Council tenants and leaseholders are invited to meet the Housing Ombudsman for England, Richard Blakeway.  You will hear more about the free support the organisation can provide to help you resolve housing management issues.  The event will take place on Friday 8 March 2024 from 1pm to 2pm at Crawley Town…

Crawley Borough Council has drawn up a balanced budget for the coming year, despite overwhelming difficulties caused by the town’s housing pressures.A meeting of the Cabinet on Wednesday evening approved the £17.9 million income and spending plan. It will go before a meeting of the Full Council on 21 February,…

The Broadfield area went through a January clearance when a Crawley Borough Council team went en masse to revitalise a wooded area.Fourteen of the South Patch team, nearly all the staff of 19, headed in with hedge cutters and mulchers and emerged with huge amounts of fly-tip, brambles, dead shrubs and loose timber…

Councillors and community representatives came together to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2024 on Saturday 27 January.The Mayor of Crawley, Councillor Jilly Hart, planted a tree at the event in Memorial Gardens and read out the Holocaust Memorial Day statement of commitment.Holocaust Memorial Day was established on 27…

Crawley magistrates have ordered a man to pay £1,180 of fines and other costs after refusing to put his dogs on leads in a regulated area of Tilgate Park.His criminal record now shows two offences of failing to comply with a Public Space Protection Order, which was introduced over part of the park in September 2022.A…

Public consultation will begin on Monday (29 January) for two new housing developments planned by Crawley Borough Council to make use of brownfield land.Construction at Bristol Close in Pound Hill and Lansbury Road in Broadfield could provide 18 affordable homes for rent, with a combination of maisonettes and flats in…

A Tree Planting Strategy has been approved by Crawley Borough Council, the first time the authority has taken this step. The town is blessed with about 250,000 trees owned by the council, and tens of thousands more which are publicly and privately owned. It means that Crawley is well above the national average for…

An office block has been bought by Crawley Borough Council with the potential to add 121 new homes to its affordable housing stock. Purchase of Longley House in Southgate was completed last week, and the site already has planning approval for apartments to replace the existing building. With brownfield land in…

The Create Building has been awarded a rating of Excellent for its design, construction and impact on the environment after going through one of leading globally-recognised appraisal processes. The Building Research Establishment has reviewed the nine-storey building, which hosts the new Town Hall and commercial…

The Queens Square fountains have been repaired and will be turned back on in the spring with a celebratory event to mark the occasion. The popular fountains, which were first turned on in 2017 when Queens Square was redeveloped, have been out of action for a long period due to various issues with the equipment in…