A Vision for North Littlehampton
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A Vision for North Littlehampton

JTP were commissioned in spring 2008 by the Greencore Group to conduct participative planning process in North Littlehampton.

A Community Planning Weekend (CPW) was held on 18 and 19 July 2008 with the aim of creating a sustainable new Vision for North Littlehampton and particularly the land to the north of the railway station owned by Greencore.

Following the CPW, the Community Forum has continued to meet whilst ideas for the area are being developed. Regular newsletters are produced with updates on the progress of the project. You can download copies of newsletters and documents from the documentation section to the right.

Work is continuing on the proposals with a view to submitting an outline planning application. Following submission the community will be invited to an exhibition to view the finalised proposals.

Background
Greencore Group plc is leading a consortium of landowners who are promoting a large area of land at North Littlehampton to Arun District Council as a potential location for a Strategic Development Area (SDA), to be allocated in the Council's emerging Local Development Framework (LDF). The land lies to the north of the railway line at Toddington, mainly to the north of Toddington Lane. The majority of the land is already developed with extensive glasshouses, warehousing, offices, hardstandings and a number of dwellings.

The land was previously promoted for development through the last Local Plan process. At that time, the Local Plan Inspector placed a higher priority on allocating land at Bersted and Felpham, both on the edge of Bognor Regis, for development because those developments would fund the construction of the A259 Bognor relief road. However, the Inspector commented that the land at North Littlehampton should be considered for development again when the need to allocate land for development arose.

Contact Charles Campion at JTP on cc@jtp.co.uk for further information.