News Articles

Wealden awarded Home Upgrade Grant funding

Publish Date: 23 March 2023

The council was allocated the money - £1,873,710 - through Phase 2 of the government’s Home Upgrade Grant to be delivered from April 2023 until March 2025. The Home Upgrade Grant will provide energy efficiency upgrades and low carbon heating via local authority funding, to households in Wealden that are on low income; off the...

District, town and parish council elections to take place on Thursday 4 May

Publish Date: 21 March 2023

On Monday 20 March, the Notice of Election for all 45 seats on the council was published alongside the Notice of Election for seats on the district’s four town and 35 parish councils. Nomination papers for those wishing to stand for election are now available from the council’s Electoral Services team. The deadline for nominations...

Wealden closes the gender pay gap by circa 10%

Publish Date: 17 March 2023

The gender pay gap is an equality measure that shows the difference in average earnings between women and men. The council’s Gender Pay Gap Report shows that in March 2021, the median pay gap was 21.9%, the following year it reduced to 15.5% and in this current year, reduced even further to 12.5%. Men and women working...

Grant funding given to Wealden Citizens Advice

Publish Date: 17 March 2023

The grant will support the Wealden-based charity, which provides free, confidential, independent, and impartial advice and campaign on issues affecting people's lives - money, housing or employment problems. There has been an increase in demand to its services during the economic downturn and the grant will help to give more support where needed. In the past...

Planning application submitted for small Wealden business park

Publish Date: 17 March 2023

Wealden District Council has submitted the application for a 1.8 acre site in Farningham Road, Crowborough. Up to 100 jobs look set to be created as the project, which could see general industrial, storage and distribution, light industrial and office units, progresses. The current project programme indicates a construction start date in late 2023 and...