Since its inception, Hailsham Town Council has assumed responsibility for a number of areas in the town, as well as implementing its own schemes. The Town Council provides a number of services to the local public, including the following:
TOWN COUNCIL (& TRUSTS) / FINANCE & BUDGET OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
Precept; Members' Allowances; Insurance; Audit; Staff Management; Administration; Office Equipment; Policy & Policy Reviews (changes); Health & Safety; Risk Assessment; Vehicle Fleet & Pressure Washing; Contracted Services; Rent Assessment & Collection; Leases; Legal & Professional Services; Banking & Investment; Grants; Joint Funded Projects; Subsidies; Youth Project (1 Market Square); Concessionary Travel; Community Transport; Section 137 Payments; Land Matters; Police Community Support Officers; Commercial Rubbish Disposal; New Burial Ground; Local Development Framework; Hailsham & Hellingly Masterplan; Residents' Newsletter; Town Twinning.
PLANING & DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Comment on Planning Applications; Enforcement Notices; Notices of Appeal (against planning decisions); Justices Licences; Tree Preservation Orders; Conservation Areas & Listed Buildings; Local Development Proposals; Any other PLANNING related matters; Street Closures; Street Naming; Footpath Diversions.
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Business, retail and town centre development; future car parking provision; Roads & Transport Masterplan; coordination of street markets; industrial estate environmental development.
HAILSHAM IN BLOOM COMMITTEE
Town centre floral displays; horticultural, biodiversity and local environmental quality improvements; Orchard Park plant nursery; Dennis King Memorial Orchard & Sensory Garden; Diamond Jubilee Rose Garden; Hailsham In Bloom competitions; South & South East in Bloom competition entry.
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