The Mayday Action Group is proposing a peaceful protest against the terrible effect the sewage discharges are having on Chichester Harbour and the AONB.
Anyone concerned about this situation is invited to stand up for the Harbour by lining up along the A259 between 10am and 12pm on Saturday 26 November.
Make your voice heard!
A planning application was considered at the Parish Council meeting on 21 November. The proposal was for 4 new houses on land north of Godwin Way.
Read the reasons why the council objected to this application in the Objection document and the Technical Review.
This weekend your Parish Councillors were out and about at the Roman Palace Craft Fayre. Councillors manned the stand throughout the day, engaging with residents to find out about what the community feels about life in Fishbourne and what improvements people would like to see. A big suggestions box was on the table, ready to receive your ideas.
Councillors were joined by representatives from the Fishboune Playing Fields Association who are raising awareness of their ‘Let’s All Play’ project to upgrade the playground. Donations to the project can be made on their Go Fund Me page https://gofund.me/b9c25e0c
As many residents will know, the sea wall at Fishbourne meadows was damaged in Storm Eunice and the footpath which runs along it has been closed for many months. Chichester Harbour Conservancy and its partners are looking at how to manage this problem and has prepared a briefing note which you can download below.
The most recent appeal for Bethwines Farm is for Change of use of the land (in perpetuity) from agriculture to natural grass and wetlands for nitrate offsetting. This application was received by Chichester District Council, but because the application does not require any work to be carried out on the land, the District Council did not consider it a valid application. This decision is being appealed by the applicant.
View the response of Fishbourne Parish Council to the Planning Inspector here>>>
If you want to write to the Planning Inspector about this appeal, you will need to do so via the Planning Inspectorate website. Go to https://acp.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/ and enter 3299202 in the Search for a Case box and then click Make Representation.
The appeal will be dealt with by way of the Written Representation procedure. This means that the appeal will be decided on written statements of the parties concerned and that no public hearing or public local inquiry will be held.
All representations must be received by 6 July 2022. Any representations submitted after the deadline will not usually be considered and will be returned. The Planning Inspectorate does not acknowledge representations. All representations must quote the appeal reference, APP/L3815/W/22/3299202 and FB/22/00142/FUL.
Information provided in your representation will be published. This may include your name and address, but personal telephone numbers, email addresses and signatures of individuals will be removed. If you object to publication in this way, please contact the Planning Inspectorate.
You can get a copy of one of the Planning Inspectorate’s “Guide to taking part in planning appeals” booklets free of charge from https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/taking-part-in-a-planning-listed-building-or-enforcement-appeal
Home-Start Chichester & District is a voluntary organisation that offers support & friendship to families with young children throughout Chichester District. Volunteers are trained and supported to offer valuable personalised support to families in the families own homes, enabling them to give their children the best start in life. Volunteers also support families in our three Family Groups.
Our next volunteer training course will start on Tuesday 13th September 2022.
The course will take place one morning a week from 9.30am-1pm (excluding school half term) in Chichester for 7 weeks.
For more information:
t: 01243 773477
e:
w: www.home-startchichester.org.uk
This handy download contains a mine of information to direct you towards support available in Chichester District. This download was published in March 2022.
The Fishbourne Playing Field playpark is a very valued and well used community asset. The existing playground needs refurbishing to compensate for wear and tear, also future proofing. The FPFA Trustees are confident that the local community recognise this need, and an urgent need for inclusive play equipment, eg a carousel capable of accommodating wheel chairs and able bodied siblings/friends is one suggestion, we have received.
The Trustees have no accurate measure of needs and wishes within the Fishbourne community. Accordingly, the Trustees wish to gauge the level of support by holding an “Open Meeting” in the Fishbourne Centre on Wednesday, 30 March at 7.30pm. Everyone welcome.
This initiative is to be called: “Let’s All Play”
Please contact us with your ideas and suggestions by emailing:
Many thanks…….. Trustees of FPFA
At its meeting on 19 October the Parish Council discussed the planning application for a ‘doggy day care facility’ in Bethwines Farm.
The Chairman explained that the Parish Council had identified specific planning reasons why this application should be refused. The objection is available to view below.
The Council urges residents to make their views known to the District Council who are the decision makers by visiting https://publicaccess.chichester.gov.uk/online-applications/search.do?action=simple&searchType=Application and typing 21/02553 into the search bar.
Total Attachments: 1
Download: FPC response to Bethwines application 21-02553-FUL (205 KB)
An evening of words and music celebrating the beauty of the Sussex and Hampshire landscape was held last night at The Council Chamber in Chichester where a capacity audience was entertained by novelist and playwright Kate Mosse, who brought together a stellar company of talented performers – actors, musicians, writers and singers – all with local connections. Those taking part included Kate Winslet, Timothy Watson, Felix Mosse, Imogen Stubbs, Paula Tinker, Jane Pegler, Tony Pegler, Alice O’Hanlon, Gareth Williams, the community choir OK Chorale, directed by Music Director John Gleadall, and readings from local authors Isabel Ashdown and Suzie Wilde. Guest speakers included Chairman of the Chichester Harbour Trust, John Nelson, and the Founder of SOSCA – Save Our South Coast Alliance – Libby Alexander. The show was produced by Greg Mosse and Kate Mosse was MC.
Kate Mosse said: ‘I am incredibly grateful to all the wonderful performers who gave up their time to take part in this celebration of our beautiful, but delicate and beleaguered environment. The fact the evening sold out so quickly is testament to how many people are worried for – and care about protecting – the world around us and want to see changes in the future.’
The evening was held in association with SOSCA to draw attention to the damage being caused by the huge number of developments creating eradication through constant pollution of our very special fragile landscape, a landscape that has inspired many writers past and present – including Blake, Kipling, Chesterton, Stella Gibbons, Charlotte Smith and composers such as Ralph Vaughan Williams and Cecil Sharp.
Libby Alexander said: ‘The situation is now so bad that what is at stake is no less than the very survival of our entire Chichester Coastal Plain. We urgently need everyone to realise that unless we act now, and demand now an end to this wanton destruction, there will be nothing left for future generations. As if to justify our concerns, we have just had international confirmation that our Chichester Coastal Plain is unique. At COP26 next month, they will be a film screening illustrating the huge importance Wetlands are to the revival of our planet: they chose four countries to highlight – Cayman Isles, China, South Korea and, for the UK, Medmerry in West Sussex.’
Libby Alexander urged everyone to write to their local councillors and MPs to raise their concerns and to support SOSCA’s campaigning to prevent further damage to local communities and wildlife.
for more details about SOSCA, please visit www.sosca.org.uk