News
Keeping our countryside safe from fire during heatwave
Graffham and East Lavington Parish Councils have been liaising with other local authorities about the risk of wildfires during the current drought, which has turned much of the countryside in and around our village into a potential tinderbox.
Sign petition to make Graffham’s roads safer
Graffham Parish Council is urging all villagers to support its request to West Sussex County Council to make our roads safer by signing a petition by the end of July 2026.
2026’s annual meeting of the parish of Graffham
The annual meeting of the parish of Graffham will be held on Wednesday 13 May in The Empire at 7pm after social drinks from 6.30pm.
WSCC rejects bid to lower speed limit in village centre
West Sussex County Council (WSCC) has rejected the application by Graffham Parish Council (GPC) for a traffic regulation order (TRO) that would have seen the current 30mph limit in the village centre cut to 20mph with “buffer zones” lowering the speed restriction on the approaches to the village.
Graffham Parish Council holds its AGM
Gillian Charlesworth was re-elected Chairman of Graffham Parish Council, with John Bracey as Deputy Chairman, at its annual general meeting on the evening of Wednesday 6 May, in the Rec Pavilion.
Allotment provision no longer on the agenda
Providing allotments in the village is no longer on Graffham Parish Council’s agenda after two of the six residents who asked it to do so advised that they no longer wanted one, as their neighbour had offered them use of part of their garden to tend.
Changes in councillors
Two councillors have been co-opted to Graffham Parish Council as one established member stands down.
