Following an initial Town Council exercise to understand costings, contractors will now be invited to tender to undertake the full refurbishment of Victoria Pleasure Ground Play Area.
Before we gave contractors time to draw up their designs, we wanted to hear from Uckfield residents to understand what users of the play area thought, was most important. Thank you to all of those who participated and provided feedback before the deadline on Wednesday 19 March 2025. We received over 200 responses to our short survey, which is just fantastic, thank you.
A public consultation day will be arranged in May once designs are submitted by the play area companies.
Keep watch, for further info!
Uckfield Town Council is one of three local authorities delivering services in your local area.
We created a survey back in October/November to find out more about what you as a local resident think about where you live. We were keen to understand:
The survey was created on Google Forms, and has now closed. The highlights from the survey were as follows:
Highlights from Residents’ Survey 2024
Thank you to everyone who took part, we really appreciate your time and input!
The feedback received will not only inform our priority setting for 2025, but also inform our conversations with key stakeholders such as the District Council, County Council, partner agencies and developers. It will assist us with our longer term planning and help us understand what you consider important for the town in the future.
Central Government have been running a consultation on the establishment of a Mayoral Combined County Authority, for Sussex and Brighton.
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/sussex-and-brighton-devolution
The deadline for responding to the consultation fell on Sunday 13 April 2025.
Uckfield Town Council provided a collective response, which is available to view here.
East Sussex County Council (ESCC) runs regular consultations on its services.
If you are interested in keeping an eye on and participating in consultations run by East Sussex County Council, please visit:
https://consultation.eastsussex.gov.uk/
The Office of the Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner runs frequent consultations with residents, these can be accessed via: https://www.sussex-pcc.gov.uk/get-involved/
In February 2024, Wealden District Council announced the publication of its Draft Local Plan.
This superseded the Draft Local Plan that was drawn up in 2019 and subsequently withdrawn in 2020. The new plan intends to offer a plan for how the district will develop between 2025 and 2040.
Between 15 March 2024 and 10 May 2024, Wealden DC ran an eight-week consultation period which would allow for all district residents to have their say on the Regulation 18 Draft Local Plan.
Uckfield Town Council prepared a detailed response to the questions asked within the plan. A copy of the responses are detailed below:
Chapter 3 – Vision and Objectives
Chapter 4 – Spatial Strategy
Chapter 5 – Climate Change
Chapter 6 – Natural Environment
Chapter 7 – Historic Environment
Chapter 8 – Housing
Chapter 9 – Infrastructure
Chapter 10 – Design
Chapter 11 – Economy
Chapter 12 – Town Centres
To review the contents of the draft plan, visit:
https://www.wealden.gov.uk/planning-and-building-control/planning-policy/wealden-local-plan/
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