Burgess Hill Uncovered

27/10/2024

🚨🚨🚨The publicly available 'Mid Sussex District Council
Parking Strategy Refresh – Phase 2/3 Report
January 2020' states:

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

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Do you think Burgess Hill Town Centre has more to offer in 2024 then it did in January 2020? Are the car parks so full of an evening and Sundays that MSDC should now introduce charges?

Mid Sussex District Council are looking to charge for evenings and Sundays, despite the report from expert consultants suggesting that now isn't the right time.

Feedback for the poorly promoted second consultation needs to be emailed to 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧@𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐱.𝐠𝐨𝐯.𝐮𝐤 by 12 noon on 31 October 2024.
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07/10/2024

An information evening regarding the future plans for Park Centre Burgess Hill is taking place on Tuesday 22nd October at 7pm, held at The Burgess Hill Academy.

If you have an affinity with the building, seeking to help in getting it back up and running, or just want to know the next steps for its revival, then please do come along!

More information here....

7pm on Tuesday 22nd October @ The Burgess Hill Academy

03/10/2024

Even the Metro website has picked up on the closure of the big high-street names in Burgess Hill....

The shoe-seller, which has been a fixture of the British high street since 1980, closed 13 stores in 2023.

02/10/2024

Following the sell-out show earlier in the year, the Burgess Hill Academy PTA have organised another fundraising comedy night with Funny That Comedy which takes place on Friday 11th October.

Tickets are available here: https://tinyurl.com/mr3tcjm9

Join us for an evening of outstanding live comedy at the Burgess Hill Academy Drama Studio. 🎭 🎤 😂

Multi award-winning Stephen Grant will be MC for this superb show, featuring;

🔹 Charlie Baker

🔹 Nick Elleray

🔹 Matt Richardson

Click here for the Burgess Hill Academy Comedy Night - complete with cheap drinks, snacks and free parking!!! 😎

22/09/2024

Shoe Zone are not renewing their lease at Market Place Shopping Centre, therefore the store will be closing in the near future. Sorry to hear this for the staff.

How long do you think it'll take the agent to fill the unit (if at all!) and what would you like to see come into the centre in its place?

18/08/2024

Burgess Hill Churches Together are currently out on a prayer walk in Burgess Hill. They've made sure to stop off at the place that needs the most hopes and prayers!!!

01/08/2024

Great to see BBC Sussex giving prominence to Mr John Buck on the radio and on their website today regarding the impending introduction of evening and Sunday car parking charges.

Mr Buck said: "𝙒𝙚'𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝘽𝙪𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙃𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚. 𝙒𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 [𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝] 𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙨."

Full story here ----

Drivers will be made to pay higher charges, and a new Sunday fee, if council plans go ahead.

28/07/2024

Marketing Idea For Burgess Hill's New Video Screen #71......

05/07/2024

Congratulations to Alison Bennett Liberal Democrat for her great victory to become the new MP for Mid Sussex.

Conservatives 2nd, Labour 3rd, Reform 4th, Green 5th, Monster Raving Loony 6th.

04/07/2024

The Exit Poll data for Mid Sussex is adjudged as 'Too Close To Call' but with a 64% chance for the Lib Dems to win the seat from the Conservatives.

If you're a tactical voter and were convinced by the Lib Dem 'Bar Chart Campaign' you may have chosen correctly.

26/06/2024

NewRiver's Annual report - released on June 21st - states the following about the Martlets Shopping Centre in Burgess Hill:

'𝙒𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙪𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢 𝙖 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙟𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩.'

Could that partner actually be Mid Sussex District Council - the freeholders of the site - whose Liberal Democrat administration will be desperate to get things moving?

The report goes on to say:
'𝙏𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙢𝙖𝙟𝙤𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙚-𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙚, 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙗𝙪𝙙𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙝𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙡 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝟴𝟵 𝙗𝙚𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙢 𝙝𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙚.'

'𝙒𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙨 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰. '

What do you make of NewRiver's annual announcement on the Martlets for 2024?

Could Mid Sussex District Council be the Joint Venture partner that NewRiver Reit have referred to in their annual report?

25/06/2024

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗪𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝘂𝗽𝗶𝗹𝘀 (𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗪𝗦𝗖𝗖)

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘚𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘹 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭:

The renovated site at Woodlands Meed College in Burgess Hill is now ready to be handed over to the school.

Recent progress on site means the multi-million pound development has taken significant steps forward in the last few weeks and pupils will soon be able to make use of a host of new facilities at the college.

The ambitious project, led by West Sussex County Council, provides new facilities such as a hydrotherapy pool, 12 new classrooms and a two-court sports hall for 100 children with special educational needs and disabilities.

The students will also benefit from new outside spaces for learning and play which will eventually include an all-weather pitch and an outside courtyard and amphitheatre where children can sit together and hold sporting and social events.

The site is now ready for pupils and staff to move into safely. The school will now determine the best time to move into the site based on educational needs and to minimise further disruption for students and staff.

Cllr Jacquie Russell, West Sussex County Council Cabinet Member for Children, Young People, Learning and Skills, said: "This is a crucial moment in what has been a very long journey to deliver new facilities at Woodlands Meed.

"We've faced many challenges and setbacks along the way, but it is important to now look ahead to the benefits this provision will bring to children with special educational needs and disabilities. We appreciate the frustrations of parents, pupils and staff and would like to thank everyone for their continued patience throughout this process.

"Despite the challenging nature of this project, we are ultimately proud of what has been achieved and know that these fantastic facilities will help children at Woodlands Meed achieve their potential for many years to come."

23/06/2024

Parents and friends of Woodlands Meed are still waiting for the new college building to be finished to a satisfactory condition and handed over to the school. The new site was supposed to be ready for occupation by the school over a year ago! Read the latest below.....

23/06/2024

Burgess Hill Marching Youth led the Summer Fayre Parade around St Johns Park on Sunday 23rd June 2024, featuring lots of children from a number of the local primary schools. Look out for the badgers 🦡 and foxes 🦊 !!!

19/06/2024

A Lib Dem cabinet member was unhappy with Burgess Hill Uncovered for posting a sole source of voting intention data which was used by lots of national news outlets yesterday. The data suggested the election was too close to call in Mid Sussex.

In an attempt to appease the cabinet member, here's a second source of vote prediction data from Survation, I hope this will satisfy......

18/06/2024

Ipsos have published their first MRP (multiple regression and post stratification) model of the 2024 General Election.

It has classed Mid Sussex as a 'Toss Up' with the Conservatives actually in front with a predicted vote share of 30%, Labour second with 28%, Lib Dems 25%, Reform UK 11%, Greens 5%.

Maybe the Tories should take a turn at making this into a bar chart and putting it through people's letterboxes!

Do you good readers think this will be the result after polling day?