THE USE of reserves and £13.5 million of savings could help deliver a balanced budget in a stark financial climate as East Sussex plans how it will spend £578.8 million on services in 2025/26.

Proposals for East Sussex County Council’s budget will be presented to Cabinet next week along with a Council Plan which will help ensure limited funding is focussed on areas of priority for the county. Cabinet will be asked to make recommendations to Full Council when it meets to set the budget on Tuesday, February 11. Continue reading →

A LANDOWNER, suspected of the unauthorised disposal of waste on his farm, has been ordered to pay nearly £1,300 after failing to respond to a planning notice.

Ian Hobden, 67, of Giffords Farm, Battle Road, Dallington, pleaded guilty to failing to respond a Planning Contravention Notice when he appeared at Hastings Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, July 18. Continue reading →