East Grinstead Town Council

9 May 2012

TOWN centre businesses in Mid Sussex are opening their toilet facilities to the general public as part of a new Community Toilet Scheme.

Mid Sussex District Council is piloting the scheme in East Grinstead, Burgess Hill and Haywards Heath, to maximise the number of clean, safe and accessible toilets available to the public.

Participating town centre shops and organisations make their toilet facilities available to the general public in exchange for a small annual payment from the Council.

So far, four local businesses have signed up and are now welcoming the public to use their toilet facilities. They are:

• Chequer Mead Arts Centre, De La Warr Road, East Grinstead
• Kings Leisure Centre, Moat Road, East Grinstead
• Costa Coffee, South Road, Haywards Heath
• Poppins Restaurant, Church Walk, Burgess Hill

Stickers are displayed in the window of every business taking part in the Community Toilet Scheme and additional signs will soon be placed around the towns to help direct the public to the new toilet facilities. By opening up the toilets in local businesses for public use, shoppers will have access to toilets at many different locations in the heart of the town centre and because they are always staffed, the facilities will be clean and safe to use. The facilities will be available during business opening hours and there is no charge to the customer or obligation to make a purchase.

“It’s great to see local businesses are embracing this Community Toilet Scheme because it has the potential to benefit everyone involved,” said Councillor Pru Moore, Cabinet Member for Leisure and Sustainability. “Local shops are able to increase the number of people visiting their premises, giving them the potential to increase revenue, and the public has a greater choice and standard of toilet facilities.”

Mid Sussex District Council would now still like to hear from any other local businesses wishing to take part in the Community Toilet Scheme. For more information, please contact Stuart Brown, Mid Sussex District Council Outdoor Services Officer, on telephone number 01444 477305 or email Stuart.Brown@midsussex.gov.uk.

* The new public toilets in the King’s Street car park opposite the cinema in East Grinstead are expected to be opened by the end of May.  These will replace the toilet facilities in Cantelupe Road and the Norton Road car park, which will be closed once the new block is ready for use.

21 March 2012

The Parish Halls, De La Warr Road East Grinstead West Sussex RH19 3LP

Charity No. 206371

Notice pursuant to s 121(2) of the Charities Act 2011

The East Grinstead Town Council as Trustee of the Parish Halls Trust at East Grinstead gives notice of its proposal to sell the Parish Halls described above and invites representations relating to this. Such representations must be received by the Council by the 23rd April 2012 following which date the Council as trustee will consider any representations to it and make a final decision.

The Notice that is being given is pursuant to the Charities Act 1993 but in addition, the Council is proposing to hold a public meeting at that meeting the background to the proposal will be given and those attending invited to ask any questions. This meeting is not intended as a substitute for the representations that are invited by the formal part of this Notice and which should still be given if they are to be taken into account before a decision is made.

The meeting will be held at: The Parish Halls, De La Warr Road, East Grinstead on Thursday 12th April 2012 at 7.00pm

Dated this 20th day of March 2012

East Grinstead Town Council
Trustee of the Parish Halls Trust East Grinstead
East Court
College Lane
East Grinstead
West Sussex
RH19 3LT

9 March 2012

Notice is given that the Annual Town Meeting for East Grinstead will be held at East Court on Wednesday, 4th April 2012
at 7.45 p.m.

The speaker will be Chief Inspector John Hull, Commander for Mid Sussex Police.

The formal agenda/notice is available here.

1 March 2012

PDF Document. This is a notice of a consultation and community involvement meeting to inform the public of a prospective development site on the Copthorne Road, Felbridge, north of the Mulberry Gate development.  No planning application has been submitted.

1 February 2012

Town Mayor John Saull will be attending the following events in February:

• Saturday 4: Mayor of Sevenoaks’ Charity event From Bond with Love 7 at the Stag Theatre, Sevenoaks
• Tuesday 7: Talk on Being Mayor to Macular Society at Glen Vue Centre, Railway Approach
• Saturday 18: Senior Citizens Party at Sackville School organised by the East Grinstead Lions Club
• Wednesday 22: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society Lunch at Crawley College
• Saturday 24: Mayor of Arun’s Charity Dinner/Dance at the Avisford Park Hotel, Arundel

13 January 2012

As part of it’s Integrated Works Programme, West Sussex County Council proposes to install a new Puffin crossing on Imberhorne Lane in East Grinstead. The proposed crossing would be located approximately 120 metres south of the junction of Imberhorne Lane with Imberhorne Way.

Attached are copies of the public notice, statement of reasons for proposing the crossing and a plan showing the proposed location. This message is the formal consultation on the installation of the crossing.

If you wish to make any comments or objections about the proposal please make them by e-mail to martin.moore@westsussex.gov.uk before 30 January 2012. Previous comments made by the police about the location of a bus stop at this site have been taken into account and the bus stop will be moved to a new position outside of the crossing markings when the crossing is installed.

• Public Notice
• Statement of Reasons
• Plan

30 December 2011

TOWN Mayor John Saull will be attending the following events in January:

• 5 January: Certificate Presentations to Sixth Form students at Imberhorne school
• 16 January: Cutting ribbon for new Drama Halls and Dance Suite at Sackville school
• 21 January: Mayor of Crawley’s Civic Ball at the Hawth
• 24 January: Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Pub Night at Dunnings Mill
• 27 January: Poppy Appeal Awards Ceremony at Royal British Legion Hall, Station Road, East Grinstead