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…
Lewes District Council has granted planning consent for the proposed improvements to Piddinghoe Village Hall. You can view the plans here.
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…
As you may be aware, the parish council recently commissioned tree surgeons to clear dead elms, brambles and scrub on part of the Hoe riverside. In addition to removing the dead elms, we also wanted to make space for planting some of the 100-plus saplings granted to us by the Woodland Trust under the auspices…
On 23 September 2022 the Newhaven and Seaford Sailing Club made the following important announcement: ‘It is with regret that following a negative water quality report on Piddinghoe that we have no option other than to suspend all water-based activities until further notice due to the high levels of Blue Green Algae. Cyanobacteria or ‘blue-green algae’, can…
The latest update on the water quality at Piddiingjhoe Lake from the Newhaven and Seaford Sailing Club includes the following advice: Piddinghoe pond was closed on 23rd August due to the many fish deaths that occurred from a rapid decline in the level of oxygen in the water due to the long heatwave. Oxygenating pumps had…
The Commodore of Newhaven and Seaford Sailing Club has made the following announcement: ‘Unfortunately, following the extremely dry weather and sudden downpour the health of Piddinghoe Lake is at an all-time low, lots of the fish are dying, the Environment Agency is pumping air into the water and there is a strong smell of sewage…
The Newhaven and Seaford Sailing Club have advised that water quality at the Piddinghoe lake is deteriorating as a result of the heatwave. Samples of water taken from the pond have now given a weak, but positive result for the presence of blue-green algae toxins in the water. They are therefore advising people to exercise caution. This…
Piddinghoe Parish Council Update, 23 June 2022 Hello, I’d like to draw your attention to two important matters arising from last week’s meeting of the parish council: To cut or not to cut – Let us have your views! In order to support biodiversity and bee habitats the council has agreed to underwrite matchfunding of…