‘Should we be encouraging thousands more people to come and live in Chichester’?

Letter from: Ruth Liney, Drayton Lane, Chichester
The Chichester district faces having to take far more housing development in the future. Pic by Steve RobardsThe Chichester district faces having to take far more housing development in the future. Pic by Steve Robards
The Chichester district faces having to take far more housing development in the future. Pic by Steve Robards

Living east of Chichester city centre, like many of us not protected by being in the South Downs National Park, I live in a constant state of fear over what pretty and pleasant area will be spoilt with mass building next.

Every day I pass yet another place that had trees, fields and hedging – and wildlife gone forever.

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Surely if a large part of our area is protected from being built on – and quite rightly – logic should suggest that the target housing numbers should be reduced.

I’m no expert, just another person who loves this lovely area we live in, but judging by the amount of traffic jams and the ridiculous amount of people all trying to cram themselves onto our beaches recently, should we really be encouraging thousands more people to come and live in this really very small city and mainly small village area?

I had hoped that CDC would stand up to the Government’s unreasonable demands for more and more house building in every space they can be crammed in but it seems it will only stop when every once charming village is a mass of concrete.

I would sign yours faithfully, but yours very sadly seems more appropriate.

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