Vital Cuckfield building safeguarded from developers

By The Newsroom
Published 18th Feb 2015, 10:43 BST
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A community building has been safeguarded in Cuckfield after the parish council purchased the youth club building on London Lane.

The buy follows 12 months of negotiations with West Sussex County Council (WSCC), who put the building up for sale.

An opening ceremony is being planned for the spring with a new name sought to mark the ownership.

A community competition will help nominate a suitable name.

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The parish council decided to purchase the building as it provides a unique location close to the medical practice and Holy Trinity Primary School.

For years it has been the home to groups such as Cuckfield Pre-School Play Group, Orchard House Youth Club, Kumon Learning Centre and a karate club.

These groups would have been threatened with closure if the building had been sold to a commercial party.