Wick housing

After years of councils not being able to build houses, I would have thought that this development would have been welcomed with open arms.

But when scrutinising the plans and listening to some residents, this proposed development seems wrong.

I welcome development for affordable homes for local people of a good quality and I agree that we need them, but not here and not to the detriment of this estate.

This is just a rack-them, pack-them and stack them effect, squeezing them in wherever they can, because Arun owns the land.

I can now understand why the residents are up in arms and why they are going to fiercely oppose it.

I believe that Arun can and should look elsewhere within Littlehampton and surrounding areas and I am sure they would find a better place, and I do not mean in car parks or small green spaces.

One reason for all the flooding that we are experiencing is due to everything being turned into a concrete mass.

We need green spaces, we need trees and I hope that Arun will listen, be open and transparent and have no hidden agendas to push this proposed scheme through as I myself will be 100 per cent behind the local residents.

Ian Buckland

West Sussex Councillor in the Littlehampton Town division

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