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How to be alerted to new planning applications near you

If you are on the internet, the parish council would urge you to sign up to the My Wealden Alerts at https://my.wealden.gov.uk/en. You would then be notified via the weekly Wealden update (at the bottom of the email) of any new planning applications in your area. In addition to this the parish council will try its upmost to inform residents of new application as they arrive via its website. However, this does by no means cover the many residents who are not on the internet, so we would please ask everyone to spread the word as new applications are submitted.

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Country Night at St Mark’s Church

Beer, boots, good food… and a little line dancing!

St Mark’s has stood at the heart of Hadlow Down for generations — marking our weddings and christenings, our Christmases and Easters, and providing a beautiful and familiar place for the village to gather.

But, like many rural churches, St Mark’s needs our support. The congregation may be smaller than it once was, but this lovely old building still needs just as much care and TLC. So this September, there’s a rather enjoyable way to help…

Pull on your boots and join us in the church for Country Night!

On Friday 18th September from 7pm, St Mark’s will be transformed for an autumn evening celebrating all things Country, with music, dancing, beer, delicious food and plenty of good company.

And we have some brilliant news. The hugely popular Ashdown Line Dancing are supporting the evening and will be leading a set of the dancing.

So, if you’ve always rather fancied having a go at line dancing but never quite had the courage — this could be your night! No experience required, no need to know your heel-toe from your grapevine, and certainly no expectation that you’ll get every step right. Just come along, join in and have some fun. Boyce Entertainment will also be helping to keep the Country Night atmosphere going.

Supper is included in your ticket, with a choice of Chilli Con Carne, Southern Fried Chicken or a Vegan Falafel dish — and, naturally, there’ll be beer to go with it.

Tickets are £20, with funds raised going towards supporting St Mark’s and helping to care for this very special village building.

There are just a few tickets remaining, so gather some friends, find your boots and come and join us. You’ll be supporting our village church while enjoying what promises to be a wonderfully fun night.

Friday 18th September 2026 | From 7pm | St Mark’s Church, School Lane, Hadlow Down | Tickets £20 including food

Call Dee on 07795 451976 to secure your tickets.

Come for the food. Stay for the dancing. Help keep St Mark’s at the heart of Hadlow Down.