Residents will have the chance to voice their concerns and help make Crawley safer at an event next month.Let’s Talk: Community Safety takes place on Thursday 7 March from 6pm to 8pm at the Town Hall.The event will feature:an engaging discussion with representatives from Crawley Borough Council, Sussex Police and West…

Four weeks of initial public consultation began today (Monday 19 February) on draft proposals to deliver major improvements around Crawley bus station and its adjoining streets.Phase one of the Station Gateway regeneration scheme will include transformation of the public spaces on The Martlets, Haslett Avenue West and…

A motion to declare a housing emergency in Crawley will go before councillors this week.The proposed declaration is due to unprecedented temporary accommodation demands facing the town.The level of demand is outstripping the supply of available units, both in terms of temporary accommodation, but also more permanent…

Twelve Crawley community groups have received a total of £97,400 in grants from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF).The UKSPF aims to decrease the gap in healthy life expectancy and increaseopportunities between those in the most and least deprived areas in Crawley.Funding is provided to support projects that boost…

Crawley Borough Council returned from the Tennis Sussex Awards at the weekend having netted a win in the Parks Venue category.Judges were impressed by the upgraded facilities offered on the nine courts at three venues across the town and the activities to encourage wider participation by people who might not otherwise…

The start of the main construction of the state-of-the-art Crawley Innovation Centre has been marked with a golden hammer ceremony.The £13.15 million project – at the former TUI Travel House off Fleming Way in Manor Royal – has begun in earnest and is expected to be open in October.The ceremony was attended by…

Worth Park has been awarded National Plant Collection holder status for two cultivars of yarrow plants with outstanding qualities it has bred.The park was recognised by Plant Heritage, whose principle aims are the conservation of garden plants and is the only national charity to ensure the cultivated plants grown now…

The demise of winter and revival of spring will be celebrated at the end of the month with a free weekend arts festival funded by Crawley Borough Council.Spring Forward is a community led light and sound installation marking the changing seasons. Arts charity Same Sky is producing it and will be in Crawley ahead of…

New toilet blocks have been approved for two playgrounds in Crawley to replace temporary toilets installed when each of them was  re-opened.It means about £107,000 will be spent between the Cherry Lane and Millpond adventure playgrounds.A vacant building at the Cherry Lane site will be reconfigured, and a new…

Crawley Question Time is back for another year, giving residents an opportunity to ask questions about topics important to them.The event – now in its 19th year – takes place from 7pm to 9pm on Wednesday 20 March in the Town Hall.Crawley Question Time takes the form of an independently-chaired general debate and…