Lewes District Council news

Lewes District Council has confirmed that food waste will not be deposited and transferred in Newhaven. Instead, the council will partner with a specialist waste and recycling management company near Lewes.

The latest partnership meeting of The Living Coast - the only urban biosphere in the UK - focused on local action to protect, restore and enhance rivers.

Following the completion of extensive repair work, Westgate Car Park in Lewes has today been fully reopened, earlier than scheduled.

Work is about to start on the multi-million pound Newhaven Square redevelopment which will transform primary healthcare in the town.

Lewes District Council has awarded £8,000 to support the delivery of youth activities across the district.

More than 20 stakeholders across the Newhaven, Lewes and Eastbourne area came together on 15 October for an open discussion about where drinking water will come from in the future.

A Cabinet councillor has called on residents and organisations to join with Lewes District Council and get behind the 'wonderful work' being done to make Lewes a swift friendly town.

Cabinet councillors from Lewes District Council have visited two locations where natural flood management initiatives are helping to store water.

Lewes District Council is forging ahead with plans to redevelop 11 old garage sites into 46 affordable homes for residents on the housing register.

A Cabinet councillor at Lewes District Council is calling on residents to check if they are eligible for pension credit.

The team behind the Cockshut Stream Restoration in Lewes is celebrating this week after the project scooped two prestigious awards.

Lewes District Council has passed a motion calling for urgent government action to end the crisis in council housing funding and homelessness.