Plans for 116 homes revealed for site in Angmering

Developer Persimmon Homes has revealed plans to build 116 homes at Ham Manor, Angmering, on land north of New Road.

The developer held a community consultation on the plans last week, which include preserving 70 per cent of the site as green space and homes that would be available for shared and affordable rent.

The newly-proposed development would offer a six-month 'Local Homes Guarantee' on privately sold properties to help improve housing availability for locals and "significant" areas of publicly accessible open space.

The proposals come despite plans for 133 homes on the same land from Charles Church Developments being turned down by Arun District Council (ADC) in 2023.

At the time, the previous proposals received almost 250 letters of objection from local residents. 

The council refused the original development, stating that the plans lay outside of the built-up area of Angmering in open countryside and it would "significantly and adversely" change the character of the area.

It also said the proposals would be located within the defined settlement gap between Angmering and Rustington/East Preston.

A planning application for the new proposals has not yet been submitted, but an online consultation is running until March 27.

The proposals are the latest of several planned developments to be announced near Angmering in recent years.

Plans for 190 homes on land west of Bewley Road were given the go-ahead in December last year, despite more than 1,700 objections.

The Bewley Road plans were originally refused by Arun District Council, but were later overturned on appeal by the Planning Inspectorate.

Another application for 167 homes at Rustington Golf Centre was similarly allowed at appeal in 2022.