Politics

The following planning applications have been made to Chichester District Council and the South Downs National Park Authority between August 5 and 14.

Sussex’s ambulance service has made ‘excellent progress’ and is due to exit special measures, according to health regulators.

A brand new 16-17 Saver guaranteeing half-price travel for young people will launch next week.

A new unit tackling violent crime in Sussex is due to be set up following the award of Government funding.

New electric vehicle charging points are set to be introduced across the Chichester district.

All East Sussex staff working for a patient transport services provider could be made redundant.

A Chichester gym has been given permission to open earlier in the morning and close later in the evening.

Plans to demolish a Sidlesham glasshouse and build an ‘innovative’ eco home have been given the go-ahead.

The following planning applications have been made to Chichester District Council and the South Downs National Park Authority between July 29 to August 7.

A historic statue in Chichester is set to be removed so it can be repaired and restored.

A West Sussex councillor has quit the Conservatives and announced he hopes to become an MP more than 300 miles away, standing for the Brexit Party in Sunderland.

Grass cutting of West Sussex’s public verges is set to be reduced as part of a new highways maintenance plan.

Anti-Brexit campaigners went in to Chichester city centre to gauge public opinion this weekend.

West Sussex councillors have been told they overstepped the mark when they refused to accept an ombudsman’s findings in the case of a teenager who wouldn’t go to school.

Compensation payments to drivers whose cars were damaged by potholes in 2018 have cost West Sussex County Council more than £30,000 so far, with another £11,000 likely to follow.

Plans to squeeze another bedroom into six two-bedroom homes on a development in Southbourne are being considered.

The following planning applications have been made to Chichester District Council and the South Downs National Park Authority between July 22 and 31.

A one-off £49,500 payment was ‘needed’ to attract West Sussex County Council’s chief executive to the authority, according to an official report.

The idea of including an underpass as part of the Southern Gateway scheme has already been deemed ‘unfeasible’, according to a council cabinet member.