West Sussex housing issues

This is a snapshot of the housing pictureacross West Sussex at present:

Worthing

An appeal over the council’ s rejectionof plans for Chats more Farm, part of the green gap between Worthing and F er ring, was won by developer Persimmon Homes. The scheme had been opposed by more than 1,000 residents, MP Sir Peter Bottom leyandt he council’ s planning committee. The inspector conceded that even if Worthing developed‘ every blade of grass ’, its housing short fall would still be challenging. Adur

The council put forward two major green field development sin its local plan–but still fell well short of the initial government target. It last year bought New Salts Farm, separating Lancing and Shore ham, to protect it from potential development.

Mid Sussex

After plans for thousands of homes on top of more than 11,000 proposedfor the district were pa used, leader Jonathan Ash-Edwards wrote to the government calling for‘ our housing targets to be reset to a level more consistent with our environmental and infrastructure constraints’.

Horsham

H ors ham’ s local plan has been delayed due to an‘ unforeseeable’ announcement by the government’ s advisor on the natural environment. See our comment, left.

Chichester

Hundreds of protest ors marched to raise awareness of the’ urbanisation’ of the Man hood Peninsula last month. A 5,500 signature petition on over development of the area was sent to Housing Secretary Michael Gove.

Arun

In the three years to March 2021, A run District Council delivered 1,872 homes but its target is 2,891. As a consequence, planning applications will have to be approved so long as they are considered‘ sustainable’ and the benefits of such developmentsout weigh any detrimental impacts.

Crawley Campaigners have expressed their out rage over plans for up to 10,000 homes west of I field. Homes England has been criticised over the proposals, which would see a huge tranche of countryside built on.