Crawley Borough Council has introduced a new, easy way to park and pay at Crawley Hospital and Orchard Street surface car park with the MiPermit Pay and Stay cashless parking payment system. In addition to paying by cash or card, parking can be paid for via a smartphone app, online portal, text or phone call and…

In view of Monday 19 September being declared a national bank holiday for the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, many Crawley Borough Council buildings and services will close or operate differently as a mark of respect. For council buildings, the main changes are as follows: The Town Hall will be…

Her Majesty the Queen visited Crawley a number of times during her reign (1950, 1958, 1969, 1982, 1988 and 2006). In 1950, the then Princess Elizabeth opened Manor Royal, the main road through Crawley’s industrial estate. The name had been kept a secret because it had been chosen by the Princess after looking at an…

Crawley Borough Council joins the nation in mourning the death of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. The Union flag outside the Town Hall has been lowered to half-mast and marks the start of the period of national mourning. , A book of condolence is available to sign in the Town Hall foyer from 10am until 4pm on…

Crawley Borough Council, on behalf of 10 local authorities, has successfully bid for money to support its work in responding to Gatwick Airport’s proposal to bring its northern runway into routine use. The council has secured £90,000 funding from the government’s Innovation and Capacity Fund to appoint a range of…

Crawley Borough Council has launched a consultation on Goffs Park to shape how it manages and invests in the park in the future.  Starting today (Thursday 1 September), the four-week consultation aims to better understand what residents, visitors and stakeholders love about the park and their aspirations for…

Crawley Borough Council has pioneered a strategy to retrofit water saving devices into its existing housing stock in order to unblock two new affordable housing schemes that are required to be “water neutral”.   In an initial pilot, 100 existing council properties have been retrofitted with a flow-regulating…

Eight critically-endangered Baer's pochards have been successfully bred at Tilgate Nature Centre.  The Baer’s pochard is one of the rarest ducks in the world, with less than 1,000 birds in their wild range across northern and central China, and fewer than 300 birds in zoos across Europe.  Loss of…

A Langley Green man has been fined a total of £600 after rubbish he collected was dumped near to where he lived. Abdul Rehman, 47, of Lark Rise, collected waste that was discovered fly-tipped at communal garages in Martyrs Avenue. The contents of the fly-tip led Crawley Borough Council to uncover where the…

Crawley Borough Council welcomed Crawley Homes tenants and leaseholders from across the town to its first Estates Day. The event took place across Crawley with two main activity hubs in Bewbush and Broadfield and eight other smaller satellite hubs in Northgate, West Green, Ifield, Gossops Green, Southgate, Furnace…