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Balcombe Village Fete – Book Online
Full details of how to book a stall at this year’s village fete are now available on the website. You can either download and print a booking form or submit an application using our new online form. Click here for full stallholder information
FFBRA – Challenge goes to Court of Appeal
Today, 7th May 2024, we got the news we have been waiting for since October. The Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Stuart-Smith has granted our application to appeal. We are now waiting to hear our court date. This means the decision by Judge Lieven to deny our …
FFBRA Appeals against judicial review decision
On October 31st, FFBRA filed an application for permission to appeal at the Court of Appeal. This will be decided by a judge reviewing our grounds for appeal. We expect to hear their decision in 3 to 4 months’ time. If we are successful in …
FFBRA News and Information Coffee Morning – 10th June
Coffee, teas, cakes and children’s play area. Please join us in the Parish Rooms on: Saturday 10 June from 10.30 am to 1 pm. From 11.30 to 12 noon there will be a short questions and answers session covering: And any other questions you may have. …
Balcombe CrowdJustice Case Launched
FFBRA is challenging the Planning Inspector’s decision to allow Angus Energy to flow test in Balcombe in the High Court. We will need everyone’s help to do this. We have instructed Leigh Day to act on our behalf. On Saturday 11th March we will be launching …
SAY ‘NO’ TO OIL FIELDS!
We have received the devastating news that Angus Energy have been granted their appeal. This comes after West Sussex County Council Planning Committee refused Angus Energy’s application to extract drilling fluids and conduct an extended well test at Lower Stumble, Balcombe a UNANIMOUS VOTE. The Planning Committee decided …
Fed up with Speeding in Balcombe
Are you fed up with speeding vehicles in Balcombe? You can do something about it! Your contact details will be treated in the strictest confidence, once your report has been submitted the only further contact Operation Crackdown will make with you is if they need …
Balcombe’s Parishes in Bloom Written Submission 2022
Community involvement in Balcombe took on a new dimension in 2022 with the formation of Balcombe Friends of Ukraine. Within a few weeks, more than 90 people had expressed an interest in either hosting a family or helping in some other way. By June we …
Balcombe Friends of Ukraine – we need your support
Group launches to help those fleeing war-torn Ukraine Families and individuals in Balcombe have come together to find out how they, and the village, can help people fleeing the war in Ukraine. Some 11 families that we know of have so far offered to host …