News Articles
New waste depot and solar farm plans move forward for Hailsham
Publish Date: 22 July 2025
Knights Farm West, located to the north of Hailsham, was bought by Wealden District Council in 2020 because of its potential for employment use. The current depot at Amberstone, built in the 1960s, is now at full capacity with no room to expand and increasing pressure from population growth and new services like food waste...
Wealden District Council welcomes transformative £39 billion government funding towards social housing
Publish Date: 22 July 2025
The move was announced from the Chancellor’s Spending Review, which took place last month outlined government’s spending plans for the next few years. The funding allocated aligns directly with key recommendations from the Secure the Future of Council Housing campaign, a coalition of 112 councils including Wealden District Council, to save council housing. The National Housing...
Wealden councillors support Rights to Rivers to help river protection
Publish Date: 22 July 2025
The motion - proposed by Councillor Rachel Millward and seconded by Councillor Paul Coleshill - asked Wealden councillors to agree to support the idea of giving rivers a set of basic rights under the law, including the right to flow and the right to be free of pollution, and to support community action for all...
Bold step taken to reduce climate change in Wealden
Publish Date: 21 July 2025
A new Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan, adopted by Full Council this month, reaffirms the council’s commitment to becoming a carbon neutral district and embedding climate action across all areas of council activity. The strategy and action plan sets out in detail what the council can do in its own operations and housing, what...
Chair of Wealden council supports Alzheimer’s Research UK as chosen charity
Publish Date: 21 July 2025
Councillor Blake-Coggins chose to support the charity to raise awareness and also to raise money through a variety of community fundraising events and activity throughout the year. Dementia affects almost one million people in the UK, and it’s estimated that 28,381 are living with dementia here in Sussex. Tragically, not one of them will survive....