The crowdfunding window for the Safer C7 Project closes at the beginning of July. Sue Carroll, from the Safer C7 team says “Please help us raise the balance of the money needed, so that this important community project can get underway. There have already been two accidents on the C7 since the crowd funding…
Following last summer’s problems with water quality at Piddinghoe Pond, the Newhaven and Seaford Sailing Club has been liaising with the Environment Agency on ways to control algae growth. Duncan Barrow from the club reports that the first step has been to place barley straw ‘sausages’ in the sailing lake; there are between 1.6 and…
The Returning Officer for Lewes District Council has today published the Notice of Election inviting nominations for town and parish councillors. Piddinghoe has five parish councillor positions. The deadline for nominations is Tuesday 4 April 2023. Where there are more nominations than positions, elections will be held on Thursday 4 May 2023.
After a lively discussion about the C7 Feasibility Study report at our parish council meeting on 7 March 2023, we have submitted our formal response to East Sussex County Council. Describing the report as ‘an institutional shrug of the shoulders’, I attempt to convey the anger and frustration felt in the parish at the continued…
Last year the parish council commissioned a ‘highways feasibility study’ from East Sussex County Council to explore practical options for improving road safety at the northern and southern junctions with the C7 Lewes to Newhaven road. In requesting the study we asked ESCC to take into account plans for the Egrets Way path in…
The Government has introduced a requirement for voters to show photo ID when voting at a polling station at some elections. This will apply for the first time in England at the local elections on Thursday 4 May 2023. Which forms of ID can I use to vote? You may already have a form of…
The Newhaven and Seaford Sailing Club has submitted a planning application to improve the facilities at Piddinghoe Pond. The proposal involves the demolition of some parts of the existing club buildings and sheds, and extending and refurbishing other parts. The aim is to improve layout and access, creating modern changing and washroom amenities as well…
The Village Hall Management Committee (VHMC) have finalised improvement plans (click here) to be submitted for planning consent. The aim is to create a brighter, bigger community space, more energy efficient, providing better access, with improved kitchen and storage facilities and toilets that can be reached separately from the hall itself when necessary. The existing…
After 300 years the church bells at St John’s Piddinghoe are going to be renovated, retuned and restored! Their sound has rung out through wars, upheavals, pandemics and peace, calling our community to worship, births, marriages and mourning. We’re fortunate that the National Heritage Lottery Fund, a local resident and other fundraising, has enabled us…
If you are happy for children from the village to call on the evening of Halloween please place a pumpkin, with or without a scary face, at your front door or gate. The rule for the kids is – no pumpkin, no trick or treating! (Thanks to the VHMC for this suggestion)