A High Court judge asked Arun District Council to explain its conduct and ordered it to compensate a parish after housing plans the authority approved were overturned.
Thank you to all who joined us in the wonderful Council Chamber at Littlehampton Town Hall. We were delighted to see so many people willing to turn out on such a cold night who share our concerns about the mounting threats to Arun’s precious countryside, villages and towns. We were delighted to welcome Tony Whitbread from the Sussex Wildlife Trust and discovered so much about the uniqueness and wonder of the Arun Valley, its flora and fauna.
CPRE Sussex attended and spoke at the Examination in Public (EiP) of the new Arun Local Plan in September 2017. We expressed concerns about the lack of consultation, the level of housing proposed and the impact this would have on the local environment and the lack of a coherent strategy for ensuring that infrastructure is put in place at the right time to accommodate this development.
Letter: Sajid Javid’s false and misleading explanation of the nation’s housing shortage
Written by Roger F SmithLetter published by the West Sussex County Times 19 October 2017
CPRE Sussex attended and spoke at the Examination in Public (EiP) of the new Arun Local Plan in September 2017. We expressed concerns about the lack of consultation, the level of housing proposed and the impact this would have on the local environment and the lack of a coherent strategy for ensuring that infrastructure is put in place at the right time to accommodate this development.
Help us raise £4K for a barrister to fight for a decent Arun Local Plan
Written by CPRE Sussex
Despite the hot weather, last Friday (23 June 2017) residents from across Arun came to a packed village hall to talk about concerns over modifications to the Arun Local Plan.
Letter: Viability test heavily weighted in favour of developers
Written by Roger F SmithLetter published by the West Sussex Gazette, 21 June 2017
Sir,
Viability test heavily weighted in favour of developers
Response from CPRE Sussex to the Modifications to the Arun Local Plan 2017
Written by CPRE SussexThis the formal response of the Campaign to Protect Rural England Sussex Branch (CPRE Sussex) to the Arun District Council (ADC) public consultation on the Modifications to the Arun Local Plan 2017 (‘the Local Plan.’)
CPRE Sussex works to promote the beauty, tranquillity and diversity of the Sussex countryside by encouraging the sustainable use of land and other natural resources in town and country. We encourage appropriate and sustainable land use, farming, woodland and biodiversity policies and practice to improve the well-being of rural communities. It is our position that local planning authorities should seek to ensure that the negative impacts of development on the countryside, both direct and indirect, are kept to a minimum and that development is sustainable in accordance with national planning policy.
Letter: Developers will build more slowly to maintain prices
Written by Roger F SmithLetter published by the West Sussex Gazette, 17 May 17
Sir,
Arun District Council has decided that a house-building target of 20,000 new houses ‘can be delivered’ over the period of their local plan, 2011 to 2031’ (Arun Local Plan Submission Version (ALPSV) Modifications, March 2017’: ‘Housing Supply).
