Following the conclusion on 20 October of the formal parish election notice, it is now open to the Parish Council to co-opt a volunteer to fill the councillor position recently vacated by Jill Burns. This is an opportunity to participate actively in the governance of your community. Being a parish councillor is an interesting and…
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…
The report on the consultation on raising the parish precept to cover a funding shortfall for the village hall refurbishment project is available here. It concludes that the balance of opinion in the parish does not support such a plan of action.
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.…
The Parish Council has published its Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) for the year ending 31 March 2024. Under the Notice of Public Rights, from 3 June to 12 July 2024 any person interested may inspect and make copies of the AGAR, the accounting records for the financial year to which it relates 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…
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…
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…