2 July 2020

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To ensure your safety, please follow the new guidelines. Our service remains the same and you can continue to contact us by email or telephone as we have been throughout lockdown.   As the Government advice is still to work from home if you can, the office is being manned by a skeleton staff on a shift basis, the officer you may want might not be in on any given day, therefore you are advised to ring to make an appointment rather than drop in.   

Visitors to our reception will see signage to help you find your way to avoid crossing in the corridors and on stairwells.    Please follow the one way system in the building and maintain a 2m distance from others.    

We are required to comply with the NHS Track and Trace system; All visitors to the office have to write down your name, address & contact number which we will keep for 21 days*

Do not enter the building if you are feeling unwell

Hand sanitisers will be at the entrance of East Court and in reception, please use them. 

Our Reception has been fitted with a protective Screen; you must stay your side of the screen,  if you are attending for a proof of life certification you will need to remove any face covering for ID to take place.  

Opening hours; Reception will be open reduced hours 09:00 – 12:00 midday. You can continue to contact us between 9:00 – 16:00 Monday – Friday by phone on 01342 323636 or email us on: towncouncil@eastgrinstead.gov.uk 

Public toilets are situated in the car park, there are facilities available in the building. 

*our privacy and data protection statements are available here . If you are not willing to leave your contact details, please do not attend the offices in person, as this is a government requirement.