SEVEN industrial units on a business park have been approved, despite a 65-name petition opposing the idea.

Adur District Council’s planners gave the thumbs-up to the scheme for Ocean View Business Park, Gardner Road, Southwick.

The units will used for storage and distribution as well as business.

The site is used by a motorcycle assembly firm which puts the finishing touches to bikes built in China and shipped to the UK.

Neighbours said they already had to put up with “motorcycle revving and a steady flow of cars, vans and lorries” and were worried about increased noise and overbearing impact.