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The Die is Webcast

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The die is webcast
The Worthing Daily reports that:

West Sussex County Council will webcast on Friday July 12th a debate on the proposals for the Rampion off-shore wind farm off the Worthing coastline. .. Cllr John de Mierre said: “This is one of the biggest planning applications that Sussex has seen for many years, so given the implications, and the public interest, we felt it important that the debate should be webcast.”

A report to the Committee suggests that ‘qualified support’ for the proposals could be considered .. It says: “Immediate benefits to local communities and the local environment have been overlooked and there is a missed opportunity to give greater weight to the acceptability of the scheme to local communities along the cable route and near the sub-station.”

Or see the WSCC press release.

SDNPA chair re-elected

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Margaret Paren OBE, chair of the SDNPA
The West Sussex Gazette reports that:

Margaret Paren OBE has been re-elected as chair of the South Downs National Park Authority for the fourth year .. [She] became chair at the authority’s inaugural meeting in April 2010. Her working career was spent in Whitehall, mainly in the Ministry of Defence but also with spells in the Cabinet Office and in the National Audit Office. Following early retirement she became involved in local community activities and the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England. From 2001 she was involved as a campaigner for the National Park and as a member of the South Downs Joint Committee.

Matthew Cohen

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Matthew Cohen rogue trader of Small Dole
Just in case you somehow managed to miss our earlier post, the June issue of Pigeon Post, and coverage in the local press from Brighton to Portsmouth, be warned that Matthew Cohen (M C Driveways) of Small Dole hasn’t given up. He was persistently touting for custom in the centre of Fulking less than a month ago and only backed off when a resident made it clear that he was aware of Cohen’s recent convictions. If he turns up on your doorstep and is reluctant to leave, call 101 and cite Sussex Police reference 1200 of 31 May 2013.