The Food Safety App

Food hygiene ratings in Mid Sussex

South East · 1,373 registered food establishments · 81.9% rated 5 (FHRS) · Register data to 2026-10-12 · Contact the council

59 businesses lost a 5 rating this year → 75 premises changed hands in 12 months → Ranks 68 of 362 for time to first published rating →

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Changes on the register, last 12 months

202Opened (12m)
274Closed (12m)
9Relisted (12m)
75Takeover (12m)
386Rating changes (12m)
17Renumbered (12m)

Ratings in the last 12 months: 72 improved 99 declined

■ opened   ■ closed (last 12 months)

Current ratings

5 1,016
4 128
3 58
2 18
1 20
0 1
Awaiting inspection 69
Exempt 63

Time to first published rating

52 days median · 69 days average
across 520 newly listed businesses since 2022

Rank 68 of 362 UK authorities (1 = fastest).

Measured from a business appearing in the published FSA dataset to its first rating appearing there. Authorities publish with delays (appeal windows, batch updates), so this reflects the register's speed, not necessarily inspection speed.

Latest published ratings in Mid Sussex

New inspection results as they appear on the register, most recent first. Ratings are published with a delay, so these are publication dates, not inspection dates.

DateBusinessRatingPostcode
2026-10-10 ISS @ London Meed Community Primary School Awaiting inspection → 5RH15 9YQ
2026-10-10 The Burgess Hill Academy Awaiting inspection → 5RH15 9EA
2026-10-10 Bentleys 3 → 5RH10 4PE
2026-10-08 The Masala Club 4 → 3RH15 8DR
2026-10-08 Treehoppers Forest Kindergarten 5 → 4RH19 4JU
2026-10-06 St. Augustine's CE Primary Awaiting inspection → 5RH17 7PB

Latest changes in Mid Sussex

DateEventBusinessDetail
2026-10-10Opened Cote BrasserieRH16 3AS
2026-10-10Opened Apple And Oat
2026-10-10Opened Ell Of A Bake
2026-10-10Opened The Castle InnRH17 5LZ
2026-10-10Closed P's Kitchen
2026-10-10Closed Curry Leaf
2026-10-06Opened AloiRH15 9DS
2026-10-06Opened Friends Do Tea

Contact the council

Think a rating is wrong, or a business is trading here but not listed? The food safety team for this area deals with both. If you run a business here and want a better score, how to improve a food hygiene rating sets out the three ways to respond and which of them needs this team.

These are the contact details the council gives the Food Standards Agency, shown as published. Your message goes to the council, not to us.

If the link has moved, search the council’s own site for food safety.

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