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Residents in Chichester are being urged to attend a public meeting to air their views about housing developments.
The meeting has been called by the Mayor of Chichester Michael Woolley who wants to gather opinions – good or bad – about the state of housing needs and proposed developments in the area.

It comes as the Local Development Framework, which will document how the area will look in years to come, in terms of housing and infrastructure, has been put on hold.

Mayor Woolley said he wanted to hear from people who want to live in Chichester but can't afford to and those on the other side of the coin who want development to be curtailed.

He said: "We decided we would go ahead and have a public meeting, though it's on hold it's not been concluded, it's still going forward, and we ought to raise the whole issue of housing in Chichester.

"The problem with housing in Chichester on the one hand we have the LDF proposals of nearly 10,000 new houses around Chichester circling it with a ring of housing estates.

"And on the other hand the very real needs of people who cannot afford houses because it's an expensive town to live in. The balance between the two is very important.

"This meeting is part of the planning process. We are not putting forward proposals or suggestions we are listening to people.

"We want to know what they have got to say. We don't want to sit there and provide information, we want to know what people have got to say about it.

"I hope two sets of people will turn up. I hope we will get representations from residents associations coming to tell us about having no houses built, and I hope we will get people who are genuinely concerned about finding housing to live in, in Chichester.

"The form of the meeting will be that I shall speak for a few minutes outlining the problem as we see it, and after 10 or 15 minutes we will open it to the floor and let everyone have their say and will end up with some sort of resolution."

Chichester District Councillors decided at a full council meeting on July 20 to put on hold the plans for the LDF.

They stated that before it could go ahead, they needed clarification on local infrastructure provision and future Government proposals for planning.

The capacity for waste water treatment has been under close scrutiny, as has the A27 and traffic congestion.

There are doubts, also, over if and when the financial resources might be made available to deal with the investment the plan would require.

The meeting has been organised by Chichester City Council and will take place on Thursday, September 2, at the Assembly Rooms in North Street Chichester.
Reference: 19 August 2010 Chichester Observer