to felling a cherry tree and a yew tree contrary to a tree protection order. In 2015, Mr Sawyer…

ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Borough Councillors will be asked to agree an additional discretionary £150 Council Tax discount for vulnerable working age residents at the Full Council meeting on 23 February. Last year, the government provided councils with Council Tax Hardship Funding, which was intended to give each working age…

A rundown property which had become hazardous and a magnet for anti-social behaviour has been closed by ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Borough Council and Sussex Police. The privately rented house in West Green had no heating or hot water. It was the subject of an Emergency Prohibition Order under the Housing Act 2004 on 20 January due…

The new ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Innovation Centre has been given the green light and is set to bring a much-needed economic, innovation and technological boost to ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾. The Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) Board has approved (subject to contract) £8.4 million funding ear-marked from the government’s “Getting…

A case of avian influenza (bird flu) has been confirmed by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) after a swan died at the Millpond in January. The swan died from a variant that is of a low risk of transmission to humans.   ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Borough Council is working with DEFRA to put safety…

Residents can now save time, money and paper by signing up for electronic billing from ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Borough Council. Receiving your bills via email is faster and saves on printing and postage costs. It also reduces the use of paper and envelopes. You can register for eBilling for several council services, including…