Extension to cycle route

At Monday's Heathfield and Waldron Parish Council planning meeting, members were asked for their views about three routes which will extend the Cuckoo Trail northwards to the village.

The trail, which follows the former Cuckoo Line railway track, currently stops short in woodland just north of Heathfield.

But county planners have put forward a scheme which links it to Marklye Lane and on northwards via Newick Lane to the outskirts of Mayfield.

It will be part of the National Cycle Network Route 21.

Alternatives see minor deviations at the High Street end or next to the railway bridge in Markly Wood.

Heathfield councillors said they had hoped detailed plans would have been laid by now as they had been given a December 17 date for final agreement of the route.