News Articles

Birling Gap to re-open a week early

Publish Date: 23 April 2026

The beauty spot at the south of the district has been out of use for two months after cliff falls caused damage to the staircase, which takes visitors from the car park at Birling Gap down to the beach. Wealden District Council, which manages the foreshore on behalf of The Crown Estate and is the...

Deadline looming for postal and proxy applications ahead of election

Publish Date: 20 April 2026

A postal or proxy vote can be used if residents wanting to vote will be away from home, on holiday or their job doesn’t allow for them to be able to get to a polling station, which are open from 7am-10pm, on election day. The deadline to apply for a postal vote is 5pm 21...

Notice of East Sussex County Council election 2026

Publish Date: 30 March 2026

The official notice of election for the Wealden divisions can be viewed on our Forthcoming Elections page.

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...