About Us

West Sussex County Council recognises that we all have an impact on our environment, and that we all have a role to play in addressing it. The County Council has developed the 10% challenge as part of its ongoing commitment to its citizenship role. The Council understands that it must take a lead in environmental issues.

The whole County Council is the ultimate decision-making body and the principal forum for major political debate. Its 70 members meet five times a year. The County Council reserves to itself decisions on key policy plans, questions members of the Cabinet and debates notices of motion.

It decides the composition and areas of competence of the Cabinet, to which it delegates responsibility for carrying out many of the County Council's existing policies. It also appoints the Select Committees that examine and review decisions and actions of the Cabinet and Cabinet Members, as well as some non-Executive committees and a Standards Committee.