Billingshurst Parish Council

Billingshurst Community & Conference Centre Roman Way, Billingshurst, RH14 9QW

King Charles’ Coronation weekend

The coronation of King Charles III is due to take place on Saturday 6th May, and there are several celebratory events taking place in the parish of Billingshurst over that weekend. See page 9 for full information on what is happening and where, together with details on how you can get involved. Keep an eye on our website and social media pages for more details and there will be posters on our noticeboards as well for those without access to the internet.

Help us look after pollinators

Over the past few years, the Parish Council has been working closely with the local environmental group BilliGreen in trying to do more to increase biodiversity and help our pollinators. In 2021, we introduced a number of ‘No Mow’ areas across council owned open spaces within the parish and we are looking to do more in 2023. Plug plants and seed bombs have been planted in some local areas and we are asking residents to do whatever they can to support these efforts. A very successful meeting was recently held with interested parties, and our garden contractors mentioned that on occasions, they have noted some excess garden rubbish dumped on council land.

Residents are reminded that brown top bins are available from the District Council and there is an excellent Household Waste Recycling Centre on the outskirts of Billingshurst village. If you find you have excess garden rubbish, please use these facilities rather than dumping excess waste on Council land. Rubbish dumped on and around these areas will also harm the many efforts that are being made to help support our pollinators which we hope in turn, will help make our parish a more pleasant place to live so your consideration would be much appreciated. Thank you.

Plant Sale

Billingshurst Horticultural Society will be holding their Plant Sale on Saturday 13th May at the Women’s Hall, High Street, Billingshurst between

10am and 12 noon. There will be plants, produce, refreshments, cakes and a raffle. All enquiries to Mrs B. Barraclough – tel: (01403) 784599. Do come along early as this is a very popular event.

Sign up to our Council E-Newsletter

Did you know that you can sign up to receive emails directly from the Council; this is entirely voluntary and is GDPR compliant. You can be assured you will not be bombarded with hundreds of emails, but it could be that we want to notify you of an important planning application, a public consultation or a severe weather warning. You can unsubscribe at any time so why not give it a try? You can subscribe by clicking on E-Newsletter signup on our Facebook and Twitter pages, or search information on the NEWSFEED page of our website www.billingshurst.gov.uk

Upcoming Council meetings

All meetings are held at the Billingshurst Community & Conference Centre (normally commencing at 7.30pm), and agendas are always posted on the Parish Council’s website www.billingshurst.gov.uk

Upcoming Meetings (May)

4th: Planning & Environment Committee

10th: Full Council/Trustees

17th: Property Committee

31st: Billingshurst Centre and F&GP Committees