The Parish Council is undertaking a review of its Neighbourhood Plan. This document contains planning policies, which are used to determine planning applications locally. It can help shape the type and location of future development and can identify infrastructure priorities. This is a huge undertaking which will involve many months’ work for the steering group. There is now a dedicated page on our website which can be found under the “Council” dropdown menu on the website homepage where information can be found.
While we work hard to cut storm overflows across our region, as set out in our £1.5bn Clean Rivers and Seas Plan, it is key that communities can view information on all our storm overflow activity.
From 13 November 2024, our new Rivers and Seas Watch service replaced the Beachbuoy online monitoring tool.
Rivers and Seas Watch now includes all of our storm overflows including those inland, not just our coastal overflows.
Rivers and Seas Watch has been running in beta mode on our website since June. During this time, we collected feedback from users, including Beachbuoy subscribers, campaign groups and local stakeholders, to ensure Rivers and Seas Watch provides relevant information in an easy to read format. Technology experts also fed into our Beachbuoy Independent Review.
Key features of Rivers and Seas Watch include:
Improving how we communicate this important information to the public in a transparent, accurate and timely way is crucial. Rivers and Seas Watch has been created following a customer-first approach, engaging extensively with our community to understand their needs, wants and feedback from Beachbuoy.
Users can sign up for alerts for their local beaches on Rivers and Seas Watch, as data protection rules mean we cannot carry previous Beachbuoy users over.
We are delighted to announce the official opening of the Almond Field which took place on Tuesday 15th October 2024. The field was kindly donated by the late Bill Almond who lived in the village with his wife Anne for many years. Parish Cllr Duke has worked closely with Bill’s brother-in-law, Roger Catchpole, and Roger’s wife Michèle, for over a year to bring to life the vision of this space for the community. The field now has an access path, two newly installed benches and many wildflowers have been planted to increase the biodiversity and has been accepted by the Southdowns National Park Authority (SDNPA) as a ‘Call for Nature’ site. Michèle and Roger officially opened the field and were really pleased with the overall feeling of the field. Cllr Gordon Sims, Chair of Ringmer Parish Council, and Cllr Dave Duke, who is leading the project, also attended. It is hoped that the field will provide a quiet reflective space for local residents to enjoy.
The Council would like to thank the SDNPA for their support both in grant funding and Ranger Service and the Catchpoles were thrilled with the work undertaken by Tony Read who installed the access path and benches.
From the junction with the P5839 Bishops Close to the junction with the U5678 Green Close a distance of approximately 80 Metres. To allow Thakeham Homes to carry out installation works
A Diverison Route is non-applicable. Advance warning signs will be placed on site advising of actual date of works.
If you need to discuss this further please contact:
Thakeham Homes – 01403 889432
Exciting News! LDC’s Rural Outreach service is coming to Ringmer Village Hall! Join them on Wednesdays from 12:30 PM to 3:30 PM. Check out the new blog on their website, for more information.