Andrew WilsonConservative Councillor for Crowborough South East

Issue

Crowborough Camp

Tracking the Home Office plan to use Crowborough Army Camp for asylum accommodation, and the council's handling of it.

This page tracks the Crowborough Camp story as it developed — from the Home Office’s October 2025 notification, through the emergency scrutiny meeting, the judicial review, and the site’s occupation — in Andrew’s published posts below. The posts include primary-source material and were written at the time, not reconstructed afterwards.

The published record

6 posts on this issue, newest first.

Diary of a Councillor

Alex Norris has met us. Now he must face Crowborough.

Andrew's account of meeting the Minister for Border Security and Asylum on the possible extension of Crowborough Training Camp.

Diary of a Councillor

Crowborough Camp: was this ever really temporary?

Judicial review documents suggest the Home Office secured Crowborough Camp's availability until 2030 — what does 'no decision made' really mean?

Diary of a Councillor

They only stood up when you did; then they surrendered

Andrew's account of the Crowborough Training Camp judicial review, and why he believes Council leadership followed community pressure rather than led it.

Diary of a Councillor

Crowborough Camp - no place for 600 migrants

Andrew's first-person account of the Home Office decision to house up to 600 migrant men at Crowborough Training Camp, and the actions taken since.

Wealden News

Home Office notifies council of its planned temporary use of Crowborough army camp for asylum accommodation centre

The Home Office has told Wealden District Council it intends to use Crowborough Training Camp as temporary asylum accommodation for up to 600 adults.

Diary of a Councillor

Questions remain as Crowborough left in the dark over 600-bed migrant camp

Andrew, as Chair of Scrutiny, calls for answers after the Council's Alliance leadership kept the Crowborough Training Camp decision quiet for over two weeks.

Evidence or experience to share on this issue?

Documents, photos, or first-hand accounts all help scrutiny — sent privately, read by Andrew.

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