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East Sussex county council is the third tier of government, providing education, libraries and highway maintenance. Mountfield falls within the Battle and Crowhurst ward. The UK Parliament constituency for Mountfield is Bexhill and Battle. Prior to Brexit in 2020, the village was part of the South East England constituency in the European ...
The large towns of Brighton and Hastings were deemed capable of providing their own county-level services and so they were made county boroughs, independent from East Sussex County Council. [6] Eastbourne was later also made a county borough in 1911. [7] Old County Hall, Lewes: Council's headquarters until 1938.
Council Tax Benefit was a means-tested rebate that potentially rebated 100% of a claimant's Council Tax bill. The rebate would be reduced by a fifth of any qualifying income above a certain level; benefits did not qualify for this calculation, but most other income did. In effect, Council Tax Benefit was a rebate for people with low incomes.
Eastbourne became a non-metropolitan district on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, with East Sussex County Council once more providing county-level services to the town. [10] Eastbourne kept its borough status, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor, continuing Eastbourne's series of mayors dating back to 1883.
For local government purposes, East Sussex comprises a non-metropolitan county, with five districts, and the unitary authority of Brighton and Hove. East Sussex and West Sussex historically formed a single county, Sussex. The northeast of East Sussex is part of the Weald, a sandstone anticline that was once an extensive woodland. The highest ...
The current B2112 is an old drove road, as is a portion of the A272 which crosses the northern edge of the parish; whilst the minor road to Plumpton is a medieval highway. The B2112 also became part of an 18th century London-Brighton turnpike which is still used as the route for the modern day bike ride between the two.
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This is a list of electoral divisions and wards in the ceremonial county of East Sussex in South East England. All changes since the re-organisation of local government following the passing of the Local Government Act 1972 are shown. The number of councillors elected for each electoral division or ward is shown in brackets.