Contradictory statements on development

I would like to raise two further points.

Littlehampton is a relatively small town and so would need to make a very strong business case to prove the viability of a second railway station.

Would passengers be drawn towards a new main-line station at Wick at the expense of the existing station?

Would Network Rail be willing to support two stations at Littlehampton or could a new station at Wick lead to the closure of the existing town centre station?

Is that a good or a bad thing?

This needs very careful consideration.

In March, 2003, the panel examining West Sussex's Structure Plan concluded in its report (page 83, item 7.21) that: "We accept the argument that strategic scale development is required to assist in further regeneration in the Arun part of the coastal plain, and that constraints on the peripheries of Bognor Regis, Littlehampton and Arundel make undesirable any further developments there beyond existing commitments."

Arun District Council recently (as part of its SE Plan representations) decided that: "The council overwhelmingly supports that where greenfield releases have to be made, this should take the form of sustainable urban extensions in the Arun district."

They can't both be right!

Tony Dixon,

Barons Close,

Westergate

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