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Back in October we discovered through the media the Labour Government's plans to use the Crowborough Training Camp to house asylum seekers. Alongside our local MP, Nusrat Ghani, we have been opposing this decision alongside our local MP, Nusrat Ghani.

While our local MP stood up for our community and the Cadets from day one, Wealden District Council - led by a collation of Liberal Democrats and the Green Party- have failed to represent residents and fight for us. Despite the MP and community asking them to do so, and despite examples of other councils across the U.K. having taken legal action, to date WDC have not brought forward any legal action against the Home Office.

On 22 January the Home Office pressed ahead and we saw the first asylum seekers move into the site under the cover of darkness.

This issue is important not only to Crowborough residents, but across Sussex Weald.

Share your views so we can continue holding Wealden District Council to account and either us or Nusrat may be in contact in the future to update you on our campaigns.

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Nusrat Ghani, MP for Sussex Weald, has invited the CEO of South East Water, John Halsall, to answer your questions. Local residents and businesses have suffered severe water outages and service disruption during the hot summer, with places like Crowborough, Heathfield and Horam left without supplies for extended periods of time. South East Water has claimed that the hot summer was a contributing factor, but Nusrat Ghani has previously questioned the ability of water bosses to keep bill payers supplied wit

Nusrat Ghani, MP for Sussex Weald, invites South East Water boss to answer questions

Tuesday, 22 September, 2026

Local residents and businesses have suffered severe water outages and service disruption during the hot summer, with places like Crowborough, Heathfield and Horam left without supplies for extended periods of time.South East Water has claimed that the hot summer was a contributing factor, but Nusrat

Ghani: “I was right all along on Government’s plans for asylum camp in Crowborough" I have condemned the latest announcement made by the Home Office about their future plans for Crowborough Training Camp. The Home Office has confirmed it intends to use the Urgent Crown Development procedure to apply for permission. This will see the Home Office applying for permission directly to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government instead of the normal route to secure planning permission.

"I was right all along on Government’s plans for asylum camp in Crowborough" says Conservative MP Nusrat Ghani

Wednesday, 9 September, 2026

Conservative MP for Sussex Weald, Nusrat Ghani: “I was right all along on Government’s plans for asylum camp in Crowborough" ..."I have condemned the latest announcement made by the Home Office about their future plans for Crowborough Training Camp."The Home Office has confirmed it intends

Croborough's Conservative MP, Nus Ghani, has called on Wealden District Council to act over illegal migrant camp

Friday, 24 July, 2026

Inaction over the illegal migrant camp and rising local frustration in and around Croborough has prompted Conservative MP for Sussex Weald, Nusrat Ghani, to write to the Green Party leader of Wealden District Council. Crowborough Training Camp - letters to Wealden District Council Green Party

Following the media news of the Home Office’s plans to extend the use of the Crowborough Training Camp as asylum accommodation until 2030, Nusrat Ghani, MP for Sussex Weald, secured an urgent meeting with Home Office Minister Alex Norris MP to scrutinise the Home Office and share concerns of local residents. Nusrat's latest statement is available below. “As your local champion, I am using every opportunity to raise Crowborough time and time again in Westminster, and I continue to hold the Minister to acco

Nusrat Ghani MP statement following latest meeting with Home Office Minister Alex Norris on Crowborough Training Camp

Thursday, 2 July, 2026

Following media reports of the Home Office’s plans to extend the use of the Crowborough Training Camp as asylum accommodation until 2030, Nusrat Ghani, MP for Sussex Weald, secured an urgent meeting with Home Office Minister Alex Norris MP to scrutinise the Home Office and share concerns of local re

This evening, the Home Office revealed plans for the use of additional large sites across the country to house asylum seekers, whilst also confirming its intention to extend the use of the Crowborough Training Camp as asylum accommodation until 2030. In a U-turn on previous public assurances that they would only use Crowborough Training Camp for 12 months, the Home Office have announced they will now seek Planning Permission to continue using it until 2030. The Home Office have not confirmed the process t

Nusrat Ghani MP slams Home Office plans to keep Crowborough migrant camp open until 2030

Thursday, 25 June, 2026

This evening, the Home Office revealed plans for the use of additional large sites across the country to house asylum seekers, whilst also confirming its intention to extend the use of the Crowborough Training Camp as asylum accommodation until 2030. In a U-turn on previous public assurances th

A Home Office response to a Freedom of Information request has left one MP describing the embattled Government Department as a real-life Monty Python Show. Sussex Weald’s Conservative MP Nusrat Ghani requested details of key assessments undertaken by the Home Office on Crowborough Training Camp to decide if it was suitable for housing asylum seekers. This followed Home Office Ministers and officials repeatedly stating the camp was, in their assessment, suitable to be used for this purpose. In her Freedom

Labour's Home Office dismissed as "Real-Life Monty Python" by Nusrat Ghani, Conservative MP for Sussex Weald

Wednesday, 24 June, 2026

A Home Office response to a Freedom of Information request has left one MP describing the embattled Government Department as a real-life Monty Python Show.Sussex Weald’s Conservative MP Nusrat Ghani requested details of key assessments undertaken by the Home Office on Crowborough Training Camp to de

Nusrat Ghani MP says Wealden District Council must back Crowborough residents

Crowborough's Conservative MP, Nus Ghani, Nusrat Ghani MP says Wealden's Green/Lib-Dem/Labour council "must back residents"

Thursday, 23 April, 2026

Nusrat Ghani, Conservative MP for Sussex Weald, has called on Wealden District Council’s Green & Lib Dem Leaders to get behind a key effort to stop the Home Office using Crowborough Training Camp as Asylum Accommodation.Her call comes after the High Court gave permission to proceed to a full hea

At the end of last October the residents of our lovely town discovered the Home Office would move 540 asylum seekers into Crowborough Training camp, evicting the 6,000 or so cadets and reserves that were used it each year. Like almost everyone else, Jeannete was shocked and appalled by this announcement and immediately contacted Nus Ghani MP. ‘I could see the implications of this,’ Jeannette said. ‘These would be undocumented males, mostly between 18 and 30 and from cultures where women and children are t

Crowborough Says No, backed by Conservative candidate Jeannette Towey

Thursday, 2 April, 2026

Conservative candidate Jeannette Towey, standing for election to East Sussex County Council in Crowborough North and Jarvis Brook, backs Crowbrough Says No.At the end of last October the residents of our lovely town discovered the Home Office would move 540 asylum seekers into Crowborough Training c

Due to the lack of transparency, information and accountability to Crowborough residents, Nusrat wrote to the Home Affairs Select Committee to request an inquiry into both the Home Office’s and Wealden District Council’s roles in the repurposing of Crowborough Training Camp as asylum seeker accommodation and the removal of the Cadets blue light services. Local residents, public service providers and Nusrat’s request for consultation, public information sharing meetings and sights of legal decisions were i

BREAKING NEWS! Result for MP Nusrat Ghani, as she triggers Home Affairs Select Committee Investigation into the acquisition of Crowborough Training Camp

Thursday, 26 March, 2026

Due to the lack of transparency, information and accountability to Crowborough residents, Nusrat wrote to the Home Affairs Select Committee to request an inquiry into both the Home Office’s and Wealden District Council’s roles in the repurposing of Crowborough Training Camp as asylum seeker accommod

Nusrat Ghani, MP Sussex for Weald, has issued the following response to the local Liberal Democrat, Green and Labour Party Coalition Wealden District Council. Nusrat Ghani said: "It is not a surprise that the power-sharing coalition leading Wealden District Council are failing local residents by refusing to take a stand against the Home Office and have decided not to support any further legal action over the use of Crowborough Training Camp as asylum accommodation. The Green and Lib Dem Leadership of Weald

Conservative MP Nusrat Ghani slams Wealden council’s "Defeatism" over Crowborough Training Camp

Tuesday, 3 March, 2026

Nusrat Ghani, Conservative MP Sussex for Weald, has issued the following response to the local Liberal Democrat, Green and Labour Party Coalition ruling Wealden District Council.Nusrat Ghani said: "It is not a surprise that the power-sharing coalition leading Wealden District Council