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Free workshops to strengthen Wealden’s high street businesses and town centres
Publish Date: 5 November 2026
Building on the success of a previous High Street Support programme delivered earlier this year, the new initiative; Stronger High Streets, aims to support and protect town centre businesses by helping them overcome the challenges they face. Developed in response to feedback from local businesses, the programme will offer a series of free workshops covering...
Alliance for Wealden retains one-seat majority on Wealden District Council
Publish Date: 3 November 2026
The Labour councillors have today announced that they will be withdrawing from the Alliance, ending local power-sharing arrangements with the Green Party. The Alliance will be made up of 12 Liberal Democrat councillors, 10 Green Party councillors and one independent councillor, holding 23 of the council’s 45 seats. The Alliance has accepted the Labour councillors’...
Thirteen towns and parishes in Wealden to receive funding from developments
Publish Date: 30 October 2026
CIL is a charge that many local authorities in England impose on new developments to pay for improvements to infrastructure in an area which has experienced a new development. The town and parish councils in Wealden set to receive a share of the money are Forest Row, Hellingly, Laughton, Framfield, Rotherfield, Wadhurst, Uckfield, Buxted, Heathfield...
Wealden Crematorium earns another prestigious award
Publish Date: 28 October 2026
The crematorium achieved a 94 per cent score from the Greener Globe Funeral Standard, the UK body that assesses environmental and sustainable practices across the funeral sector. Platinum is the highest status available, and Wealden Crematorium is one of only five in the UK to achieve this recognition. The comprehensive audit evaluated all areas of...
Twelve affordable council homes in Buxted to be built for Wealden residents
Publish Date: 26 October 2026
Ten homes will be for affordable rent, including, five one-bedroom flats, two one-bedroom maisonettes, two two-bedroom houses and one three-bedroom house. There are also two two-bedroom houses sold through Shared Ownership – a part-buy, part-rent scheme designed to help residents get on the property ladder who cannot afford to buy a home outright. A recent...