Bramber Parish Council
Current News
Maudlin Lane Closure in January
Added: 4th November 2025
Food Waste Collections Are Coming
Added: 1st November 2025
Food waste collections are coming to the Horsham District from Spring 2026. Your refuse and recycling collections will continue as usual every other week: these new food waste collections are an additional service. Find out more on the Council’s website at www.horsham.gov.uk.foodwaste.
Support the Aerosol Recycling Campaign
Added: 31st October 2025
Please support the Aerosol Recycling Campaign which is currently running in partnership with Alupro and Arun District Council. The campaign will continue until the end of November and aims to raise awareness and increase the recycling of empty aerosol cans across West Sussex.
Each year, the UK uses around 550 million metal aerosols, many of which can be recycled at home once empty. However, recent surveys show that 22% of residents are unaware that empty aerosol cans are recyclable. This campaign seeks to change that. As part of this we would be very grateful if you could:
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Display the campaign posters on your local notice boards.
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Share our social media posts to help spread the message online. We are online as @WSRecycles
The campaign encourages residents to use the Spray, Squirt, Shake method to check if their aerosol cans are empty before recycling. If not empty, they should be taken to a local Recycling Centre for safe disposal.
You can find more information about aerosol recycling and the campaign, including a catchy video, on the West Sussex County Council website.
Preparing For Winter
Added: 29th October 2025
The poster below is designed to help older people who are not online – as well as the friends, family and carers who support them – to take simple steps to be better prepared for disruption to power, water or other services, caused by the weather this winter. It has been developed on behalf of the Sussex Resilience Forum and overseen by the Sussex Warning and Informing Group (SWIG) Executive.
Upper Beeding Branch Surgery Closure
Added: 2nd October 2025
A New Online Tool for Householders
Added: 18th September 2025
Horsham District Council has been working with Chichester District Council and Parity Projects to develop a free online tool to help householders get advice on energy saving measures they could take that will help to reduce the amount of home energy they use, make their home more comfortable to live in, reduce their carbon emissions and potentially increase the value of their home too. The tool is a great way for residents to understand retrofit options available and likely costs.
Both district councils have declared a Climate Emergency and this online tool is a way that we can support homeowners to understand the benefits of changes that can be made to homes and the costs of making these changes. In the Horsham district over half of carbon emissions are associated with energy used in buildings and over 80% of the buildings in the district are homes.
You can read more about our new online tool here: https://www.horsham.gov.uk/energy-saving-plan-builder
Sarah Hogben
Communications Officer
Telephone: 01403 215242
Bramber Castle Orchard
Updated: 6th March 2025
The National Trust, English Heritage and Steyning Community Orchard are working in partnership to create a new orchard in the small field to the west of Bramber Castle.
We plan on planting 22 fruit trees this winter and another eight in 2026. The trees will be a mix of Sussex apple varieties, pear, cherry, medlar, quince and bullace and once planted there will be a plan, accessible to visitors, showing where each of the trees are planted.
Over the next ten years, English Heritage will be establishing King’s Meadows - flower-rich grasslands across England. Here at Bramber we’ll be restoring the meadow alongside the creation of the Orchard. Beneath the fruit trees the grassland will be managed to create a wildflower rich meadow supporting a range of insects and other wildlife. This will take time to develop through careful management and sowing wildflower seed.
We hope this project will create a lasting natural legacy, rich in wildlife, that will be enjoyed for many years to come.
Forestry Commission - Invasive Spruce Bark Beetle Awareness
Added: 20th February 2025
I’m a Woodland Officer at the Forestry Commission working on the eradication response to the eight-toothed spruce bark beetle, Ips typographus, which is an invasive and regulated pest in England.
Ips typographus targets weakened or damaged spruce trees, and storm events like we’re experiencing this winter can create ideal habitat. It is being blown over from outbreaks in Europe and, if left unchecked, it could potentially build in numbers and would be devastating to the country’s timber industry. We therefore advise proactive management of spruce to remove potential habitat and risk of infestation.
We’re also encouraging everyone in the Proactive Spruce Removal Area to be vigilant for windblown, snapped, damaged and stressed spruce trees, and to submit a TreeAlert report for anything of concern or email ips.t@forestrycommission.gov.uk. This could be landowners, those directly involved with managing spruce (e.g. foresters, tree surgeons, Christmas tree growers), or members of the public who use spruce woodlands recreationally (e.g. dog walkers, ramblers).
I’m getting in touch with parish, town, and other community councils across the southeast, with the aim of increasing awareness of this issue at the local level.
Additional info can be found via the GOV.uk Ips typographus page or do let me know if you have any questions.
Elliot Carpenter
Ips typographus Woodland Officer
Forestry Commission
Bucks Horn Oak
Farnham
Surrey
GU10 4LS
For all guidance on Ips typographus go to https://www.gov.uk/guidance/eight-toothed-european-spruce-bark-beetle-ips-typographus
"Tracing The Rails" - Can You Help?
Added: 7th October 2024
