Crawley Borough Council recently awarded £600 to local voluntary group Friends of Goffs Park for equipment to be used at its community picnic event on Sunday 3 July. The event will celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and the 75th anniversary of Crawley New Town. The award was part of Crawley Borough Council’s…

Crawley Borough Council has introduced new Article 4 Directions so homes can no longer without planning permission be converted to Houses of Multiple Occupation (HMOs). HMOs, which accommodate between three and six unrelated individuals, will now need planning permission in the following 10 locations: Aintree…

The Safer Crawley Partnership has awarded its funding for 2022/2023 to local community projects at its latest meeting. £30,000 has been awarded to Crawley Open House towards the cost of the day staff that provide support in areas related to housing, physical health, mental health, substance misuse and addition,…

National sports charity ‘Tennis for Free’ (TFF), with the support of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), is serving up an ace for the local community, with the relaunch of free coach-led tennis sessions in Maidenbower Park, Crawley. In an exciting partnership with Crawley Borough Council and Serious about Sport, the…

Crawley Borough Council has now commenced works at the Millpond adventure playground to rejuvenate and improve the play area in preparation for this being redeveloped and reopened as an unsupervised play area.  These works are aligned to the inspection report undertaken which identified that many of the pieces…

A commemorative plaque has been unveiled at the ancient hawthorn tree in Tilgate, in recognition of it being dedicated to the Queen’s Green Canopy. The plaque was unveiled by Mayor of Crawley, Councillor Jilly Hart, accompanied by Councillor Michael Jones, Leader of the Council. The beautiful tree, located on…

A new Leader and Cabinet has been appointed at Crawley Borough Council. Councillor Michael Jones was elected as Leader of the Council at the Annual Meeting of the Full Council on Friday (27 May). At the meeting, Councillor Jones presented his Cabinet and their portfolios. The council’s Cabinet members are now: …

The new Mayor of Crawley is Councillor Jilly Hart. Councillor Hart was elected Mayor at the Annual Meeting of the Full Council meeting on Friday (27 May). Councillor Hart represented Ifield ward between 2019 and 2021 and was again elected in Ifield ward in May 2022. She was born in Ealing, West London and moved to…

With the rising cost of living hitting local families hard, Crawley Borough Council has produced a guide for residents on its website to help show people where support is available. The dedicated page on the Crawley Borough Council website provides guidance on maximising your income, housing financial support,…

Crawley Borough Council has awarded a total of £16,404 from this year’s small grants fund to 12 local voluntary and community organisations. Small 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…