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Parish Council News – June 2026
Annual Parish Assembly This year’s Annual Parish Assembly had not taken place at the time of writing this article so a summary of what was discussed will be in next month’s Newsletter article. The 2025/26 Annual Report should now be available on the community website. 2025/26 Annual Report from the Parish Council Chairman I have…
Read MorePlanning Application WD/2025/1529/LB – Old Mill, Newick Lane
Planning Application WD/2025/1529/LB – Old Mill, Newick Lane, Mayfield, TN20 6RF Description: New/ replacement fencing to the existing flood defence wall with proposed gates Link to documents on web: https://planning.wealden.gov.uk/Planning/Display/WD/2025/1529/LB If you would like to provide comments to the Planning Committee, please email the Parish Clerk at: clerk@mayfieldfiveashes-pc.gov.uk Any comments for the Mayfield and Five Ashes Planning Committee…
Read MorePlanning Application WD/2025/0538/LB – Walnut Tree Cottage, Tidebrook Road
Planning Application WD/2025/0538/LB – Walnut Tree Cottage, Tidebrook Road, Rushers Cross, TN20 6PX Description: Demolition of a pre-fabricated garage, construction of a garden studio and cladding works to the cottage Link to documents on web: https://planning.wealden.gov.uk/Planning/Display/WD/2025/0538/LB If you would like to provide comments to the Planning Committee, please email the Parish Clerk at: clerk@mayfieldfiveashes.org.uk Any comments for the Mayfield…
Read MoreMedieval Five Ashes
Tim Cornish will give a talk, using recent research, about this dispersed woodland settlement, a remote place in the Archbishop of Canterbury’s huge South Malling estate which stretched from Lewes Bridge to Lamberhurst Bridge. If the Archbishop used a postal address, it might have been Yardhurst, “Within the Wood”, Mayfield parish, South Malling. The name “Five…
Read MoreRutter’s Magnificat and Stopford’s Missa Deus Nobiscum
Sunday 20th November at 7:30pm, St Dunstan’s Church, Mayfield Performed by Mayfield Festival Choir, conducted by Jeremy Summerly, with London Primavera (leader Paul Manley) and soloist Eloise Irving. Tickets £10-£25, under 25s half price. Available at https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/mayfieldfestivalchoir • in person from Sew Inspired, Mayfield or Lambert & Foster, Wadhurst; • by phone from 0333 666 3366…
Read MoreJeremy Summerly is interviewed on BBC Radio Sussex
Jeremy Summerly, the Artistic Director of the Mayfield Festival, was interviewed by Joe Talbot on BBC Radio Sussex on the 13th of April about the 2022 Festival. You can listen to the interview on BBC Sounds by clicking on the web link below and then moving the orange Seek Bar to the time position 2:42:45…
Read MoreControversy over proposal to dig up remains of Mayfield School founder
The proposal to dig up the remains of the founder of Mayfield School, Mother Cornelia Connelly, is attracting strong criticism from many people, particularly former pupils who call themselves Old Cornelians in her memory. This article from The Tablet, the International Catholic News Weekly covers the story and highlights some of the strong views being…
Read MoreAnonymous ‘Save Court Meadow’ Leaflet Response
The Mayfield and Five Ashes Parish Council Chairman’s response to the anonymous leaflet that some residents have received.
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