The minutes of the Parish Meeting called by electors on 23 September 2025 can be accessed here. The meeting raised concerns about the safety of the C7 road and current proposals for Phase 7 of the Egrets Way (EW7) between Piddinghoe and Chapel Barn. Notes from a subsequent discussion session held on 31 October at…
Bonfire guardian needed! The Hoe Bonfire has been used by villagers for many years and various people have taken on the responsibility of managing and lighting it, most recently Hugh Spence. Hugh has decided it’s time for him to stand down from the role therefore we are looking for someone else to take this on.…
Two separate consultations on local government reorganisation were launched recently by Brighton & Hove City Council and by Lewes District Council with a deadline of 25 August 2025. Piddinghoe parish councillors have agreed to submit the following response to both consultations, to be formally endorsed at the next full meeting of the parish council. Piddinghoe…
Alongside the creation next year of a new Mayoral Combined Authority for the whole of Sussex, the Government plans to rationalise the tiers of local government below it. This means creating just three or four unitary councils across Sussex. Brighton & Hove City Council is already unitary, but in both East and West Sussex the…
Piddinghoe’s comprehensively renovated village hall was formally opened on Saturday 19 July 2025. The ribbon was cut by John Paddy and Isla and Esme Horne, representing the young and the old from our community. Sarah Woolger, Chair of Piddinghoe Village Hall Committee said: “For a small village with 250 residents, raising £185,000 was…
Please join Piddinghoe’s litter-picking team for THE ANNUAL C7 SPRING CLEAN! Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 Feb. Meet at 10 am opposite Byways at the south end of the village. Residents from all the villages along the C7 Lewes-Newhaven Road will be taking part in this mass litter pick. Extra pairs of hands will enable…
Piddinghoe Village Hall Committee has succeeded in raising the funds required for the work to refurbish the village hall to start on site in the first week of January 2025. Huge thanks are due to our parishioners and supporters, in particular to the Platinum Jubilee Village Halls Fund, the Garfield Weston Foundation, the Bernard…
In August the parish council consulted Piddinghoe households about covering the funding shortfall for the refurbishment of the village hall from the council tax precept. We concluded that there was insufficient support for that proposal and decided not to take it any further. However it was evident from the consultation exercise that there is strong…
An Extraordinary General Meeting of the Parish Council has been called for Tuesday 13 August to decide whether to raise council tax to cover the funding shortfall for the village hall refurbishment. The Village Hall Management Committee has so far raised two-thirds of the £200,000 required for the refurbishment project, leaving some £67,000 to find.…
Lewes District Council is looking for staff to help in the forthcoming election for the Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner on election day itself, Thursday 2 May 2024, and for the count on Sunday 5 May. You can sign up as a count assistant, poll clerk or, if you have the experience, as a presiding…