What are our roads for?

The streets of the City are key to its vitality; they support movement through and within the built up area but also provide the majority of our public realm and public spaces, shaping the very character and feel of the city itself. In January 2016 West Sussex County Council, working in partnership with Chichester District Council, convened… Continue reading What are our roads for?

Whitehouse Farm Development: Waste Water Management February 2016

Find on this page the documents behind our post concerning the saga of what do with the waste water coming from the 1600 homes on the WHF site. Please read the post first as these documents are highly technically detailed: 1. Albion Water’s application to the Environment Agency for a licence: [gview file=”http://www.westgatera.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Portsmouth-Water-Quality-Summary.pdf”] 2. Documents presenting… Continue reading Whitehouse Farm Development: Waste Water Management February 2016

Whitehouse Farm Development: Westgate Traffic Calming Proposals February 2016

There have been many revisions of the options proposed to manage the increases in traffic in our area that will result from building 1600 new homes, since the developers submitted their outline plans for the development of the Whitehouse Farm site in December 2014, . There are five issues the committee wishes our households to… Continue reading Whitehouse Farm Development: Westgate Traffic Calming Proposals February 2016

Pedestrian Count at Westgate-Sherborne Road Roundabout

As part of the Committee’s efforts to influence County Council plans to mitigate the impact of the Whitehouse Farm Development on Westgate, this traffic count was taken by the Chairman on Thursday 25-2-16 between 2.30 – 3.00pm, a time when most Bishop Luffa School Pupils are coming out. This was not a count conducted under scientific conditions,… Continue reading Pedestrian Count at Westgate-Sherborne Road Roundabout

March Traffic update

February 2016

With all the hoo-hah now associated with the Northern Bypass proposal, there are now a considerable number of traffic proposals for the committee to deal with. (Do read the full series of posts by typing traffic into the search box above then click on the magnifying glass). Know that the WHF outline plan has still not been… Continue reading March Traffic update

The Brewery Field update – Feb 2016

Following the very successful public meeting at the end of last year, the three RAs who will benefit most from the use of The Brewery (Henty) Field have formed a steering committee to launch a Friends’ group at the request of the City Council. We have one representative only from Westgate however. Please volunteer to… Continue reading The Brewery Field update – Feb 2016

Whitehouse Farm Development: Waste Water February 2016

The Whitehouse Farm outline application has still not gone to committee, such is the quantity of objections from the statutory bodies whose remit will be affected by the development. A major sticking point has been the reluctance of the Environment Agency to accept the developer’s solution concerning the treatment of waste water. The objections are… Continue reading Whitehouse Farm Development: Waste Water February 2016

Student accommodation near Tesco

A fairer, greener community? Residents living down the western end of Westgate are well aware of the planning application to build student accommodation on the patch of derelict land south of the railway line, just by the new foot and cycle bridge and the Tesco petrol station. You can consult the Design and Access statement… Continue reading Student accommodation near Tesco

Chichester & St Bart’s: The Early Settlement

The extent of Chichester has altered at various times. The settlement was first established as a winter fort for the Second Augustan Legion under Vespasian (the future emperor) shortly after the Roman invasion in AD 43. Like all Roman walled towns, Noviomagus Reginorum was divided into four quarters by two main roads or streets crossing… Continue reading Chichester & St Bart’s: The Early Settlement

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