Crawley Borough Council’s budget for 2021/22 will protect frontline services and invest in more affordable housing. The budget, which was approved at a meeting of Full Council on Wednesday (24 February), will see the council spend £13.6m on council services – a reduction of £1.1m from last year. The council’s…

Crawley Question Time is back for another year – and this time you can ‘attend’ from the comfort of your own home. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, this year’s event will be virtual. It will be broadcast live on Microsoft Teams on Tuesday 16 March from 7-9pm. It will also be recorded and available to view on…

Crawley Borough Council has introduced new Article 4 Directions for a number of the town’s main employment areas. This will mean that at Lowfield Heath, Maidenbower Business Park, Three Bridges Corridor and Tilgate Forest Business Centre, office, light industrial and warehouse premises can no longer be converted to…

Reductions in the amount that Crawley Borough Council gives to the voluntary and community sector will be tapered over two years following a government grant. The council’s finances have been hit hard by the economic impact of coronavirus so significant savings to mitigate the impact on the budget have been agreed…

Three businesses have received funding from Crawley Borough Council in the latest round of Small Business Grants. The three businesses have been awarded a total of £8,350, bringing the total amount awarded in 2020/21 to £31,447 to 10 different Crawley businesses.    The businesses who have recently…

The Safer Crawley Partnership wants to hear residents’ views on community safety issues to help shape what it will focus on for the next year.  The Safer Crawley Partnership is a statutory partnership that brings together Crawley Borough Council, West Sussex County Council, fire and rescue, police, health and…

Crawley Borough Council wants to hear your views on proposals for changes to conservation areas and locally listed buildings. For conservation areas, Crawley Borough Council is proposing the following changes: Two new conservation areas – one at Queens Square and The Broadway and one at Gossops Green…

Businesses that have had to close due to the current lockdown can now apply for new government grants. This latest grants are called ‘Local Restriction Support Grant (Closed) Addendum: 5 January onwards’ (LRSG) and Closed Businesses Lockdown Payment (CBLP). The grants cover the six-week period of lockdown from 5…

Crawley Borough Council has announced that two of its adventure playgrounds will remain open for supervised play this year following a one-off grant from the government. The government has given every local authority a Lower Tier Services Grant so the council has decided to use this to keep Cherry Lane and Millpond…

Emergency services have been responding to a major gas leak next to Milton Mount Flats in Pound Hill this morning. The leak was reported at 12.21am today (Wednesday 6 January) and declared as a major incident. A cordon was set up that included Milton Mount Community Centre and Ridleys Court. Residents were…