A LANDOWNER has lost his appeal against an enforcement notice banning him from using his Ringmer farm to store and process old windows and doors.
East Sussex County Council had ordered the owner of Upper Lodge Farm to stop importing, storing and processing waste UPVC windows and doors – a practice it did not have planning permission to carry out. Continue reading
RESIDENTS are being advised that changes to household waste recycling sites in East Sussex will come into force at the start of next month.
From Monday, October 1 2018, two sites will close permanently, opening hours at two more will change and charges for non-household waste will come into force at all sites across the county. Continue reading
PLANS to remodel front-line services to deal with a national crisis in social care and other intense financial pressures will be presented to council leaders next week.
The proposals are part of a package of measures East Sussex County Council’s Cabinet will be asked to approve to help the authority achieve agreed savings of £17 million in 2018/19. Continue reading
MEMBERS of the public are being asked for their views on options that will help the county’s waste service save more than £500,000 in 2018/19.
Reductions in Government funding, and rising demand for services means East Sussex County Council has to cut £17 million from its 2018/19 budget. The waste service annual budget will be reduced by £720,000, of which savings of £558,000 will need to be made in 2018/19. Continue reading
