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Rosebud
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 Posted - 12 May 2015 : 20:16:46
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| Does anyone know what is happening with the buses while Roundstone Lane is shut? Are they going to be coming into the village or are we being missed out completely? I've looked on the Stagecoach website but can't see anything about it. |
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luckyduck
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Posted - 13 May 2015 : 10:36:56
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| Is anyone else having issues with broadband since Swanbourne has started? I now have to reboot the router two or three times a day since they completed some of the houses, as the connection collapses - or is it coincidence? Seems like this part of the necessary supproting infrastructure for the new houses has been forgotten. There IS a line capacity, or do the planners not know that? |
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westsussexbluenose
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Posted - 13 May 2015 : 14:06:08
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....and if they can walk when the road is shut perhaps it may encourage them to walk when the road is open. Roundstone Lane is a nightmare during school times and mums and dads delivering their loved ones to school forget that there is a speed limit. I am damn sure that parents wouldnt drive as fast in the road the schools are situated in as they do up and down The High Street and Roundstone Lane. On that note, what is the point of the slightly raised bump in the road by the entrance to BG2? Complete and utter waste of tarmac and does absolutely nothing to slow people down., - Rant over
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Originally posted by lizh
Agree Tinklebell. It would have made far more sense to do this during the half term week when traffic is generally much lighter. Station road is going to be a nightmare at both ends of the day. Lets hope those who can walk do to help things.
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NickR60
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Posted - 06 Jun 2015 : 14:01:11
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Originally posted by westsussexbluenose
..On that note, what is the point of the slightly raised bump in the road by the entrance to BG2? Complete and utter waste of tarmac and does absolutely nothing to slow people down., - Rant over
Actually, since the road works were completed last month I now have to drive VERY slowly over the raised bump. It appears to be higher and more aggressive in angle than before the works. Admittedly my vehicle is quite low but it seems far too aggressive for lower slung bumpers/vehicles. |
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luckyduck
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Posted - 01 Jul 2015 : 11:01:16
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Have just read the latest draft APC Mom and note the following:
District Councillor Cooper had presented his apologies for the meeting (again). District Councillor Wensley noted that District Councillor Cooper had been elected as Chairman of Arun District Council (with Councillor Stephen Haymes as Deputy Chairman) and extended his congratulations to them. If I understand correctly the Chair is not given a vote at Council meetings, so Cooper won’t have to vote on anything to do with Angmering. As far as I can tell, Cooper has yet to attend an APC meeting since the elections.
Then just to add insult to injury:
District Councillor Wensley noted that, taking account of the District Councillors’ other commitments, it was currently envisaged that the coverage would be divided as follows:
Angmering: District Councillor Cooper
Clapham and Patching: District Councillor Bicknell
Findon: District Councillor Wensley
God help us. |
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derekdainton
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Posted - 02 Jul 2015 : 07:13:17
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Councillor Cooper is a waste of space as far as Angmering is concerned. Achieved absolutely nothing during the fight against recent development in the village.
Given that he's also on Rustington Parish Council where his wife is Chair, it's no real surprise that his loyalties are divided. He'll be running for Parliament next.
We really need to eject these career 'minor' politicians! |
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Bert
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Posted - 02 Jul 2015 : 16:06:48
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derekdainton appears confused about the recent election.
Many of us voted, at the District Council elections on 7th May.
The important and over-riding aspect of that election, is the result, just those few weeks ago.....
Paul Bicknell 2963 votes
Dudley Wensley 2325 votes
Andy Cooper 2212 votes
The candidate who came fourth achieved ..1418 votes.
All the other candidates achieved less than a thousand votes.
The top three candidates therefore, were elected very comfortably by the voters of Angmering and Findon Ward, in the democratic process.
This unpleasant criticism is therefore totally unwarranted and completely unacceptable.
I am surprised that comments such as .." a waste of space.."clearly a personal derogatory comment, in respect of a person elected just a few weeks ago, is acceptable on this forum. |
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derekdainton
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Posted - 02 Jul 2015 : 18:08:57
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I note, Bert, that you have not put forward any evidence to suggest that my comments were unwarranted. If you can cite something positive that Councillor Cooper has done for the village, in the last four years, I will willingly amend my comment.
Knowing the mood of the village as you clearly feel you do, you will appreciate that the events of those four years have been extremely damaging to the community. We might, consequently, have expected robust representation from our elected representatives but it has certainly not been very evident. |
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Bert
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Posted - 02 Jul 2015 : 19:11:53
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The only evidence required my friend, is the result of the very recent District Council election.
I don't need to "know the mood of the village"....as you indicate..but many may feel the result of the recent election, provides a strong degree of evidence of the candidates that the voters want to represent them, whether you personally like it or not.
You appear not to understand the democratic system, and appear to be in denial of the very clear result. |
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derekdainton
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Posted - 03 Jul 2015 : 08:08:17
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Still waiting!
Election results are not an indicator of either ability or real commitment to the electorate . That, my friend, is a real understanding of the democratic process. |
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Robinf
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Posted - 03 Jul 2015 : 09:15:54
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Why is it that I am not getting notices of these posts? I have subscribed to this topic and others on AVL, but get nothing now from any of them!!
Anyone else having the same problem?
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neil
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Posted - 03 Jul 2015 : 17:59:36
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Since my hosting company, Streamline, was taken over by Fasthosts, the subscription notification service stopped working. I have been trying various server addresses in the last week or so, to no avail.
So, until they start functioning again (if ever), it will be a matter of checking the Forums periodically to see whether there have been any postings. Sorry. I will continue to look for a solution. |
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Robinf
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Posted - 03 Jul 2015 : 21:15:16
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No doubt certain people in APC will be gloating over this!!
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Originally posted by neil
Since my hosting company, Streamline, was taken over by Fasthosts, the subscription notification service stopped working. I have been trying various server addresses in the last week or so, to no avail.
So, until they start functioning again (if ever), it will be a matter of checking the Forums periodically to see whether there have been any postings. Sorry. I will continue to look for a solution.
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neil
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Posted - 03 Jul 2015 : 21:42:36
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| Well they should not gloat for too long as posters may start making their comments on Angmering Village FaceBook site instead. Comments posted on these Forums are likely to be extremely mild in comparison! They could be flayed. |
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BFA
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Posted - 03 Jul 2015 : 23:26:29
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Not for long though as it's just one page that moves pretty fast, there's not much that lasts more than a day or two. I doubt they'd give it any time anyway.
What might cause them concern, but it will never happen, is consistent large public attendance at their meetings, individual committees (which although open to the public are pretty much held in private) AND full council. If the PC knew they were to be faced with large amounts of people they are supposed to represent, at any/all of their meetings, it would seriously affect the average type of Parish Councillor.
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Robinf
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Posted - 08 Jul 2015 : 09:46:20
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A/82/15/A Various illuminated & non-illuminated signage at various locations within the site at Swanbourne Park, Land off Roundstone Lane. Applicant: BDW Trading Ltd (Southampton).
So it looks like BDW want another sales area so that they can hoist more flags and illuminated signs down Roundstone Lane, this time on the junction where Nursery Road meets with Roundstone Lane.
Why they need another sales area 150 yards from their current sales area is debateable with the two building sites effectively being one. The junction layout, which presumably has been approved by the WSCC and presumably our much loved ADC planners, is a dogs dinner and with the prospect of another junction being built to cater for the eventuality of Pound Place being sold off for development, it makes you wonder how the planners get their jobs.
With all this extra bunting going up on a busy intersection you could be forgiven for thinking this could be a distraction for both motorists and pedestrians using that junction. If you do, then you have the opportunity to write to the planners lodging your objection to this additional bunting and signs being approved on the grounds of road safety, let alone it looking like the circus has come to town.
You have until 17 July to do so and here is the link for the details of the application.
http://www1.arun.gov.uk/PublicViewer/Authenticated/Main.aspx?user_key_1=A/82/15/A
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luckyduck
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Posted - 08 Jul 2015 : 16:01:03
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| APC will never change - latest parish news letter re 'The Annual Fair' - I presume they mean the St Peter and St Paul Fair? We will possibly have the opportunity to get the parish clerk in the stocks, the person who should be in the stocks is the previous chairman of the parish council, who is still a serving councillor, and has apparently escaped all sanctions for the actions he was found guilty of by the ADC standards committee. Or maybe he did receive sanctions from APC, but as the minutes for the Governance and Oversight committee meeting of 21 November 2014 have never been published, maybe he did get a sanction - so why not publish the minutes of all committees properly and promptly? |
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BFA
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Posted - 10 Jul 2015 : 22:16:03
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Originally posted by luckyduck
'The Annual Fair' - I presume they mean the St Peter and St Paul Fair?
Yes but it has been referred to as "The Annual St Peter and St Paul fair" which is fine but it can hardly be called annual until it's happened more than once - I wonder if it will - and I wonder what the PC is doing organising stuff like this anyway when they can't sort out a bloody public loo! |
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roosterbri
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Posted - 11 Jul 2015 : 11:07:25
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A bit off topic but why is it going to take 20 months to resolve this issue?????
HIGHWAYS MANAGEMENT SCHEME
The Parish Council is working with West Sussex County Council on a new traffic management scheme
through the village centre. The only thing that can be said for certain is that this will involve the removal of
the build-outs. The matters for debate are what will replace these unpopular features in order to ensure a
reduction in the speed of traffic to increase safety and it is in the programme to be done sometime during
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Pansy
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Posted - 11 Jul 2015 : 18:38:42
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Why will it take so long............you have to raise a special order number for a meeting (that can take a long time, maybe around Christmas 2015) then you have to set a date but since not all members are available on that date then a future date is set...........finally a Meeting! Members cannot agree.....adjourned and so it will drag on and on........Reminds me of the Monty Python sketch about the gas man coming to call!
Robinf mentions a Dogs Dinner in reference to planning; more like a "pigs breakfast" I.M.H.O. |
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roosterbri
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Posted - 18 Jul 2015 : 06:05:30
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Am I correct in understanding that the sale of Manor Nursery has fallen through a big hole???? My informant is not the most reliable.
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derekdainton
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Posted - 26 Jul 2015 : 19:51:40
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| Wonder which community Councillor Cooper will be supporting over the apportionment of S106 money related to the Windmill Bridge retail site? As he has both the roles of Angmering Arun Councillor and sits on Rustington Parish Council where his wife is Chair it must be a bit of a dilemma. Clear example of potential conflict of interest. |
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neil
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Posted - 27 Jul 2015 : 09:45:57
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Derek, there is no doubt which community District Councillor Andy Cooper supports, and it is not Angmering!
The following item is taken from Rustington Parish Council's December 2014 meeting minutes, the heading making it quite clear, through the planning reference, that the land is in Angmering:
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A/125/13 - Mill Lane Retail Development - Rustington A259 - Section 106 Funding
The Chairman (Mrs Cooper) reported that, together with the Clerk, he had met with Mr Brian Elstone, Chairman of the
Chamber of Trade and Commerce and Ms Sarah Wickens, Store Property Investments Limited on
21 November 2014.
He said that Store Property Investments Limited had done some research and had found a Company
called Mindworks, a Marketing Company, which specialised in the retail market, its PR and Branding.
Whilst Store Property Investments Limited was obviously interested in the proposed Project to raise the
Village profile, it was only suggesting that this Company might be a good initial contact, as far as a
cohesive Campaign was concerned.
He said that it had been agreed that both Mr Elstone and himself should now go back to their relative
Bodies and each appoint a small Working Party of four representatives, to initially meet with Mindworks
and, if necessary, other similar Companies, to agree on what should be included in the Brief and how it
should be progressed.
Following a brief discussion, the Council RESOLVED that Councillors Mrs Broomfield, Mrs Cooper,
Cooper and Tyler should be appointed as the Working Party to represent the Council in this regard, with a
Report back to the Council with a formal proposal for the choice of Consultant and the content of the
Brief, for anticipated approval by the Council.
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Both the Cooper husband and wife team, who live in Rustington, from the minutes' item, were fully aware that the development was in Angmering but nevertheless it appears that were prepared to push ahead and use S106 funding relating to this development to promote Rustington.
The Rustington Parish Council meeting minutes of 22 June 2015 contain the following item. quote:
175/15 A/125/13 - MILL LANE RETAIL DEVELOPMENT - RUSTINGTON A259 -SECTION 106 FUNDING - MINDWORKS MARKETING PROPOSAL
Councillors Mrs Broomfield, Cooper and Tyler referred to Minute 115/15 and reported on a further Meeting held on 17 June 2015 with representatives from Mindworks Marketing and the Chamber of Trade and
Commerce.
They advised the Council that the decision had been made at the Meeting to accept the proposal received from Mindworks Marketing, to commence marketing its Vision for the Village of Rustington for a period of five years, subject to Contract.
Therefore, Councillor Andy Cooper came to the Angmering Parish Council meeting on 13 July as our District Council representative and, during the District Councillor Reports item, appears to have said nothing of his part in discussing matters relating to Angmering land which of course might have been financially disadvantageous to Rustington Parish Council.
Later in the meeting, APC Cllr Mountain raised the matter, but perhaps Cllr Cooper had left the meeting by this time. |
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derekdainton
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Posted - 28 Jul 2015 : 09:00:32
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No doubt our Parish Council will protest vigorously at this exploitation of Angmering assets.
I must clearly retract earlier comments about Councillor Cooper being a waste of space. He's obviously not - to Rustington! |
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Robinf
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Posted - 28 Jul 2015 : 16:23:27
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Perhaps Cllr Cooper should be challenged to explain his apparent preference for shoveling funds Rustington's direction rather than Angmering's.
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Originally posted by derekdainton
No doubt our Parish Council will protest vigorously at this exploitation of Angmering assets.
I must clearly retract earlier comments about Councillor Cooper being a waste of space. He's obviously not - to Rustington!
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roosterbri
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 29 Jul 2015 : 12:00:39
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""APC will never change - latest parish news letter re 'The Annual Fair' - I presume they mean the St Peter and St Paul Fair? We will possibly have the opportunity to get the parish clerk in the stocks, the person who should be in the stocks is the previous chairman of the parish council, who is still a serving councillor, and has apparently escaped all sanctions for the actions he was found guilty of by the ADC standards committee. Or maybe he did receive sanctions from APC, but as the minutes for the Governance and Oversight committee meeting of 21 November 2014 have never been published, maybe he did get a sanction - so why not publish the minutes of all committees properly and promptly?""
If you look at the agenda for the next meeting of said committee on 4th August the matter has been nicely brushed under the carpet by the cancellation of the February meeting and consequently no minutes to refer to. Deary me what a farce. |
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Robinf
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Posted - 30 Jul 2015 : 16:33:04
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Arun District Council has been "invited" by the Inspector to suspend the Local Plan for a period of 12-¬18 months in order to bring forward modifications (the Inspectors letter is attached). This constitutes a spectacular failure of a plan 9 years in the making so far, and still a long way from completion. This is on top of the recent failure of the St Modwen proposals for Bognor Regis.
It has been estimated that something in the region of £2.7 million may have been spent (wasted?) so far on these two projects.
If we leave Councillor Mrs Brown and Councillor Bower in office, there is a risk that, in order to avoid the political embarrassment of acknowledging their own failure as portfolio holders, they might instead be tempted to “repackage” their existing proposals and carry on as if nothing has happened. The district cannot afford to take this risk.
The record also shows that we cannot count on the Conservative back benchers to hold their leaders to account.
The district needs a fresh start and if we are to achieve this we must take action now to express our lack of confidence in the two councillors that have led this fiasco for the last 9 years.
Therefore, are you willing to add your name to the open letter below?
The intention is to send it to the Bognor Observer, Littlehampton Gazette and West Sussex Gazette – the three local papers in the Arun district. It will also be copied to all Arun councillors. Each person will be signing in a personal capacity i.e. not on behalf of any organisation or group. Names will be listed in alphabetical order.
If you would like to sign this open letter please e-mail your confirmation to me at afdixon@btinternet.com by 8.00 p.m. Sunday 2nd August latest (to ensure that we achieve the print deadline for next week's papers).
Please circulate this to any others that you feel may sympathise and ask them to also confirm if they would like to sign it direct to me by e-mail.
Kind regards
Tony Dixon
Open Letter
We are concerned that Arun District Council is failing to provide an acceptable level of service when it comes to strategic planning and that it also lacks the leadership capability necessary to secure improvements.
The council has been "invited" by the Inspector to suspend the Local Plan for a period of 12¬-18 months in order to bring forward modifications. This constitutes the spectacular failure of a plan, over 9 years in the making, and still a long way from completion. This is on top of the recent failure of the St Modwen proposals for Bognor Regis.
It has been estimated that something in the region of £2.7 million may have been spent (wasted?) so far on these two failed projects. This is unacceptable.
Through its actions and continual delays, the council has created circumstances in which every community in the district is now vulnerable to planning by appeal.
It is time for those responsible to be held to account for their part in this failure of strategic planning.
We call on Cllr Mrs Brown, The Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Council Strategy and Cllr Bower, Cabinet Member for Planning and Infrastructure, both of whom have held their respective offices for over 9 years, to resign with immediate effect, in order to allow new leaders to come forward and initiate a fresh start for the district.
Yours sincerely (in alphabetical order).
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Robinf
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Pansy
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Posted - 08 Aug 2015 : 17:58:23
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| I suspect that, following in the footsteps of overpaid BBC executives, they will merely step aside from their desks for s short while! |
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Robinf
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derekdainton
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Posted - 05 Sep 2015 : 11:07:06
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With the ravaging of the village's green spaces - perhaps those who did not join the campaign to fight development are now seeing the result of their apathy - I wonder why no new large scale housing has been constructed within the Rustington parish area?
You would hardly expect Councillor Cooper to support such development, being seen to do so would scupper his and his wife's standing in the Rustington community, but it is a continuing case of split loyalty and really should not be countenanced.
Does he toss a coin when decisions have to be made at Parish level? Heads, Rustington. Tails, Angmering. Thankfully, from his point of view, he doesn't have to worry about such dilemmas at District Council level. He can just abstain! |
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roosterbri
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Robinf
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Posted - 09 Sep 2015 : 15:44:50
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Just when you thought the traffic on A259 could not get any worse than what it is already, Caffyns' want to build a garage/showroom right on the junction of the A259 and Roundstone Lane. You can be sure that ADC won't object - job opportunities will abound (although that remains to be seen) despite the traffic inconvenience to the village. Haskins will loose their delivery access and still no sign or hint of a link road from Roundstone Lane to the A280.
What did our glorious ward Cllr, Cllr Cooper recently mutter "We must be careful not to let the A259 become another Purley Way". It's pretty much that already.
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lizh
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Posted - 10 Sep 2015 : 09:28:27
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Job opportunities won't be vast I wouldn't have thought as their staff from the Worthing site will move with them
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Robinf
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Posted - 10 Sep 2015 : 10:45:17
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Looking at Caffyns' flyer you can’t help but think that the wording in the section "Opportunities for the site" was provided by Karl Roberts (Director of Planning & Economic Regeneration at Arun District Council) who is desperate for any type of employment in the area.
Whilst welcome as employment is, Caffyns' are suggesting that only 6- 10 jobs will be created plus one apprenticeship (not apprenticeships). However with the demise of Vitacrest, perhaps Mr Roberts could provide the net gain or jobs losses this development will bring to Angmering. |
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BFA
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Posted - 10 Sep 2015 : 23:57:24
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How much worse will this make the traffic on the A259? Employees - amount unknown but amount will not be same amount of cars - lets say 50 employees and 40 cars - arriving about 8am am leaving about 5 pm.
That won't even register, it's a non-issue and so is twice as many.
Then customers - not anything like a supermarket and a supermarket, a whacking great big one - Asda - has opened, it even has its own traffic lights which country fare did not have and so does the new Sainsburys; the old one did not - and I don't see any difference at all in traffic problems in either location as a result, it was bad before and it's still bad!
I think there's too much straw-grasping going on. Come up with something other than stuff that makes it fairly obvious that new builds are not wanted purely because it's not somewhere else we don't care about because we don't live there.
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roosterbri
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Posted - 11 Sep 2015 : 09:43:52
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Well said young man!!!
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Bert
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Posted - 11 Sep 2015 : 15:50:18
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| I suspect many local residents will confuse the proposed development of Aldi....with the proposed development of Audi, as I suspect one of the comments a few days ago (above) has. |
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Tinklebelle
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Posted - 25 Sep 2015 : 11:19:55
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We were told yesterday by the security man at Sainsbury's that LIDL is going into the field opposite JS and next to the entrance to Ham Manor from A259..... is this true or a wind up !!!!!! Hedges have been cleared as if for a cycle track..... does anyone know ?  |
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roosterbri
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Posted - 25 Sep 2015 : 11:44:39
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Originally posted by Tinklebelle
We were told yesterday by the security man at Sainsbury's that LIDL is going into the field opposite JS and next to the entrance to Ham Manor from A259..... is this true or a wind up !!!!!! Hedges have been cleared as if for a cycle track..... does anyone know ?
Methinks he talks out the back of his pointed cap |
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Building Development in Angmering (Part 2)
