Lewes District Council is inviting residents to have their say on waste and recycling in the area. The online survey aims to find out how satisfied residents were with the service they received over the last 12 months. The questionnaire only takes a few minutes to complete and will help the council to understand if the service could be improved in the future. Although anonymous, there is an opportunity to join the council’s mailing list. Councillor Isabelle Linington, Cabinet Member for Environment, said: “We want to make the service the best it can be. We’re always looking for ways to improve and hope this survey will help us.” The survey will be online until 5pm on Friday 28 June and can be found here

Please see below for a link to the most recent newsletter from our Parish link with Aberdeen in Sierra Leone.

Newsletter 59

Following an uncontested election (with fewer candidates than available seats), Wivelsfield Parish Council warmly welcomes six returning Councillors for the new four-year Council term.

The results of the uncontested election may be seen here.

Three seats remain unfilled and the Council would be pleased to hear from local residents who are keen to get involved and would like to be considered for co-option.

Please see the newsletter below for information about the Parish link with Aberdeen, near Freetown, in Sierra Leone.

Newsletter 57

NEWSLETTER 57 - January 2019

Wivelsfield Parish Council would like to wish all residents a very happy Christmas.

Please note that the Parish Council office will be closed across the festive period, re-opening on Friday 4th January.

The next Parish Council meeting will take place on Monday 7th January 2019, at 8pm in the Church Hall, Church Lane, Wivelsfield.

Compass Travel is making changes to local bus services, which will affect routes  serving Wivelsfield Green.  Please see the attached document for further information.

Changes to Compass Bus Services from Jan 2019

 

We’d like to know your views on our core offer to East Sussex and the public services it would include. The part the county council can play is likely to reduce over the coming years and it’s important to know how residents of East Sussex see the future.

We’re under intense financial pressure because our funding from central Government is falling even though demand for our services is rising. We’ve already made savings of £129 million this decade – money we could have used to care for 5,790 vulnerable adults or to fix 2.5 million potholes.

But we still face a further funding gap of up to £46 million in the next three years and by law we can only spend the money we have. We will have to step back from some of the services that have traditionally been provided.

To help manage this pressure, we think the best approach is to set out what we call a ‘core offer’ for our county and the 540,000 people who live here. This core offer is designed to provide a decent if basic level of service which we think is the least people should be able to expect from us. It enables us to fulfil our legal duties and invest in the county’s economy. It also signals our ambition to be transparent and efficient in everything we do and to work in partnership with the communities we serve.

We believe the core offer represents the best we can provide with the resources we currently have and puts them where they will have the greatest positive impact for the people who need us most. Please do take some time to read the core offer before taking the online survey.

For more information and to access the survey (which runs until 26 December 2018), please go to https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/yourcouncil/about/keydocuments/coreoffer/

 

Sussex Police have started the biggest intake of new police officers for over a decade. This has been made possible by the increase in police precept of an average £12 for a band D property, and the PCC releasing £17 million from reserves. It means that over the next four years, Sussex will have 200 more police officers on the front line than it does today.

Although residents are pleased to hear that local policing will be strengthened by these 200 extra officers, they are already indicating that they would like even more. That is why the PCC has opened a survey on her website to gauge potential support for raising more funding locally if the Government lifts the current cap on the police precept.

Please take a moment to make your views known on this link: https://www.snapsurveys.com/wh/s.asp?k=154038317338

We know that some people are understandably reluctant to click on links in E-mails. If you prefer, you can visit the PCC’s website www.sussex-pcc.gov.uk where you can also find the short survey in the Transparency section.
You can find out more about funding for Sussex Police 2018-22 here:
https://www.sussex-pcc.gov.uk/about/transparency/sussex-police-funding-2018-22/

Temporary road closure

U5992 Slugwash Lane, Wivelsfield

From the West Sussex County Council boundary for a distance of 700 metres southwards From the 26^th November 2018.   The works are anticipated to take twelve days to complete, to allow Hire-A-Lite Ltd on behalf of BT to install duct and cable.

Diversion via:-

U5992 Slugwash Lane – C6 Green Road – B2112 Ditchling Road – Fox Hill (West Sussex County Council) – Rocky Lane (WSCC) -Lewes Road (WSCC), in both directions.

Please find a map attached.