Herstmonceux Parish Council

Herstmonceux Parish Council meetings during Covid-19 isolation period

As of May 2020, Herstmonceux Parish Council anticipate moving into virtual meetings when these are necessary. Any Committee or Full Council meeting Agenda will be published as per the usual timescales but due to un-necessary travel restrictions, the Agenda's may not be posted in all of the usual notice boards in the villages of the Parish. We will of course though, still endeavour to make any Agenda as accessible as possible to all members in our community.

The Agendas will be found on line in the usual place, Council Meetings pages of this website.

Planning Applications for Councillors comments during Covid-19 isolation period.

During this period of Covid-19 isolation and Council's reduced meetings, planning applications that are deemed not necessary to be discussed at a planning meeting, are still being considered by Councillors.

Councillors continue to access all planning application documents on line at the Wealden District Council (WDC) Planning Portal. Instead of discussion and agreement of response comments and observations in a Planning Committee meeting, these are returned by email, collated by the Clerk, sent around to the Committee members for approval and once approved, submitted to WDC Planning Department, with a disclaimer that Comments have been collated by email due to the government imposed current isolation period.

Members of the public can, as always, submit their own responses to planning applications via the Wealden portal.

Received Planning Applications that are awaiting a return submission from Herstmonceux Parish Council (HPC) will be shown below here. Following a response from HPC to WDC, comments will be shown on the Wealden portal under the relevant application number or address.

For other information about HPC's involvement in the planning process and past submitted comments and observations (2018 & 2019) please see the planning pages of this website.

The link for agenda and all papers for Wealden District Council Planning Committee South can be found here. Committee are due to meet virtually, this Thursday, 28th May, 10.30am.

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Herstmonceux Parish

The Parish of Herstmonceux is located in the south-eastern area of Wealden District within East Sussex. It is situated around the main A271 road which runs between Ninfield and Bexhill in the east and some 4 miles east of Hailsham in the west. Predominantly rural in nature, the parish contains the settlements of Herstmonceux, Cowbeech and Windmill Hill. There are a wide range of services and facilities which serve the local community.

The Parish enjoys a strong farming community; a world-famous castle and Bader International Study Centre; a self-funded, self-sustaining, modern Village Hall; a Village Information Centre; an award winning Integrative Health Surgery and vibrant community spirit with many voluntary organisations that reach out to all members of the Parish, including the most vulnerable.

Herstmonceux Parish Council provides your local services. The Parish Council has a strong relationship with its community partners and continues to seek ways to improve Council's accessibility for residents to participate in decision making.

We strive to make Herstmonceux a better place to live, work and play. Our website includes a wealth of information about how we conduct business and what we do. Use the search or browse the site to find whatever you are looking for. If you can't find the information you require then please contact us.

Herstmonceux Parish Neighbourhood Plan

Herstmonceux Parish are very proud of their Neighbourhood Plan. The Plan sets out the business plan aims and objectives for improvements to community services and facilities and sustainable development for the period of 2017 - 2027.

Background information, policy detail and all documents of the Herstmonceux Neighbourhood Plan can be found here.