Sompting and Lancing campaign against housing development

HUNDREDS of residents in Sompting and Lancing are set to receive leaflets asking them to join an anti-development campaign.Information from Save Our Sompting will be arriving through letterboxes in the next few days.

The group is asking residents to lodge their objections to a development on the old nursery site, in West Street, Sompting.

The application was refused by Adur District Council earlier this year, but developers have lodged an appeal against the decision.

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Nigel Howard, from Save Our Sompting, said: “We need your help, again, to block this appeal or it will add to the already serious traffic chaos in the village and will ultimately erode the Sompting village community.”

More than 60 objections were originally lodged against the application for 14 homes.

Save Our Sompting is objecting to the development on the grounds that it will lead to the loss of the strategic gap, the site is in a conservation area, it will damage village life, set a precedent for future development, mean more traffic on the West Street “rat run” and lead to a loss of parking.

The leaflets, sent out by Save Our Sompting, include a letter which can be sent to the planning inspectorate opposing the development.

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All comments should be received by the planning inspectorate by Wednesday, November 10.

Comments should quote APP/Y3805/A/10/2136882/NWF and be sent to The Planning Inspectorate, Room3/21, Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Temple Quay, Bristol, BS1 6PN.

Tell the Herald what you think of the plans. Write to Sheena Campbell, Cannon House, Chatsworth Road, Worthing, BN11 1NA, or send your views to [email protected].