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Mid Weald Branch

Local Conservatives working hard for Blackboys, Chiddingly, E.Hoathly, Framfield, Halland, Horam, Laughton and Waldron

Mid-Weald Branch

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Mid Weald Conservatives

Mid-Weald Branch includes Blackboys, Chiddingly, East Hoathly, Framfield, Halland, Horam, Laughton, and Waldron

Branch Chairman - Cllr Susan Stedman
Deputy Chairman/Treasurer Cllr Ann Newton
 

County Councillors 

Chris Dowling (Blackboys and Framfield)
Nick Bennett (Chiddingly, East Hoathly, Halland, Laughton, Waldron)
Bob Bowdler (Horam)

 

District Councillors

Ann Newton (Framfield & Blackboys)
Geoffrey Draper (Chiddingly, East Hoathly and Waldron)
Bob Bowdler and Sue Stedman (Horam)

 

People
Cllr Bob Bowdler

Bob Bowdler

Conservative County Councillor for Wealden East
District Councillor for Horam & Punnetts Town

I am a retired ex-servicman and surveyor and I was first elected to Wealden District Council in 2015 where I am now in my second term serving on Planning Committee (South) and on the Standards Committee. 

Chris Dowling

Chris Dowling

County County Councillor for Uckfield South with Framfield
President of Wealden Conservatives
Chairman of Uckfield Conservatives

Cllr Chris Dowling is the County Councillor for Uckfield South with Framfield, including Ridgewood, part of New Town, Framfield, Blackboys, Little Horsted and part of Cross-in-Hand.

Geoffrey Draper

Geoffrey Draper

District Councillor for Chiddingly Ward

Geoffrey Draper was elected district ouncillor for Chiddingly, East Hoathly & Waldron Ward (including Golden Cross and Halland). 

Geoffrey says, “I am first and foremost a resident of this Ward, situated almost exactly equidistant between Chiddingly, East Hoathly and Waldron.

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Ann Newton

Wealden District Councillor for Framfield and Cross-in-Hand
Leader of Wealden District Council; portfolio holder for Planning and Development
Deputy Chairman of Wealden Conservatives' Mid-Weald Branch

Ann was first elected as Wealden District Councillor for the Framfield Ward in 2007.   She was re-elected in 2011, 2015 and 2019.  In 2009 she became Chairman of Planning Committee North until September 2012 when she was asked to join the Cabinet initially as Portfolio Holder for Corporate Servic

Susan Stedman

Susan Stedman

District Councillor for Horam & Punnetts Town, along with Bob Bowdler
Chairman of Mid-Weald Branch

Wealden District Councillor for Horam, Susan has lived there for over thirty years and worked in the district for much of that time.

News

Bob Bowdler

Councillor walks away with top jam-making award at village show

Tuesday, 11 October, 2022

Showing that he's a Man of Many Talents, Horam and Punnetts Town Wealden District and Wealden East county councillor Bob Bowdler entered his home-made jam in the Warbleton and District Horticultural and Poultry’s  Annual Show in the Dunn Village Hall, Rushlake Green.

​​​​​​​Planning application deferred pending assurances from Southern Water over sewage discharge

​​​​​​​Planning application deferred pending assurances from Southern Water over sewage discharge, another refused

Thursday, 18 August, 2022

A decision on whether or not to grant planning permission for up to 100 new homes in Crowborough will depend on assurances from Southern Water that their sewage systems can take the extra flow.

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Wealden planning committee takes strong line against Southern Water's "failings" and defers applications until it receives answers

Thursday, 11 August, 2022

A planning committee at Conservative-run Wealden District Council has taken the unusual decision to defer the majority of applications before it today (11 August 2022) until full and satisfactory reports are received from Southern Water.

Mayfield moves closer to its new community centre and health hub in a partnership between Conservative-run Wealden and the parish council

Mayfield moves closer to its new community centre and health hub in a partnership between Conservative-run Wealden and the parish council

Monday, 1 August, 2022

Plans for the new Mayfield Community and Health Centre have marked an important milestone as detailed proposals have been submitted for approval.

Ambitious plans to greatly enhance the Cuckoo Trail unveiled by Conservative-run Wealden

Ambitious plans to greatly enhance the Cuckoo Trail, unveiled by Conservative-run Wealden

Wednesday, 13 July, 2022

Plans to enhance the Cuckoo Trail have been agreed by Conservative-run Wealden District Council’s Cabinet committee this morning.

A new three-point strategy has been adopted and outlines a number of exciting proposals for the 11-mile long stretch between Polegate and Heathfield.

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April/May 2022 update from Cllr Ann Newton, Framfield and Cross-in-Hand including Blackboys

Sunday, 10 April, 2022

The latest regular update from Wealden District Councillor Ann Newton, Ward member for Framfield and Cross-in-Hand including Blackboys - as published in Framfield Parish Magazine

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Conservative councillor Ann Newton and Wealden Council Chairman, Ron Read, go back to school for a Golden Assembly

Conservative councillor Ann Newton and Wealden Council Chairman, Ron Reed, go back to school for a Golden Assembly

Friday, 25 March, 2022

Blackboys Primary School welcomed Wealden District Council’s chairman Councillor Ron Reed and ward Councillor Ann Newton to a ‘golden assembly’.

Facilities for older residents explored by Conservative councillors and MP on visit to Horam's Age We Care club

Facilities for older residents explored by Conservative councillors and MP on visit to Horam's Age We Care club

Wednesday, 23 March, 2022

Conservative councillors were joined by Wealden's MP, Nusrat Ghani, on a fact-finding visit to Age We Care Horam Day Club.

Wealden's Conservative MP, Nusrat Ghani, supports new womenswear business in Fairwarp

Wealden's Conservative MP, Nusrat Ghani, supports new womenswear business in Fairwarp

Thursday, 30 December, 2021

Nusrat Ghani, the Conservative MP for Wealden, has visited Fairwarp-based lingerie, nightwear and swimwear business Liberty & Love which empowers women of all ages to feel good in their skin every day.
 

New community and health centre design revealed to residents of Mayfield and Five Ashes

New community and health centre design revealed to residents of Mayfield and Five Ashes

Tuesday, 14 December, 2021

More than 300 villagers turned out for a glimpse of the proposed design for the Mayfield Community and Health Centre.

 

The design was unveiled to residents of the two villages at a recent event at the existing Memorial Hall in Mayfield.

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