Category Archives: Local Developments

ELECTORS have demanded a final say on the chosen regeneration scheme for Bognor Regis.   A resolution at the annual electors’ meeting on Monday showed unanimous backing for a resolution which called on Arun District Council to enable residents of

A HIGH COURT judge has agreed that a fight against new homes in Pagham should continue.   Mrs Justice Lang ruled at an oral hearing on Tuesday that Pagham Parish Council was justified in seeking to challenge the granting of

UNIQUE plans have been revealed to regenerate Bognor Regis with a mini-Crystal Palace.   The town’s civic society has unveiled a scheme for an all-year multi-use entertainment centre, pictured right.   Dubbed The Bognor Regis Pavilion, it is a geodesic

TEN new houses have been approved for Yapton.   Crayfern Homes has received planning approval for the development on land east of North End Road.   The site of just under half a hectare is next to Orchard Business Park

A FURTHER 18 homes have been approved on a housing development in Felpham.   Arun District Council has backed the scheme for vacant land in Stanhorn Grove. This is within the large-scale Site Six scheme which has been built during

WEST SUSSEX County Council’s decision to cut millions from housing-related support over the next two years has been branded ‘immoral’.   The service helps to fund homelessness charities such as Chichester-based Stonepillow and Bognor Housing Trust – and the council has

HOUSING campaigner Giles Binyon has got on his bike to show what life is like on two wheels on Pagham’s main road.   Giles used a helmet camera to turn his experience on Pagham Road into a near five-minute film

A PLEA by a Yapton resident failed to prevent up to 300 homes in Yapton being approved.   Andrew Snelling told councillors the site in Drove Lane was unsuitable for such large-scale development.   “The safety of my children, my

HUNDREDS of new homes in Yapton will pay for about £1.5million-worth of road improvements in the area.   Councillors have approved two adjoining outline proposals for 550 dwellings in the village. The developers of the sites in Blisham Lane and

YESTERDAY’s decision by Arun District Council completes the approvals of the proposals for its three strategic housing sites in Pagham.   The applications are for a maximum of 980 homes to be built before the council’s local plan period of