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    Welcome to Kirdford Parish Council

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We are disappointed to see this land agent persist with the application to develop 70 houses at Townfield. 

This, coupled with the 54 houses already being planned at Chapel FIeld on Plaistow Road, will see our village grow by 55% - this is not sustainable and the Parish Council plans to oppose this application.

We encourage everyone to please submit your own thoughts to CDC as soon as possible. Please don’t put it off! The deadline is 20 May, so the sooner the better. 

Click here to go the the CDC Planning portal to submit your comments about the planning application.


WELCOME TO YOUR COMMUNITY WEBSITE


This website has been designed to allow access to information from all parts of the community. It is hoped you will visit this site regularly to keep up-to-date with what is going on in the parish. If you would like to know when new information is available, such as meeting agendas, minutes or events, please do register to receive automatic updates.

E-mail: clerk@kirdford-pc.gov.uk

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Latest Parish News

Important message for Kirdford residents - Water Neutrality

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November 2021
Water Neutrality Extent Map

In March 2021, 'Natural England' (a Government adviser for the natural environment in England) issued a message to Chichester District, Horsham District, and Crawley Borough Councils, advising that “any developments ... which fall within the Sussex North water resource supply zone (ed: this includes all of Kirdford Parish) will need to be tested through an HRA (ed: Habitats Regulations Assessment). This is because the Sussex North area is supplied by a water extraction at Hardham (ed: near Pulborough), which we have advised cannot with certainty conclude is not having an adverse impact on integrity on the Arun Valley SPA, SAC and Ramsar (ed biodiverse areas of scientific interest) .... A water neutral approach is a mechanism for avoiding impact if an alternative water supply cannot be secured.”

See below for full message.

Future developments in our Parish must be water neutral (use water recycling, grey water harvesting, reduced consumption). Kirdford Parish Council immediately asked Chichester District Council in March to suspend the CALA development in Chapel Field as this development did not include this design. After repeated requests, we were told in mid-September that because permission was granted in October 2019 (before this issue was raised), work could begin. KPC is contesting this point; our view is that we need to face the reality of today, not 2019.

In the months that followed, the other two councils have issued a 'position statement' declaring that all planning applications for new homes will have to be suspended pending a resolution to this issue. However, Chichester District Council have not done so and we have issued the following open letter to the council leadership:
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Boundary Commission for England Review 2023

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July 2021
Boundary Commission for England infographic

The Boundary Commission for England is proposing changes to the constituency boundaries in England, which would mean Kirdford would move from Arundel and South Downs to the Chichester constituency.


The proposed changes can be viewed here – just type in your postcode https://www.bcereviews.org.uk/


We would urge you to give your feedback to BCE and help to protect our rural communities and preserve our dark skies.

If you wish your views to be considered, please ensure they are received by BCE no later than the closing date of this statutory consultation period, which is 2 August 2021.

For further information please go to https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/

Below is a suggested template to send to BCE. You can also leave your comments on their website using this link https://www.bcereviews.org.uk/ and then click the ‘comments’ button to the right of the boundaries map.


Please send your submission to: Freepost REPRESENT

Boundary Commission for England
35 Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BQ

To whom it may concern,

2023 Boundary Review Consultation – West Sussex


I currently live in the Arundel & South Downs constituency and I wish to oppose the current BCE proposals on the following grounds:


  1. The degree of change imposed upon the electorate – with the current constituency where I live broken into no fewer than six successor parts – suggests that the Boundary Commission has given insufficient regard to boundaries of existing constituencies as there are viable alternatives that would less inconvenience electors;
  2. The essential character of Arundel and South Downs is of a rural constituency lying between the Downs away from the coastal strip with an east-west orientation and a string of similar and connected small towns and villages. This has not been recognised as a geographic factor nor in terms of local ties; and
  3. Modest changes to the existing boundary number of split wards impacting just a few thousand electors could prevent wholesale change impacting hundreds of thousands of electors;
  4. The proposed inclusion of Salvington and Offington Ward from Worthing BC could easily be substituted by restoring the Pulborough and Storrington Wards in Horsham DC, materially improving existing community ties and reducing the degree of change.
I understand that there is a counter proposal which has been put forward by the Member of Parliament for Arundel and South Downs and which has been discussed locally. This counter proposal has my full support.

Yours faithfully,


My address is:


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