News Articles

New Mayfield Community and Health Centre moves into construction phase

Publish Date: 26 March 2026

As part of the re-development, the existing community hall in Mayfield will be demolished to make way for the construction of the new facilities. The project will include a modern community centre comprising a hall, community hub, office space and flexible meeting rooms, and a health centre incorporating four GP consulting rooms, three treatment rooms,...

Local Plan consultation extended

Publish Date: 24 March 2026

We are aware that a very small number of users have trouble accessing parts of our website, and particularly the consultation portal for the draft ‘Focused’ Wealden Local Plan. We can confirm that this issue has now been rectified and those users will now be able to access these pages. However, we have taken the...

Are you registered to vote in the East Sussex County Council elections this May?

Publish Date: 24 March 2026

The deadline to register to vote is midnight on Monday 20 April. Voters can apply online. It takes just five minutes. Once registered, voters have a range of options to vote – in person, by post or by appointing someone they trust to vote on their behalf, known as a proxy vote - The deadline...

Contractor appointed to re-open Birling Gap for Bank Holiday

Publish Date: 20 March 2026

Wealden District Council, which manages the foreshore on behalf of The Crown Estate and is the owner of the staircase, have today announced that works to make the platform and steps safe will commence mid-April and be completed by 2 May 2026, in time for the early Bank Holiday weekend. The steps have been out...

Eligible residents able to seek free health checks in Wealden

Publish Date: 20 March 2026

Following the success of the previous roadshow’s, One You East Sussex will again be using its community outreach campervan, COLIN, to provide pre-bookable NHS health check appointments and free health advice in Wealden. NHS health checks must be booked in advance. Spaces are limited and unlikely to be available on the day. To make an...