Crawley Borough Council has extended the provision of free parking for NHS workers, social care staff and volunteers until 21 September 2021 at Orchard Street multi-storey car park. The national scheme ended on 21 June 2021 so the costs of the extension will be covered by the council. The council has taken this…

As part of the Crawley Growth Programme, Crawley Borough Council is undertaking a public engagement exercise on a planned transport improvement scheme along the western end of The Boulevard. The scheme is intended to deliver better transport facilities and connectivity improvements, completing the link from The…

Crawley Borough Council, in partnership with other local authorities in West Sussex, is asking private landlords and lettings organisations how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected their tenants. The end of furlough and increase in unemployment has placed many people in private housing under financial pressure…

The wetter and cooler month of May followed by recent settled weather has seen very fast grass growth across the town. Residents may see longer grass for a few weeks until the growth slows down again, usually in July. The good news is that longer grass means we should see bumper crops of buttercups and…

Crawley Borough Council is consulting on how it runs its 11 neighbourhood parades. The current approach was agreed in 2004 following an Overview and Scrutiny Commission recommendation that the council adopt a more commercial attitude to the parades. This approach is now being reconsidered by the Council-owned…

A time-lapse video of the new Town Hall has been released by Crawley Borough Council, condensing 10 months of construction into just 100 seconds. The video, which can be viewed on the Invest Crawley website,  shows the empty site transformed into a striking nine-storey building. Crawley Borough Council…

Two fly-tippers have been fined a total of £520 after rubbish was dumped in Crawley. In July 2019, dumped trade waste from an address in London was discovered at Buchan Park Kennels on Crawley Borough Council land. The contents of the fly-tip led the council’s Fraud and Investigations Team to uncover where the…

The new Mayor of Crawley is Councillor Shahzad Abbas Malik. Councillor Malik was elected Mayor at the Annual Crawley Borough Council meeting on Friday 28 May. He has been Deputy Mayor since May 2019. Councillor Malik was first elected to represent Langley Green ward in 2018 and was re-elected in Langley Green…

A woman who dropped a cigarette in the town centre has been fined £802 – after giving a false address and not paying a £50 Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN). This is the second resident successfully prosecuted by Crawley Borough Council for giving a false address to Community Wardens. In August 2020, the Crawley…

The new children’s play area at Tilgate Park is now open – just in time for the half-term holiday. The new play area, which was designed to be as inclusive as possible with accessibility in mind, is a fantastic addition to the park. It boasts 12 pieces of new equipment, including a new basket swing, a swing seat…