The Annual Meeting of Electors for the Parish of West Dean will be held at West Dean College on Wednesday 14 May 2025 at 7pm. All electors of the Parish are invited to attend. The meeting is organised by the Parish Council on behalf of the local community to enable residents to find out more about local issues and to have a say on anything they consider to be important to the Parish. Please see the meeting agenda below.

A shared moment of celebration. Free entry for invited residents. Join us in commemorating 80 years of VE Day. To honour this day we are inviting our residents of West Dean, Binderton, Chilgrove and families of West Dean Primary School to come together for an evening of remembrance, reflection and celebration at West Dean College Gardens (green in front of the college). Kindly supported by West Dean Parish Council and special thanks to West Dean Estate. To assist with catering, it is imperative that you please RSVP no later than 5 May 2025 by competing the RSVP slip below with your menu choice for your family and returning it to…

ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 Announcement name by (Name of Clerk): Mrs Clare Kennett Date of announcement: 5 September 2024

Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024. Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 Sections 26 and 27. The Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/234) The AGAR and end of year audit documents for 2023-24 are available here.

West Dean Parish Council is holding a Tea Party to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day on Saturday 8 June at the Selsey Arms Pub. From 3pm – 5.30pm there will be live music, food, cakes, scones, tea and coffee, and live music. From 6pm – 7pm there will be bingo. There will also be a tombola and a cake competition – one large or one plate of small cakes or traybake. Please come along and join our celebration!

An inspection of all memorials at the Cemetery and Churchyard at St Andrew’s Church in West Dean will take place week beginning Monday 13 May 2024. This is part of the Parish Council’s ongoing safety programme. Any memorial that has not met the health and safety requirements will be provided with a notice and temporary support. The Parish Council will undertake works to make any memorial safe and will try to contract the holders of exclusive right of burial if records exist. For your own safety, and that of all visitors to the cemetery, please do not attempt to test memorials yourself. Any work to repair memorials must be undertaken…

The Annual Meeting of Electors for the Parish of West Dean will be held at West Dean College on Wednesday 8 May 2024 at 7pm. All electors of the Parish are invited to attend. The meeting is organised by the Parish Council on behalf of the local community to enable residents to find out more about local issues and to have a say on anything they consider to be important to the Parish. Please see the meeting agenda below.

Nomination papers can be submitted from 23 March 2023. The last day for receipt is 4pm on Tuesday, 4 April 2023. Completed papers MUST be hand delivered by this date to the Returning Officer, East Pallant House, 1 East Pallant, Chichester, PO19 1TY. Office opening hours are 9am-4pm Monday to Friday.