Useful contacts relating to WILD
Members of Parliament (MP's)
Alison Bennett
MP
Liberal Democrat
MP for Mid Sussex representing
Burgess Hill, East Grinstead, Haywards Heath & the Mid Sussex villages.
Also Hurst/Sayers Common Councillor.
All of the development affecting Albourne and Sayers Common are in Alison’s constituency.
Andrew Griffiths
MP
Conservative.
MP for Arundel and South Downs since 2019. He was appointed Economic Secretary to the Treasury in October 2022.
Councillors
Joy Dennis
West Sussex County Councillor
WSCC have no responsibility for housing, but they do deliver a range of services which are closely related such as schools and transport, and so have an important voice. The councillor for Hurstpierpoint and Bolney is Joy Dennis (Conservative).
Geoff Zeidler
Downland Villages Councillor
Geoff Zeidler (Conservative) is the councillor for Downland Villages, which includes Albourne.
John Drew
Chair Albourne Parish Council
The chair is John Drew and the lead on planning is John Spencer , both can be contacted on:
Malcolm Llewelyn
Chair Hurstpierpoint and Sayers Common Parish Council
Sayers Common councillor:
Robert Eggleston
Leader of Mid Sussex District Council
Liberal Democrat
Also councillor for Burgess Hill, Meeds and Hammonds.
He signed the letter submitting the district plan to the Secretary of State.
Rodney Jackson
Hurst/Sayers Common councillor
Chairman of Mid Sussex District Council
One of the councillors for Hurst/Sayers Common.