Decision details

The Mid Sussex Marathon will be held over the Bank Holiday weekend 4 - 6 May 2019. The East Grinstead event is held on the Saturday when parking charges apply, whilst the other events held in Haywards Heath and Burgess Hill take place on days where car parking is free all day in the District Council’s car parks.

The concession is offered to participants of the East Grinstead event in the form of an approved voucher to encourage patronage of town centre after the event, which will support the town centre economy.

The approved vouchers will be administered by the Town Council and race organisers.

Whilst there will be a minimal loss of pay and display income by offering this concession, providing an opportunity to support the towns economy is considered to be priority.

The Cabinet Member for Service Delivery authorised the implementation of free parking to be offered after 12.00 noon on Saturday 4 May 2019, in the Chequer Mead, Queensway and King Street car parks in East Grinstead for participants of the Mid Sussex Marathon.