Your Conservative Crawley Borough Council has published its budget plans for 2012/13. The budget includes a Council Tax Freeze for the second year running and continues the six-year track record of the lowest Council Tax rises in all of Sussex.
Almost two years of work by Ifield Councillor Ali Burke and Crawley Borough Council officers, has resulted in a successful bid of £750,000 to the Budget Advisory Group for funds to be invested in Ifield West – which Cabinet on 8th February is asked to approve as a recommendation to the budget-making Full Council on 29th February.
We welcome Wilkinson to Crawley. The homeware store is due to set up shop on the former T J Hughes site this summer.
Worth Park Gardens, in Pound Hill, is a site of national heritage significance. Working with the Friends of Worth Park Gardens, Crawley Borough Council has been successful in securing a HLF (Heritage Lottery Fund) grant of £2.42 million.
Our very successful Crawley Town Football Club is to get a new 2,000-seater stand, to increase ground capacity, following its great achievements in competiton.
The Hawth, Crawley's prestigious theatre, has its future ensured under new operational management, while still in the ownership of Crawley Borough Council on behalf of the people.
In 2012, Crawley is set to see work start on the first phase of Town Centre North.
Conservatives took control of Crawley Borough Council in May 2006, for the first time since its creation in 1974. After our first five and a half years, we can look back on an impressive track record of achievement.
The new Kilnwood Vale neighbourhood, west of Bewbush, is to go ahead. This is the result of great partnership working between Crawley Borough Council, Horsham District Council and the developers.
Thank you for your support at the last election. Because of you, David Cameron is the first Conservative Prime Minister in 13 years and the Government’s plans to build a strong economy and a big society are in full swing. Now, to help us communicate with you, we've launched this new local website.
