News that Lewes District Council are recommending that the so-called “Eton New Town” on North Barnes Farm in East Chiltington is not put forward for the new Local Plan has been welcomed by local Lib Dem campaigners.
The Liberal Democrat candidate for the next General Election in Lewes constituency, James MacCleary, has condemned comments by Brighton MP, Lloyd Russell-Moyle in which he identified two sites in the constituency for new towns.
Councillors Paul Mellor (District) and Sarah Osborne (County) recently met with local cyclists in Ditchling to support the SWARM that cycled from Ditchling to Hassocks. Sarah Osborne spoke at the meeting as the local Lib Dem County Councillor.
Following a campaign carried out by local councillors in Newhaven with hundreds of residents signing a petition, Newhaven Liberal Democrats have welcomed the new school bus service that will serve Seahaven Academy.
James MacCleary, the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Lewes, has launched a petition against the proposed closure of rail ticket offices.
Seaford residents have expressed concern at the state of some areas of Seaford cemetery. The cemetery includes 253 burials of the 1914-18 war as well as the graves of Canadian soldiers maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
