On the market

The Hillside bunker in Fulking

Converted shipping container atop WWII bunker

Following representations from interested parties, and for the avoidance of doubt, we are pleased to append the following clarifications to this item:

  1. the land for sale does not presently include a WWII bunker, nor a bunker dating from from any other period of British military history, so far as is known;
  2. there is no shipping container, converted or unconverted, currently standing on the the land; and
  3. it is not anticipated that a converted shipping container will play a significant role in any construction that may take place on the site in the future.

The sun sets on Twineham

Mud hut with solar panel and coot Twineham solar farm Phillip Coote

Phillip Coote (Con, Crawley Down and Turners Hill) asked if they should “all live in mud huts and burn wood” instead.

Colin Trumble (Con, Hurstpierpoint and Downs) added: “In terms of planning there’s not a lot we can do about it, but I do feel sympathy with the people and the villagers who are going to be affected.”

Annie Hirst, chairman of Twineham Parish Council, spoke of their “disappointment” at the officers’ decision to recommend the application be approved, and felt the large-scale solar farm would have an “additional cumulative industrialising effect” on the area.

[With apologies to Princeton University for the wilful abuse of their photograph.]

Fulking Village Action Plan Meeting

Fulking Village Action Plan 2014
The annual meeting of the Fulking Village Action Plan Group is to be held on Wednesday 12th August at 6:00pm in the Village Hall. As the plan is now established and is ticking along, it has been suggested that the group should be disbanded and responsibility for the plan handed over to the Parish Council. This way, the plan will still be active and the opportunity to update it will still be available to the community.

If you have any suggestions, thoughts or comments, please do come along to the meeting to discuss them.

Kate Watson
Secretary, Fulking Village Action Plan Group