Since the government has decreed that it wants at least a million new homes built there has been pressure put on the Arun District Council to build large numbers of dwellings - far in excess of the demand in the district and more than would be needed for natural population increase. Since the government inspector has suspended the Local plan for Arun the normal restraints on where developers cannot build no longer apply. The developers, having "land banked" large areas of farmland over the years are now seizing the opportunity to be able to develop these sites ahead of "brownfield" sites which are more expensive to build on and so less profitable.
The rich alluvial soils of the flood plain of which the Arun district is part are prime agricultural land. The Manhood Peninsular grows ten percent of England's vegetables. Should we ever be in the situation where we need to be self-sufficient as a nation - as happened in the second world war- every acre of arable land will be needed for food production. As we will soon be leaving the EU it could be that huge new markets may be opening up for food products grown on our farms. It would be pure madness to allow our fields to be concreted over and lost forever.
We need to insist that our leaders put a stop to these destructive practices, stop putting developers greed ahead of the nation's long term interests and put in place Local Plans that respect the view that farmland is for agricultural purposes and not for building on under any circumstances.
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Reached 250 supporters
October 7, 2016
September 7, 2016
One hundred people have signed on to stop these greedy developers from paving over our food supply. Arun District Council thinks they can ignore us while they line their pockets with concrete money but they are dead wrong.
Reached 100 supporters
September 5, 2016
210 Comments
Many more new homes - but no extra GPs; hospital places; schools .... etc etc. Our farm land is rapidly disappearing impacting on our capacity for home grown food products - increasing our carbon footprint by having to import. A total loose loose situation.
Poor road network. Future of food security as Europe & ROW also become built up and perhaps not so willing to sell to us. Energy security - south is best place in UK for solar power generation. Is no-one thinking? Is no-one listening?
We have more than enough new housing development's in the area enough is enough. All this building is turning a semi rural location into a town and causing the local area to become a high risk flood area we know this because it happened a couple of years ago.
Need this field saved , there are not enough places for the children to go and the scout hut needs saving , Also building on flood plain is madness , tescos was built on flood plain and is flooded so bad that you can't even get into the car park on bad days , save our land !!!!
We cannot keep concreting over our prime agricultural land. We have voted Brexit and when this materializes, we will need to return to more self sufficiency for our food products. We have lost too much farmland already.
My own part of the country in Yorkshire has been ruined by over development a strain on the roads, people and wildlife which this Government seems to have little regard for, why does it always have to be that local people are disregarded in the quest for profit?
We need to protect our agricultural land not concrete over it!
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Since the government has decreed that it wants at least a million new homes built there has been pressure put on the Arun District Council to build large numbers of dwellings - far in excess of the demand in the district and more than would be needed for natural population increase. Since the government inspector has suspended the Local plan for Arun the normal restraints on where developers cannot build no longer apply. The developers, having "land banked" large areas of farmland over the years are now seizing the opportunity to be able to develop these sites ahead of "brownfield" sites which are more expensive to build on and so less profitable.
The rich alluvial soils of the flood plain of which the Arun district is part are prime agricultural land. The Manhood Peninsular grows ten percent of England's vegetables. Should we ever be in the situation where we need to be self-sufficient as a nation - as happened in the second world war- every acre of arable land will be needed for food production. As we will soon be leaving the EU it could be that huge new markets may be opening up for food products grown on our farms. It would be pure madness to allow our fields to be concreted over and lost forever.
We need to insist that our leaders put a stop to these destructive practices, stop putting developers greed ahead of the nation's long term interests and put in place Local Plans that respect the view that farmland is for agricultural purposes and not for building on under any circumstances.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
October 7, 2016
September 7, 2016
One hundred people have signed on to stop these greedy developers from paving over our food supply. Arun District Council thinks they can ignore us while they line their pockets with concrete money but they are dead wrong.
Reached 100 supporters
September 5, 2016
210 Comments
Before long we will have no countryside left We are in the process of moving house due to developers spoiling our outlook on the country side also the noise and light pollution caused by a new estate being built on green fields next to us
Many more new homes - but no extra GPs; hospital places; schools .... etc etc. Our farm land is rapidly disappearing impacting on our capacity for home grown food products - increasing our carbon footprint by having to import. A total loose loose situation.
Poor road network. Future of food security as Europe & ROW also become built up and perhaps not so willing to sell to us. Energy security - south is best place in UK for solar power generation. Is no-one thinking? Is no-one listening?
We have more than enough new housing development's in the area enough is enough. All this building is turning a semi rural location into a town and causing the local area to become a high risk flood area we know this because it happened a couple of years ago.
Need this field saved , there are not enough places for the children to go and the scout hut needs saving , Also building on flood plain is madness , tescos was built on flood plain and is flooded so bad that you can't even get into the car park on bad days , save our land !!!!
We cannot keep concreting over our prime agricultural land. We have voted Brexit and when this materializes, we will need to return to more self sufficiency for our food products. We have lost too much farmland already.
My own part of the country in Yorkshire has been ruined by over development a strain on the roads, people and wildlife which this Government seems to have little regard for, why does it always have to be that local people are disregarded in the quest for profit?
We need to protect our agricultural land not concrete over it!
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Before long we will have no countryside left We are in the process of moving house due to developers spoiling our outlook on the country side also the noise and light pollution caused by a new estate being built on green fields next to us