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Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Council has extended a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) prohibiting the anti-social use of vehicles.  The PSPO was introduced in 2019 because businesses and residents had been affected by vehicles gathering in large groups and drivers engaging in anti-social use of vehicles, particularly…

Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Council is urging residents to sign up for Direct Debit to receive their £150 payment towards their energy bills as quickly as possible. Last week the government announced that a payment of £150 will be made in April to Council Tax paying residents in properties in bands A to D to help with…

A man who unlawfully felled two protected trees in Ifield was fined a total of £7,881 at Â鶹´«Ã½ Magistrates’ Court on Thursday (3 February). Damian Sawyer was prosecuted by Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Council and pleaded guilty to felling a cherry tree and a yew tree contrary to a tree protection order. In 2015, Mr Sawyer…

Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Councillors will be asked to agree an additional discretionary £150 Council Tax discount for vulnerable working age residents at the Full Council meeting on 23 February. Last year, the government provided councils with Council Tax Hardship Funding, which was intended to give each working age…

A rundown property which had become hazardous and a magnet for anti-social behaviour has been closed by Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Council and Sussex Police. The privately rented house in West Green had no heating or hot water. It was the subject of an Emergency Prohibition Order under the Housing Act 2004 on 20 January due…

The new Â鶹´«Ã½ Innovation Centre has been given the green light and is set to bring a much-needed economic, innovation and technological boost to Â鶹´«Ã½. The Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) Board has approved (subject to contract) £8.4 million funding ear-marked from the government’s “Getting…

A case of avian influenza (bird flu) has been confirmed by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) after a swan died at the Millpond in January. The swan died from a variant that is of a low risk of transmission to humans.   Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Council is working with DEFRA to put safety…

Residents can now save time, money and paper by signing up for electronic billing from Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Council. Receiving your bills via email is faster and saves on printing and postage costs. It also reduces the use of paper and envelopes. You can register for eBilling for several council services, including…

Â鶹´«Ã½ has made a bid to host a leg of the Commonwealth Games’ Queen’s Baton Relay in July. The relay is currently on its 294-day, 72 nation and territory, 90,000-mile journey through Commonwealth countries around the globe. It began on 7 October 2021 when The Queen placed her Message to the Commonwealth inside…

Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Council’s proposed 2022/23 budget is set to be debated by the Cabinet on Wednesday 2 February, with a recommendation made to Full Council on 23 February. Despite challenging financial conditions, the budget is balanced, protects frontline services, sees continuing investment in the town, delivers…