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angmeringpaul
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United Kingdom
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 Posted - 19 Apr 2013 : 21:31:18
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Al I think it is a bit harse to criticise the Ferring group or "all the sheep who followed the Ferring Conservation Group".
The Ferring Group have no responsibility for the issues in Angmering and have (so far anyway) achieved their goal in protecting the gap.
You could put the same criticism of the save Angmering Village "sheep". Does agreeing with a position make you a sheep? |
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derekdainton
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Posted - 20 Apr 2013 : 09:20:39
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You would think from the criticism of Asda that it was built on an existing greenfield site. In reality it was a rather tatty collection of buildings that were there before.
So Asda didn't 'see' to the erosion of the gap. If anything, you could say the site was improved. |
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AngmeringAl
Junior Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 20 Apr 2013 : 19:12:21
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I have met some of the " sheep " most didn't have a clue really why they were against it , if you have really good reason to object about something in life , then do so . One lady I know well in East Preston was telling me all about it and after about 10 minutes it became apparent she had objected to it thinking it was the site opposite the Golf course haha I duely pointed out that it was at the Roundstone roundabout , she wasn't the slightest bit bothered .
As for Asda's , it dwarfs the old country fayre site and extends right to the back now , therefore no strategic gap anymore ! |
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roosterbri
Advanced Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 07 May 2013 : 09:32:44
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| Where is the strategic gap on the north side of the A259 at Ferring??? |
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Atomius
Junior Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 07 May 2013 : 16:30:29
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Better an open for business Asdas than a run down closed garden centre. Having said that I would have (if this were Simcity) just created a larger facility at the old Sainsburys site and turned the Country Fare site into a market garden or somesuch semi rural operation maybe a new garden centre (although there's already enough).
The Asda site may be 'large' and so forth but it is fresh and clean and popular. Preserving green space is a great idea, but looking at an old map from the 19th century one can see how much things have changed locally. Even the Longback Cottages were apparently as recently constructed as the 1700s. I was always of the 'up rather than out' school of thought on developments. But I also favour the concept of pedestrianised zones and people living close to their workplaces...
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HanceR
Junior Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01 Aug 2013 : 07:28:54
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Does anyone know what our planners are cooking up to move Chandlers out of the village or do we have to put up with the congestion they create indefinitely? Perhaps will we have to wait for BMW to close them down?
We get upset about travellers on our soon to be lost open spaces but Chandlers are just as much a nuisance in the village. |
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Nigel
Senior Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01 Aug 2013 : 10:08:13
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| Is it just me, or do most people in Water Lane own a BMW and work nights. There's hardly a BMW to be seen after 6pm. |
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roosterbri
Advanced Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01 Aug 2013 : 16:33:40
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| Perhaps they will be incorporated into the new Garden City |
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AngmeringAl
Junior Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03 Aug 2013 : 00:24:24
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| If so many people hadn't objected to Chandlers moving out of the village to a site on a main road , they would probably be building their new premises now . |
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roosterbri
Advanced Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03 Aug 2013 : 06:27:48
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I suggest most of the objections came from Ferring who do not have a major car distributor in their village. As you say they would be building by now.
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neil
Forum Owner / Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 19 Sep 2013 : 16:26:38
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So now we know! At today's exhibition of the proposed new retail park west of Windmill Bridge, Angmering, we learned that Chandlers have plans to take about 50% of the site, the remaining 50% being divided between one smallish food store and one smallish non-food store.
Chandlers would move both their BMW Angmering operations and their Mini Rustington operations to the new site.
Entry and exit is now proposed only from the A259, meaning that cars exiting the site wanting to come back to Angmering or Worthing will need to go down the by-pass to the Body Shop roundabout. The will be no entry or exit from Windmill Bridge itself which is a major change from that proposed by the previous developers.
All in all, and bearing in mind that the site already has planning permission (at least for car showrooms), the proposals by Store Property look reasonable. It would certainly improve the parking and traffic situation in the village centre.
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derekdainton
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Posted - 19 Sep 2013 : 17:02:51
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| And leave the existing Chandlers site available for the type and density of housing which is so much more acceptable than the Roundstone Lane proposals. |
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seagull
Average Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 20 Sep 2013 : 00:07:12
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I went and had a look at the proposed development. It looks fine for the new Chandlers site and can see no reason why it should not be approved. As Derek says, this now leaves the Chandlers site in Water Lane, available for sensible and suitable housing for Angmering and making the Roundstone Lane proposals redundant.
Arun planning officers please note! |
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AngmeringAl
Junior Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 20 Sep 2013 : 18:19:56
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| Well , I put my hands up because I didn't think it was a suitable site , why on earth didn't they plan it there in the first place ! anyway its surely a foregone conclusion now regarding the planning application . As for the showing of the plans last night , was this advertised ? |
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neil
Forum Owner / Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 20 Sep 2013 : 19:25:17
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The Exhibition was advertised in the Littlehampton Gazette, the Angmering Parish Council website, the Angmering Parish Council window, SAV email to people on their distribution list, the AVL News page, and the AVL Events page. No doubt it was also advertised in Rustington as well. I apologise for getting the times a bit wrong - it was 3pm-7pm and not 10am-7pm.
Apart from all that, advertising was pretty poor!!!  |
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lindylou
Average Member
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Posted - 21 Sep 2013 : 19:37:24
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'the smallish foodstore'?????? Who else would hope to vie with the neighbouring monstrous Sainsburys. Tesco ? - maybe they could put a three/ four storey store on the site , I'm sure anything would get passed. |
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roosterbri
Advanced Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 23 Sep 2013 : 12:23:57
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Originally posted by lindylou
'the smallish foodstore'?????? Who else would hope to vie with the neighbouring monstrous Sainsburys. Tesco ? - maybe they could put a three/ four storey store on the site , I'm sure anything would get passed.
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lindylou
Average Member
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Posted - 23 Sep 2013 : 17:52:07
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| M&S or Waitrose, hopefully |
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neil
Forum Owner / Moderator
United Kingdom
2623 Posts |
Posted - 23 Sep 2013 : 19:06:27
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| Probably too small for Waitrose. |
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roosterbri
Advanced Member
United Kingdom
553 Posts |
Posted - 24 Jun 2014 : 14:44:17
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| Is it me??? Here we are 10 months later and still nothing happening on the Windmill Road site. Did I miss something?? |
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Bert
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Posted - 24 Jun 2014 : 20:49:27
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| roosterbri......I think there has been quite a substantial amount of land clearance. |
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roosterbri
Advanced Member
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Posted - 25 Jun 2014 : 06:17:10
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| Thanks Bert but all they have done is chopped down some trees and left them there. This was done a few months ago. |
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roosterbri
Advanced Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 19 Oct 2014 : 11:11:05
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Still no activity......can only assume the owners of the land are waiting to sell Sainsburys land before they can afford to develop the area (assuming they are the same owners)
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Chandlers BMW Relocation
