Y/81/10 is now Y/48/13

Just to update you on the Charles Church application for 173 houses north of Burndell Road in Yapton Village.

There has been some revision to the plans, which can be viewed and commented on here.

Here come the developers

Received a letter this morning informing me and probably most of Yapton Village about a forthcoming public exhibition for residential and public open space development on land to the North of Church Lane.

The exhibition will take place on Monday August 5th, from 3.15 - 7.30pm at Yapton and Ford Village Hall.

Here we go again...

Public Right of Way

Hello again...

It appears someone wishes to block the Public Right of Way with a rather intrusive fence on the land behind Goodhew Close, Downview Way and Fordwater Gardens. They have also destroyed some of the natural hedges!

If you are concerned about this please use Public Rights of Way feedback form the details below to inform WSCC of this matter.

Parish: Yapton / Ford
Path Number: 200/2
Route from: Yapton / Ford

One important concern to raise with WSCC is that Emergency Services will have difficulty gaining access to the site should there be a fire or accident.

Campaigners angry at Growth and Infrastructure Bill

Campaigners have accused the government of creating a developers' charter with its Growth and Infrastructure Bill being debated in the Commons later.

The government says the bill is needed to stimulate development.

But critics say it betrays ministers' promises to leave planning decisions to be made at local level. Read More...

Ford and Climping targets for waste sites In West Sussex

A consultation launches, today into potential sites in the following areas:

• North of the wastewater treatment works at Ford
• Hobbs Barn, near Climping.
• The fuel depot at Bognor Road, Chichester.
• Brookhurst Wood, near Warnham.
• Land west of the wastewater treatment works at Goddard Green.
• Decoy Farm, Worthing.
• An extension to Brookhurst Wood landfill, near Horsham

The extra sites are required because waste experts estimate there will be an extra 500,000 tonnes of commercial, industrial, construction and demolition waste generated in the county each year by 2031.

The consultation will close on Friday, July 27. People can respond via the online form available at view page, or by emailing here

Charity pressures councils over million empty homes

Councils should sell or let properties at a discounted rate to help reclaim the one million empty homes in the UK for families in need, a charity says.

Empty Homes has urged the government to pressure local authorities to create more affordable homes. 

Two million families need a home and 100,000 more new builds are required each year, statistics show.

More here from the BBC website...

Architects say new houses are 'shameful shoebox homes'

Unfortunately developers in West Sussex have been cramming people into smaller homes for years. Just look at Eden Park in Littlehampton - not a lush green welcoming place as the name suggests and you can bet your bottom penny 'greedy' Gleeson are already looking at altering the Courtwick Lane plans to see if they can cram in some more of these shoe box homes.

Read on...

New town at FORD could ‘ease’ Chichester housing pressure

Apparently a new town at Ford might be the answer to solving Chichester and Arun housing problems, it has been claimed. The city council’s planning and conservation committee agreed to urge Chichester District Council to start talks on the idea with neighbouring Arun – with Ford mentioned as a possible location for thousands of new homes.

Here we go again... Read more...

Arun District Council slash housing targets!

Here's some good sensible news for residents in Arun - ADC voted overwhelmingly to set its annual housebuilding rate for the next 17 years at 400 homes per annum, well below the previous government-imposed target for the district.

Read more here...

Ford reconsidered as a New Market Town?

These people just won't give up! Just when we thought we'd stopped the Eco Town - here comes the same proposal re-painted as a Market Town consisting of 5 villages!

They have simply re-hashed the failed Eco Town plans and bumped it up to 7,705 houses.

All the downloads are here http://www.audacity.org/035-Ford.htm

Here is a link to the plans (30MB pdf file)

Tomorrow is Decision Day

There is a strong possibility the application Y/81/10 will be moved forward on the agenda - so I would advise those wishing to attend arrive promptly.

The Development Control Committee will be held in the Council Chamber at the Arun Civic Centre, Maltravers Road, Littlehampton, on THURSDAY 26TH MAY 2011 at 2.30 p.m.

Provided we can get a signal in the chamber we’ll be posting updates on www.twitter.com/yaptonrag for people unable to attend.

Development Control Committee Meeting

A meeting of the Development Control Committee will be held in the Council Chamber at the Arun Civic Centre, Maltravers Road, Littlehampton, on THURSDAY 26TH MAY 2011 at 2.30 p.m. On the agenda is planning application Y/81/10, the proposed development comprising of the construction of 173 new properties to land north of Burndell Road.

I have condensed the PDF of the Planning Application Report to only include the application Y/81/10 which can be DOWNLOADED HERE.

It is important over the next week Yapton and Ford residents kindly remind Councillors of the reasons to oppose this application.

Back in January Councillor Ricky Bower, was asked whether the council would reject a 99.99 per cent vote against housing, in an official parish referendum, Mr Bower paused, before replying: “It would be extremely unlikely.”

If you would like to speak on behalf of residents please contact us 07515 396 183.

Arun housing plans in the hands of the people

People power could spell the end of large-scale housing developments in villages like Yapton, an Arun planning chief confirmed.

Councillor Ricky Bower, the district council’s cabinet member for planning, was speaking at a consultation evening in Yapton called to debate the issue of how many homes should be built in Arun over the next 17 years. More here...

APPLICATION NO: Y/81/10/

I am able to inform you that I have received an amendment to the above application dated 24th January 2011 relating to:- Substitute plans - Amendment to allow for provision of 40% affordable housing

If you should wish to make further representations as a result of this amendment you should do so by following the link below and clicking on ‘comment on this application’ by 24th February 2011. The amendments can be viewed by clicking on ‘documents’ in the top right corner of screen. www.arun.gov.uk/planning

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...