Sunday 14 November 2010

Public Meeting Monday November 15th

A meeting to discuss the Gleeson planning application for 173 houses will take place at Yapton & Ford Village Hall on Monday 15 November at 7.30pm.

It will be open to public and will provide an opportunity for local residents to air their views on the application before the Council determines its response.

See you there...

Tuesday 9 November 2010

178 new homes for Yapton

Do they have it in the bag?

From the Bognor Observer website - Residents’ protests have failed to stop a firm seeking to build almost 200 homes in Yapton.

MJ Gleeson Group has decided to go ahead with its proposals for top-grade farmland on the north side of Burndell Road despite near-unanimous objection to its proposals.

Only two of the 102 villagers who responded to its informal consultation backed the intended development. The other 100 were firmly against the idea. Read more here...

Looks like someone is telling fibs, the headlines says '178 new homes for Yapton', yet the planning application is for 173 homes... http://www.yaptonpc.gov.uk/planning-app/wlpa2010-43.htm

Remember, 'almost 200 homes'... Things could go from bad to worse for every village in the country if this gets the green light...

Tuesday 2 November 2010

Yapton RAG needs you!

Yapton RAG is setting up a committee to fight the Glesson Planning application in Yapton Village - Interested? See http://yaptonrag.tumblr.com/

Monday 25 October 2010

A new development...

A planning application has been submitted by Gleeson homes for 173 properties on land north of Burndell Road. The application will have a significant impact on the residents in Goodhew Close, Burndell Road, Fordwater Gardens and Downview Road. This application is a departure from the development plan and also falls within the parish of Ford.

The planning application number is Y/81/10/
Comments are due by November 25th

You can view the planning documents here... http://www.arun.gov.uk

Sunday 24 October 2010

Land at the back of Goodhew Close

Gleeson have received approval to their Initial planning notice (submitted 23/09/10 ref Y/73/10/IN). The case officer is Mr D Patterson and I guess an application will be in very soon.

Will keep you up to date...

Monday 16 August 2010

Voting on new home schemes 'could tear villages apart'

Government plans to hold local referendums on new housing schemes in England could tear village communities apart, rural campaigners have said.

They say plans to require 80-90% of local people to approve new building schemes in villages would create conflict and bring projects to a halt. More here...

Thursday 5 August 2010

'Garden grab' figures published

Plans to limit development on gardens in England have been backed up by new figures, a government minister says.

One in seven new homes between 1994 and 2009 were built on previously residential land, including gardens, the data shows. Read more here...

Monday 31 May 2010

New Development...

Here we go again... It looks like Gleeson are planning on putting in an application for 200 homes on land North of Burndell Road. There have been rumours circulating, and now there is a leaflet doing the rounds... Download a copy of the leaflet. (Link no Longer working)

They are asking for community input so lets show them what this community thinks!

Responses should be sent to gemma@planningpotential.co.uk

By post to:
Gemma Brickwood
Planning Potential
Magdalen House
148 Tooley Street
London
SE1 2TU

Or you can call Gemma on 0207 357 8000

Announcing YAPTON RAG

Yapton RAG (Resident Action Group), is in the early stages of setting up an online community for the people living in Yapton and surrounding areas who care about village issues. Yapton RAG aims to build a community that is thriving and fair. We want to tackle local issues head on, whether it be fly tipping, traffic calming, planning and many other issues the village now faces.

Please follow their tweetsYaptonRAG and yaptonrag.co.uk

Friday 14 May 2010

Why not admit defeat?

One wonders if Dixon and Hall will ever admit defeat. This week they are proclaiming 'Council support for Eco-Town protest was unfair' - Oh really? As one of the many local resident I think I can judge whether we wanted an Eco Town or not.

Just for the record, a few facts...
10,000 people signed a petition...
Over 2,000 residents marched...
The government didn't back it...

Read their letter here...