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A time lapse video of the new Town Hall has been released by Crawley Borough Council, condensing 10 months of construction into just 100 seconds. The video, which can be viewed at investcrawley.co.uk/development/town-hall, shows the empty site transformed into a striking nine-storey building. Crawley Borough Council will occupy the bottom 3.5 floors and rent out…
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After several weeks of negotiations, the Labour Group and the council’s Independent member—Cllr Rory Fiveash, have announced that they have agreed a deal over the running of Crawley Borough Council for the coming council year. Following the local elections, no party was left with overall control of Crawley Borough Council, with the council consisting of…
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Three weeks on from the local elections, the result will finally be decided at the Annual Council this Friday. After two years without an election, when voters went to the polls they delivered a hung council in which there are 18 Conservative, 17 Labour and 1 Independent councillor who was elected as Labour in a…
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The UK’s housing crisis didn’t start with the pandemic. Its roots can be found in the 1984 Housing Act, Margaret Thatcher’s attempt to end the role of local government in providing affordable housing, and it will take decades of effort by committed councils to make good this historic mistake. However, COVID-19 has certainly made the…
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A heartfelt thank you to all those who voted last Thursday. While the results weren’t what I was hoping for, Labour in Crawley suffered the net loss of just a single seat to Conservatives compared to the scores lost in other town of our type. However, that loss puts the town in a difficult position.…
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A huge thanks to everyone who took the time to vote in this year’s local elections. The elections saw a 36% turnout, an improvement on the previous local elections despite the pandemic, with record numbers of postal voters. These were a huge bumper set of elections, with Crawley holding elections for Sussex Police and Crime…
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Tomorrow (Thursday 6th May) is Election Day and thanks to COVID-19, it is going to be rather unusual. Due to last years’ elections being postponed we now have a number of council elections all at once. So, when you go to vote you will be voting on who will represent you on Crawley Borough Council,…
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Over recent weeks a number of new questions have arisen regarding the proposed West of Ifield development, what is driving it, and what options are available for preventing or amending the proposals. There are also many outstanding issues, the answers to which are central to any attempt to effectively avoid 10,000 units being built on…
Peter Lamb for Crawley 