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Friday, August 12, 2016
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Butlin's home plan anger BITTER protestors were labelled a rabble as they vented their anger at the approval of plans for a Butlin's staff home in Bognor Regis. Some of the 30 or so opponents of the scheme for the former Ashley House angrily shouted out when they left the Arun District Council meeting on Wednesday afternoon. Cries of 'Oh no', 'That's not democracy'
and 'It was already decided' could be heard as the objectors nosily made their way from the development control committee. Committee chairman Cllr Jacqueline Maconachie briefly halted the meeting to allow the disturbance to end. She accused the members of the public of being a rabble. "Try to behave with a degree of courtesy as you would
do when you attend an official meeting," she demanded. This prompted further outcries from the final residents to leave the meeting. Two of the protestors had strongly spoken out about the holiday company's plans for the empty care home. But their comments failed to persuade enough councillors to overturn their planning officers' advice and reject the
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£1.6m scheme. The committee voted 7-6, with one abstention, in favour of the proposal. Immediately after the decision was made, Butlin's resort director Jeremy Pardey could be seen in the foyer of the council's offices talking to a handful of the objectors in an attempt to overcome their protests. Turn to page five
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