News Articles
Merry Christmas to residents from Wealden District Council
Publish Date: 19 December 2024
Leader of the council and Alliance for Wealden (Green Party) councillor Rachel Millward and chief executive Trevor Scott have also highlighted the work and achievements of the authority over the last 12 months. Councillor Millward says: “We could almost tell the Christmas story through council departments: the homelessness prevention team, the refugee support, even our...
Wealden District Council’s Budget consultation goes live
Publish Date: 18 December 2024
The consultation is now live and closes on 10 January 2025. The results will be reviewed before the council sets a budget in February 2025. The consultation is open to residents, businesses and organisations within the Wealden district and will be used, alongside other evidence, to inform next year’s budget proposals. The information from this...
Wealden council leaders hit out at plans to reshape local government
Publish Date: 18 December 2024
The White Paper on English Devolution – published by Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner this week - says the government will be writing to all areas with two-tier local authorities, including those in East Sussex to invite proposals for unitary local government. The white paper also says that district councils will disappear into new “strategic...
Wealden concerned about implications of new national planning policy framework.
Publish Date: 13 December 2024
Whilst Wealden District Council welcomes changes to the national planning policy framework (NPPF) to support climate change mitigation and adaptation it is concerned that the top-down housing target for the district has increased yet again. In 2013, based on the constraints in the Wealden district, a planning inspector agreed that the right level of new...
Wealden Cabinet changes
Publish Date: 12 December 2024
The new line up was revealed by the leader and deputy leader of the council – Councillor Rachel Millward (Green, Hartfield), and Councillor James Partridge (Liberal Democrat, Crowborough North) at Wednesday’s meeting of the committee. It follows the Alliance for Wealden welcoming two new members – Councillor Daniel Manvell (Labour, Uckfield North) and Councillor Ben...