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The decision-makers who will answer residents’ questions at ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Question Time have been announced.The event – now in its 19th year – takes place from 7pm to 9pm on Wednesday 20 March in the Town Hall and gives people an opportunity to ask questions about topics important to them.ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Question Time is an…

A meeting of ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Borough Council on Wednesday evening approved the budget for 2024-25.It includes a Council Tax increase of 2.99 per cent for what is paid to the borough. This equates to a £6.76 annual increase for a band D property, just 13p per week.Rents on council-managed homes will increase by 7.7 per cent,…

The Queens Square fountains will be switched back on as part of the Spring Fun event in ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ town centre on Saturday 16 March.The event, which runs from 11.30am to 4pm, will include music and family entertainment from New Orleans-themed street band Beached Brass and Rock Choir, plus storytelling and a silent disco…

Residents will have the chance to voice their concerns and help make ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ safer at an event next month.Let’s Talk: Community Safety takes place on Thursday 7 March from 6pm to 8pm at the Town Hall.The event will feature:an engaging discussion with representatives from ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Borough Council, Sussex Police and West…

Four weeks of initial public consultation began today (Monday 19 February) on draft proposals to deliver major improvements around ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ bus station and its adjoining streets.Phase one of the Station Gateway regeneration scheme will include transformation of the public spaces on The Martlets, Haslett Avenue West and…

A motion to declare a housing emergency in ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ will go before councillors this week.The proposed declaration is due to unprecedented temporary accommodation demands facing the town.The level of demand is outstripping the supply of available units, both in terms of temporary accommodation, but also more permanent…

Twelve ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ community groups have received a total of £97,400 in grants from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF).The UKSPF aims to decrease the gap in healthy life expectancy and increaseopportunities between those in the most and least deprived areas in ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾.Funding is provided to support projects that boost…

ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Borough Council returned from the Tennis Sussex Awards at the weekend having netted a win in the Parks Venue category.Judges were impressed by the upgraded facilities offered on the nine courts at three venues across the town and the activities to encourage wider participation by people who might not otherwise…

The start of the main construction of the state-of-the-art ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Innovation Centre has been marked with a golden hammer ceremony.The £13.15 million project – at the former TUI Travel House off Fleming Way in Manor Royal – has begun in earnest and is expected to be open in October.The ceremony was attended by…

Worth Park has been awarded National Plant Collection holder status for two cultivars of yarrow plants with outstanding qualities it has bred.The park was recognised by Plant Heritage, whose principle aims are the conservation of garden plants and is the only national charity to ensure the cultivated plants grown now…