DLBP is pleased to announce that on 4 October 2022, we hosted a second public consultation exhibition for Rickman’s Green Village. The proposal is for a brand-new village in West Sussex, comprising of up to 600 high quality new homes and land for a new school, centred around the farm shop, cafe, retail units, cookery school, glamping and rural enterprise centre proposal for which DLBP recently submitted an application, details of which can be found here. Rickman’s Green Village will help bridge the widening gap between housing need and the shortfall of the planned supply in Chichester District.
This exhibition follows the first event held on 12 July 2022 where 96 people attended and were able to give feedback to different aspects of the scheme - further details of the first exhibition can be found here.
Since then, the team has been working hard to enhance the scheme in response to comments received.
The second exhibition was an opportunity to meet the local community again, and to showcase our amended plans in response to their feedback. The further information included detail about the proposed new high frequency bus route from Rickman’s Green Village to Billingshurst, enhanced landscaping and open space, reduced density, and an indicative layout for the first phase of housing, amongst many other things. 75 local residents attended the exhibition - the feedback received is assisting in improving the design of the scheme, ahead of submitting the plans to Chichester Council within the coming months.