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TERRACED houses will not be built next to the oldest hotel in Bognor Regis. Councillors over-ruled their planning officer’s advice and rejected his recommendation to back the homes to the east of the Royal Norfolk Hotel. Cllr Jim Brooks (I, Marine) said: “The building will affect the setting of an iconic Grade II-listed building. Putting anything on that land, as the planning inspector has indicated in previous
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schemes, would damage the view and the setting of the iconic building.” The latest application by Mr D. Skinner would have seen three terraced houses built on the hotel’s former tennis courts. The dwellings would have faced West Street. Five previous attempts to build on the land, which is in The Steyne and Waterloo Square conservation area, have failed to come to fruition.
Of those, four have been refused by Arun. Two of those decisions have been appealed against by Mr Skinner. A planning inspector has ruled against the schemes both times. The most recent decision in 2015 was based on the hotel’s setting in its open grounds and the character of the conservation area and the housing’s impact on it. The other proposal was withdrawn by Mr Skinner before it could be decided.
Arun received 37 letters of objection to the latest scheme. Bognor Regis Town Council also protested against it. The committee was told by Bognor Regis town councillor Steve Goodheart: “There is a great desire from the residents of Bognor Regis to keep this open space for the benefit of the town.” Objector Keith Henderson outlined five reasons why he believed the scheme See page five
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