Funding for new sea defences
Zero housing allocation
and its mobile tip
Welcome to this week’s blog - as always, thanks for having a read. Donna and I also want to thank all those residents who have greeted us, and the team, so warmly last weekend, when we finished delivering the main leaflet in our campaign to get Donna re-elected for the Selsey Division of West Sussex County Council on Thursday May 7th, 2026.
We have done well with delivering and have notched up plenty of steps, seen some nice gardens and discovered Ali is ‘en vogue’, like an increasing number of people in Selsey, Ali has an outside post box. As we told you last week, she bought it out of sympathy for our posties, when she first campaigned with us in 2023. I always look back to when Donna and I first met, because we were both involved in a campaign shortly after we began seeing each other, some time before we moved to Selsey. This time round, I've met some really encouraging residents. However, I have to acknowledge my experiences were ‘bested’ by Donna and her son who were shown round an Aston Martin by a supportive resident, whilst I was delivering around the Marine Drive area.
This is Donna's letter to voters:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FLUxf3cfp3CHM2zF9PQkx4zqygGnyVdH/view?usp=drivesdk
This is our main leaflet:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rxA3Os5lBpY6GIZtZwHi13nny8L2KQQr/view?usp=drivesdk
This is our first campaign video:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tn8TU77QMhMSEPJwKNuh4FoVAGtwqXDW/view?usp=drivesdk
This is our second campaign video:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16KVtTGsDexVJbkydQ5vKB_a1FuoxkyYm/view?usp=drivesdk
This is our third campaign video:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ts6dkGXX4xfemY5igXuFNMuykUOARvdz/view?usp=sharing
This is our fourth campaign video:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dmboD8UTOif_tqKMuocK5YK6I2i3MU4L/view?usp=sharing
This week, despite Purdah, it was Chichester District Council’s Development Planning & Infrastructure Panel on Wednesday morning which primarily focussed on The Southbourne Allocation Development Plan Document 2021 – 2039 and the commencement of a new Chichester Local Plan in accordance with the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2026. Next Wednesday Ian and Andrew have Selsey Town Council’s Planning Committee - Mick and Val are still on holiday celebrating their many years together.
You can watch CDC meetings here and watch WSCC meetings here.
If you live anywhere on the Peninsula, you probably are drawn to the sea and like spending time on or near a beach. Locals Insider has looked at data from DEFRA, the Department for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, and produced a list of 20 ‘no go’ beaches this summer: two are in our County:
Finally: -
As always, from the whole Team, stay safe.
Tim