KEY FACTS

Hailsham is a working market town that is seriously congested with traffic at peak times, due to the limited capacity of the narrow potholed roads in and out of the town. This is a feature of many local villages, due to over development and a lack of infrastructure improvements.

The A22 dual carriageway offers some relief north-south, to Polegate, or London. But there is no equivalent east to west, to Brighton or Hastings.

The roads are the responsibility of East Sussex County Council, Highways department. Only 5% of your road fund licence goes to building roads. The rest goes to things like gold wallpaper and parties at No 10 Downing Street.

There is a Community College.

There is a police station at Deer Paddock.

There are three supermarkets in the town, Asda, Tesco and Waitrose.

There is an industrial estate with an Argos, Screwfix and Wickes retail outlets, and Knockhatch Adventure Park, just off the A22.

The town is the administrative headquarters of Wealden District Council, situated at Vicarage Lane. This Council is held by many to be one of the most corrupt in the south, in their discriminatory actions, and overseas investments, in particular in fossil fuels, rather than renewables.

There is no rolling stock of land for those who want to build affordable (low cost housing) and/or sustainable housing (carbon neutral), to avoid crippling Community Infrastructure Levies (CIL) payments, for self builds. A flat pack qualifies as a self-build. This serious omission is contrary to the National Planning Policy Framework, and Housing and Regeneration Act 2008: Where a local planning authority is failing to discharge a statutory obligation, the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) may take over the function of a defaulting local authority .. S. 13 (2) and 14 (2) (a) and (b).

There are duties as to the provision of low cost housing. See S. 31 (1) & (2) of the 2008 Act. With low cost rental described in S. 69 (a) (b) & (c) of the 2008 Act.

There are very few electric vehicle charging points for cars and vans. Meaning that the town is woefully unprepared for the transition to clean energy.