More than 80 community leaders and members of the public debated the state of Mid Sussex at a meeting last night.

Mid Sussex District Council was finding out what residents thought was good about the area and what needed improving.

There were heated discussions about housing and other topics included traffic, parking and law and order.

Council leader Christine Field said: "Mid Sussex is a very beautiful area where we value our open spaces.

"It does not take a mastermind to identify the immediate conflict."

A report on the meeting at Clair Hall, Haywards Heath, is to be published later this year.