Updated July 06, 2010.

Protect Our Woodland  

Campaigning to Save Ancient Landscapes

PO Box 4144, Worthing West Sussex England.

And to save Durrington's Greenbelt from development and local flooding click.

On March 15, 2010 Worthing borough council's planning committee dismissed the application to build on farmland west of Durrington near Worthing, thereby saving  countryside scenes similar to the one on the left. For many, the committee's unanimous decision came as a surprise following their approval of the Tesco application on part of the farmland last year and their approval of all the stages leading up to this point. Anyway if our inbox is anything to go by, local residents were grateful to the committee for at last agreeing this development was wrong.

Unfortunately that welcome decision didn't last long, when, at a meeting of the full council on March 29, a unanimous decision was taken, to still include in the towns Core Strategy, the same Greenfield land for development. Clearly you can't trust our yellow and blue politicians.

So now we have to consider what to do if the developers appeal or submit a revised planning application. However with the local elections looming, the first thing to be done should they call, is to let any prospective councillor or anyone canvassing for them, know they've lost our vote over this charade .

No matter how long it takes, we are keeping the website and the regular updates going until we can be sure the area is safe from development. If you are not already on our mailing list please click. The planning committee rejected the development because you stood up and said no-way should it be allowed. Let the politicians and developers know we will fight any appeal or new application. Hands off Durrington's Greenbelt!

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