Angmering Village Life
News Archive
April 2025
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Parish Council Office - Work to repair the office had started today (14 April).
Community Grant applications - One grant request was submitted for consideration this month. • Home-Start Arun – £500. After discussion, the following option was put forward and agreed. Cllr. Reigate PROPOSED that a sum of £500 was granted to the Home Start-Arun. Cllr. Verrinder SECONDED and ALL AGREE.
Angmering Community Hub - The Chair gave an update on what had been happening since the last meeting held with the Angmering Community Centre (ACC) and the APC Working Group which took place in back in February 2025. She thanked the Clerk and Cllr. Evans for their work with ACC and for trying to move the project on with everyone’s agreement. The various meetings that both the Clerk and Cllr. Evans had taken part in were discussed along with the work the Clerk had been doing with APCs solicitor regarding rewording which related to the lease around the boundaries and the car park.
The Clerk explained the changes to the architectural drawings which include removing the corridor, this had been requested by the ACC and agreed by APC. It was also noted that ACC still have issues with their understanding on how the car park would work even though this has been explained on more than one occasion. The proposed changes will have very little impact on how its currently used – the plan has always been to enhance the parking facilities at the centre.
A comment was made that ACC do not trust APC due to legacy issues. APC stressed the current council is very different to what it was when these said issues arose.
The Clerk commented that she had had another meeting with the Chair of the ACC Trustees which she felt went well and that both parties were in agreement in principle with the points covered in that meeting, however APC have since received a letter from ACC which was read out to councillors. All councillors put forward their views on the content of letter and contributed to a debate which expressed in the strongest terms their concerns.
It is clear that a large amount of work has gone into this project by all concerned and that there is still a mountain to climb to be able to move forward. APC feel this project would benefit the community of Angmering so will continue to work towards an agreeable outcome. The Clerk will write a letter containing the proposed updates to the lease to see if the ACC will agree before spending more money with a solicitor writing a formal update to the lease. Nothing can move forward until this next step has been taken.
The full Minutes can be read here