RON CUSSONS

  Wealden's councillors are elected to represent the public, to conserve history and promote businesses and tourism

Councillor Ronald Cussons

Councillor 

Party: Conservative
Ward: 

Contact Information

Eastbourne
East Sussex

Phone: 01323

Email:

Committee appointments

* Planning Committee South

Terms of office

09/05/2014 -

Appointments to outside bodies

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UN SUSTAINABILITY DEVELOPMENT GOAL 6: SANITATION & CLEAN WATER

Clean, accessible water for all is an essential part of the world we want to live in and there is sufficient fresh water on the planet to achieve this. However, due to bad economics or poor infrastructure, millions of people including children die every year from diseases associated with inadequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene.

Water scarcity, poor water quality and inadequate sanitation negatively impact food security, livelihood choices and educational opportunities for poor families across the world. At the current time, more than 2 billion people are living with the risk of reduced access to freshwater resources and by 2050, at least one in four people is likely to live in a country affected by chronic or recurring shortages of fresh water. Drought in specific afflicts some of the world’s poorest countries, worsening hunger and malnutrition. Fortunately, there has been great progress made in the past decade regarding drinking sources and sanitation, whereby over 90% of the world’s population now has access to improved sources of drinking water.

To improve sanitation and access to drinking water, there needs to be increased investment in management of freshwater ecosystems and sanitation facilities on a local level in several developing countries within Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, Southern Asia, Eastern Asia and South-Eastern Asia.

Closer to home, Wealden District Council failed to properly assess the situation regarding the last surviving well in Herstmonceux that provides drinking water to this location as part of an industrial unit dating from 1909, part of an English Heritage, (now Historic England) monument protection programme. This council also got it wrong when it came to flooding at the other end of a field, flooding that is likely to lead to raw sewage finding its way onto the land and into private ponds that cannot cope with any additional flow. See the picture of the peaceful protest billboard above making reference to Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) and Hinkley in California, as portrayed in the Hollywood film: Erin Brockovich.

Then there are the potholed roads that cannot cope safely with additional traffic and a very poor site access that is substandard in terms of visibility splay.

Village over development like this is destroying the English charm that is unique and gives us our sense of national identity. The reason why councils are cutting corners like this is to grab extra rates and community infrastructure levies to boost flagging incomes to counter long term mismanagement.

WEALDEN'S AREA PLANS SOUTH COMMITTEE 2015
 

Andrew Long - (no email address)

David White - cllr.david.white@wealden.gov.uk

Diane Dear - cllr.dianne.dear@wealden.gov.uk

Charles Peck - cllr.charles.peck@wealden.gov.uk

Chris Hardy - cllr.chris.hardy@wealden.gov.uk

Chris Triandafyllou - cllr.chriss.triandafyllou@wealden.gov.uk

Daniel Shing - daniel.shing@wealden.gov.uk

Dick Angel - cllr.dick.angel@wealden.gov.uk

Barby Dashwood-Morris - cllr.barby.dashwood-morris@wealden.gov.uk

Barry Marlowe - cllr.barry.marlowe@wealden.gov.uk

Bill Bentley - cllr.bill.bentley@eastsussex.gov.uk

John Blake -  cllr.john.blake@wealden.gov.uk

Lin Clark - cllr.lin.clark@wealden.gov.uk

Nigel Coltman - cllr.nigel.coltman@wealden.gov.uk

Nigel McKeeman - cllr.nigel.mckeeman@wealden.gov.uk

Raymond Cade - cllr.raymond.cade@wealden.gov.uk

Robert Standley - cllr.robert.standley@wealden.gov.uk

Ron Cussons - cllr.ron.cussons@wealden.gov.uk

Stephen Harms - cllr.steve.harms@wealden.gov.uk

Stephen Shing - cllr.stephen.shing@wealden.gov.uk

Susan Stedman - cllr.susan.stedman@wealden.gov.uk

LOCAL NEWSPAPER CONTACTS

Sussex Express - sussex.express@jpress.co.uk
                          amie.morrell@jpress.co.uk

Eastbourne Herald - eastbourne.herald@jpress.co.uk

The Argus - lucy.pearce@theargus.co.uk

                  emily.walker@theargus.co.uk

LINKS

Barton Willmore

COUNCILLORS SERVING IN 2017 INTO 2018

Dick Angel - Jo Bentley - John Blake - Bob Bowdler - Don Broadbent - Norman Buck - Raymond Cade - John Carvey - Lin Clark
Nicholas Collinson - Nigel Coltman - Ronald Cussons - Barby Dashwood-Morris - Dianne Dear - Phil Dixon - Pam Doodes

  Claire Dowling - Jan Dunk - Louise Eastwood - Philip Ede - Helen Firth - Jonica Fox - Roy Galley - Richard Grocock - Chris Hardy

Steve Harms - Jim Hollins - Peter Holloway - Johanna Howell - Stephen Isted - David Larkin - Andy Long - Michael Lunn

Barry Marlowe - Nigel McKeeman - Huw Merriman - Rowena Moore - Kay Moss - Douglas Murray - Ann Newton - Ken Ogden

Amanda O'Rawe - Charles R Peck - Diane Phillips - Mark Pinkney - Major Antony Quin RM - Ronald Reed - Dr. Brian Redman

Carol Reynolds - Greg Rose - Peter Roundell - William Rutherford - Daniel Shing - Oi Lin Shing - Raymond Shing - Stephen Shing

Robert Standley - Susan Stedman - Bill Tooley - Jeanette Towey - Stuart Towner - Chriss Triandafyllou - Peter Waldock

Neil Waller - David Watts - Mark Weaver -Graham Wells - David White - John Wilton

COUNCILLORS SERVING IN 2006 - 2010

 

Councillor Lord Abergavenny Frant/Withyham Conservative   Councillor Raymond Cade      Councillor Mrs Christina Berry Polegate North Liberal Democrat   Cllr Bruce Broughton-Tompkins Crowborough St Johns Cons   Councillor Frank Brown Danehill/Fletching/Nutley Cons   Councillor Norman Buck Buxted & Maresfield Cons Deputy Leader Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Change Management   Councillor Mrs Jane Clark Crowborough East Liberal Democrat Chairman Select Committee   Councillor Ronald Cussons   Councillor Nick Ellwood Hailsham South and West Wealden Independent Leader, Wealden Independent Group   Councillor Dr Ian Haffenden Hailsham South and West Wealden Independent   Councillor Steve Harms    Councillor Paul Holbrook Hailsham Central and North Liberal Democrat   Councillor Jim Hollins Hartfield Conservative Deputy Chairman, Environment Scrutiny Committee; Chairman Liquor & Entertainments Licensing Committee   Councillor Mrs Pat Kennedy Buxted & Maresfield Conservative Chairman of the Council

Cllr Mrs Margaret Kirkpatrick Heathfield North & Central Conservative Cab Port Holder Housing  & Community Development   Councillor David Logan Rotherfield Conservative Cabinet Portfolio Holder Finance & Assets   Councillor Mrs Sylvia Martin Danehill/Fletching/Nutley Conservative Dep Chairman Select Committee   Councillor Roy Martin Polegate North Liberal Democrat Deputy Chairman Dev Ctrl South Sub-Committee   Councillor Nigel McKeeman   Councillor Mrs Linda McKeever Pevensey and Westham Conservative   Councillor Ian McKirgan Crowborough Jarvis Brook Wealden Independent   Councillor Ian Mein Crowborough East Lib Dem Vice Chairman and  Deputy Chair Dev Nth Sub-Com   Councillor Mrs Anna Monaghan Wadhurst Conservative   Councillor Mrs Laura Murphy Hailsham Central and North Leader of the Liberal  Democrat Group   Councillor Mrs Lynda Myers Frant/Withyham Conservative Deputy Chairman  Regulatory Committee   Councillor Ian Nottage Uckfield Liberal Democrat Dep Chair Liquor and  Entertainments Licensing

Councillor Mrs Niki Oakes Heathfield North & Central Conservative   Councillor Raymond Parsons Forest Row Conservative Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Corporate Services and Chair Personnel Committee   Councillor Mrs Diane Phillips Crowborough West Conservative Chairman Community Scrutiny Committee   Councillor Geoff Rowe Hailsham South and West Wealden Independent   Councillor Mrs Ivy Scarborough Polegate South Wealden Independent   Councillor Tony Seabrook Willingdon Liberal Democrat Deputy Chairman Community Scrutiny Committee   Councillor Paul Sparks Uckfield North Liberal Democrat Deputy Chairman Internal Scrutiny Committee   Councillor Robert Sweetland Uckfield Ridgewood Liberal Democrat   Councillor Mrs Sylvia Tidy Chiddingly & East Hoathly Conservative   Councillor Stuart Towner    Councillor Brian West East Dean Conservative   Councillor Keith Whitehead Alfriston Conservative Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Sustainable Development &

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