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A town centre car park has become the fourth purchase for Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Council in its bid to generate alternative sources of income to support its services to the public. Kingsgate Car Park, on Queensway opposite the Memorial Gardens, is a 10-level car park with 496 spaces. It is currently let to National Car…

Â鶹´«Ã½ Question Time is back for another year, giving residents an opportunity to ask questions about topics important to them. The annual event takes place from 7-9pm on Thursday 12 March at Â鶹´«Ã½ College in the town centre. Â鶹´«Ã½ Question Time takes the form of an independently-chaired general debate and…

The wet winter means that this year’s grass cutting season will start later than planned. Between September and mid-February, Â鶹´«Ã½ saw more than 530mm of rain – more than 36 per cent above the average – which means that the grass verges are very wet and would be churned up by mowing equipment. Conditions will be…

A housing development currently under construction in Northgate is set to be named after a Royal Marine from Â鶹´«Ã½. Royal Marine Scott Summers, tragically died after sustaining serious injuries in a road traffic accident, aged just 23, while on tour in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Located on Woolborough Road…

Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Council’s Community Wardens have successfully retained their Sussex Police accreditation.  The Community Warden Team was granted accreditation status again in December 2019 by the Chief Constable of Sussex Police, Giles York. This lasts for three years. Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Council’s wardens have…

Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Council has uncovered 132 cases of incorrect claims of Single Person Discount, resulting in more than £75,000 of extra Council Tax being collected. Single Person Discount (SPD) is claimed when there is only a single adult who is liable for Council Tax at a property. The council’s Fraud and…

The Employ Â鶹´«Ã½ jobs fair is back for its third year, offering residents the chance to find out more about local vacancies.  The event is open to all ages and takes place in Â鶹´«Ã½ Library from 10am until 3pm on Thursday 5 March. Come along and meet with a wide range of local employers from various…

Updated information and answers to frequently asked questions about the Three Bridges Station improvement scheme proposals have been put online in advance of Wednesday’s Full Council meeting. The Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Council, Govia Thameslink Railway, Network Rail and West Sussex County Council scheme proposes to…

Exhilarating free and new pop-up performances from some of the UK’s most innovative outdoor companies will take place in Queens Square as part of this year’s Brighton Festival. A Weekend Without Walls comes to Â鶹´«Ã½ on Saturday 9 May from 12 noon-6.30pm. Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Council’s exciting new partnership means…

Â鶹´«Ã½ Borough Council is consulting on its proposal to safeguard four areas from having employment buildings converted into unplanned housing. The safeguarding, known as ‘non-immediate Article 4 Directions’, would remove permitted development rights (known as prior approval) that allow the conversion of office,…