The following letter was sent by CPRE Adur & Worthing representative Bill Freeman to local councillors in Adur and West Sussex County Councils, as well as to councils neighbouring Adur, Southern Water, the Highways and Environment Agencies and other relevant bodies:
I am sure every one of us is fed up to the back teeth and dismayed, anxious and frustrated with hearing about the flooding problems here in Adur. I know I am.
"Mayfield is selling castles in the sand" says CPRE Sussex Trustee
Written by William Shaw
Responding to a recent article by Mayfield Market Towns director Peter Freeman, CPRE Sussex Trustee Michael Brown has blasted Freeman's company as "a development company that is selling castles in the sand" in the Mid Sussex Times, on 16 January 2013.
Government fails to make the CAP deliver value
Written by William Shaw19 December 2013
CPRE expressed disappointment at today's announcement by Defra on how much money rural development measures, including green farming schemes, will receive.
Our response to Horsham District Planning Framework
Written by CPRE SussexHorsham District CPRE submitted a strong response to Horsham District Council's 'Horsham District Planning Framework Preferred Strategy Putting the Economy First' (August 2013) which was open to public consultation between 16 August and 11 October 2013.
Gatwick Airport included on airport expansion shortlist
Written by William Shaw
17 December 2013
The Government-appointed Airports Commission has included Gatwick Airport in its shortlist of three options for runway expansion.
Reacting to the announcement, Georgia Wrighton, Director of Campaign to Protect Rural England (Sussex) said:
“A second runway at Gatwick, together with sprawling development and car parks anticipated on a massive scale, would concrete over cherished open countryside. A heady cocktail of increased flights, HGV traffic and cars would erode the tranquillity of rural communities, and the health and quality of life of people living under its shadow.
Local campaigners, led by Campaign to Protect Rural England (Sussex) Trustee, Anne Reynolds, were successful in their bid to halt the controversial application to build a 375 pupil boarding school which was turned down at last Thursday’s South Downs National Park Authority planning committee meeting.
