Crawley Borough Council is improving energy efficiency in its housing stock through a ‘fabric first’ approach thanks to £4m from the Towns Fund. Work is currently proposed to flats with cavity walls that have no insulation or existing insulation that is in poor condition. This method of insulation is not…

Two new homes have been built to add to the accommodation offered at Crawley Borough Council’s Carey House Sheltered Scheme in West Green.  The two new flats were created by Wates, one of the council’s contractors, by converting a large store area and hairdressing unit. A small store and new hairdressing unit…

Crawley Borough Council’s Electoral Services Team has started the annual canvass for the electoral register. The canvass is an important part of the work of getting everyone in Crawley who is eligible to vote included on the register. Residents will be contacted at different times over the coming months and in…

All five Crawley parks have retained their Green Flag Awards, with Tilgate Park achieving the status for 21 consecutive years. Tilgate Park, Goffs Park, Memorial Gardens, Worth Park and Ifield Mill Pond all kept their Green Flag Awards for 2023. The Green Flag Award is the international quality mark for parks…

Ten charities and community groups have been awarded a total of £10,567 in small grants by Crawley Borough Council. Grants of between £50 and £2,500 are paid out to groups who aim to foster greater levels of community activity through their projects and events for Crawley residents and visitors to the borough. …

The latest event in the POP-UP CULTURE Programme will see children’s artwork inspired by local flora and fauna displayed in the Memorial Gardens. ‘Nurturing nature’, which features artwork from students from Waterfield Primary School in Bewbush and Seymour Primary School in Broadfield, runs from 15 to 31 July. …

Summer’s here and there’s never a better time of the year to enjoy the great outdoors and the extended daylight hours to make use of Crawley’s outdoor gym facilities. Working out doesn’t just have to mean being confined to an indoor gym. There is a plentiful supply of gym equipment at Tilgate Park and Goffs Park…

Two new cash payment machines are operational for customers in Crawley Borough Council’s Town Hall reception.Previously, while the council was still able to accept cash payments, it could not do so in the building itself while its income management system was being upgraded and customers were asked to use PayPoint or…

The Create Building has its first commercial tenant. A company has signed a lease for half of the sixth floor and will move into the building, on The Boulevard in Crawley town centre, in October 2023. The Create Building is a nine-storey building with 5.5 floors of Grade A commercial office space. It’s owned by…

A Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) prohibiting the anti-social use of vehicles remains in force in Crawley. The PSPO was introduced by Crawley Borough Council in 2019 and extended in March 2022 because businesses and residents had been affected by vehicles gathering in large groups and drivers engaging in anti…