HOPES AND FEARS GROW AS NATIONAL PARK DEADLINE APPROACHES
Supporters of the proposal, including Chichester City Council, Summersdale Residents' Association and the Chichester Society, believe that 'wrapping' the park boundary around the city would help protect the vulnerable and narrow countryside gap between Chichester and Lavant. The fear is that this could eventually be swamped by new development, creating a single 'Lavchester' conurbation.
The proposed boundary extension would also have taken in the East Broyle Copse and part of the popular Brandy Hole Copse nature reserve.
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Hide AdConcerns have been exacerbated by the prospect of massive new gravel extraction in the area, which could involve a new roundabout and possible new road construction, adding to housing development pressures in the future.
For full story and more reactions, see West Sussex Gazette July 18