News Articles
South east councils meet with government minister to voice concerns over Southern Water
Publish Date: 20 June 2025
The Southern Water Local Authority Stakeholder Group – set up by Wealden council – had a meeting this week with Emma Hardy, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Water and Flooding. The group includes representatives from more than 20 councils across the south east - spanning from Folkestone & Hythe to the New Forest –...
Invitation for Expressions of Interest for the Horam Hub Cuckoo Trail
Publish Date: 19 June 2025
The Cuckoo Trail is a picturesque, mainly off-road route running for eleven miles from Heathfield to Polegate. There is a three-mile extension from Polegate to Shinewater Park in Eastbourne. The Trail follows the route of a disused railway track and is now well known nationally and forms part of the National Cycle Network (Route 21)...
New £2m fund launched to help Wealden communities
Publish Date: 3 June 2025
The Community Led Infrastructure Fund – CLIF – was approved at a Full Council meeting recently. The capital fund will be backed by money collected from developers through the council’s Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) and be used to target small and medium scale projects based in Wealden communities. The money could be spent on...
Wealden towns and parishes set to receive CIL money
Publish Date: 3 June 2025
This combines with £1.2 million from the previous six-month period to make a total amount of £2.45 million for the last financial year 2024/2025. The amount of CIL received by the council and passed onto parish and town councils has been steadily increasing over the past few years. CIL is a charge that local authorities...
New long-term lease agreed for Uckfield Leisure Centre between Wealden District Council and East Sussex County Council
Publish Date: 23 May 2025
Uckfield Leisure Centre is owned by East Sussex County Council and is a dual use site providing sports facilities to Uckfield College as well as for community use. The site is leased to Wealden District Council. Freedom Leisure operate and manage the centre on behalf of Wealden District Council as well as the leisure centres...