Improvement plan
Funding has been made available from a nearby housing development in Burgess Hill. These funds are for the management, maintenance and improvement of Ditchling Common County Park – both in terms of public access and the site’s ecology.
A four-week online consultation was carried out in the summer of 2025 to gauge the public’s opinion, and to help with the planning of how these funds are best to be spent.
The planned improvements are as follows:
- Car park improvements
- Easy access trail resurfacing and bridge replacement
- Improved interpretation and signage
- New picnic benches and seating
- Pond renovation and pond dipping platform
- Other path improvements
The consultation has also highlighted the degree to which the Park is used for dog exercising.
The next steps are to develop plans to deliver these priority improvements.