Crowborough Today is an independent news and information site for Crowborough, Uckfield and the rest of Wealden. We read the public record and publish what is in it, and we keep the everyday local information accurate.
Why the site is not called Wealden
“Wealden” was coined in 1974 from the Weald, the old woodland landscape that covers this part of Sussex. It is a real landscape and a real council, but it is not a place anybody gives as their address. So we name the towns: Crowborough, Uckfield, Hailsham, Heathfield and Polegate, and the villages with them, Forest Row, Buxted, Hartfield, Mayfield, Wadhurst, Herstmonceux, Hellingly, Isfield, Alfriston, Willingdon and Pevensey. The northern half of the district commutes towards London and Tunbridge Wells and the southern half faces Eastbourne, and that difference runs through most local arguments here.
What we report
Wealden District Council’s planning register and committee papers, licensing notices, police.uk crime data, HM Land Registry sold prices, Food Standards Agency hygiene ratings, Environment Agency flood warnings for the Uck, the upper Medway and the Cuckmere, and company filings in The Gazette. East Sussex County Council runs roads, schools and social care rather than the district, and we say which body a decision belongs to. Every fact carries a link to its source.
Council reorganisation
Wealden District Council was due to be abolished in April 2028, folded into a new East Sussex Council alongside Eastbourne, Hastings, Rother and most of Lewes. That plan was paused on 7 September 2026 and is now under review, with no date set for it to report. Wealden remains the district council. We will report the process from the published documents and keep our reference pages pointing at whichever body actually answers on the day you read them.
Tips and corrections
In a district of villages, residents almost always know first. Email hello@crowboroughtoday.co.uk with a tip, an event, or a correction. Tips are treated in confidence, and corrections are made quickly and noted on the page.
Crowborough Today is part of the GOB Media Group.