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Welcome to this week’s blog - as always, thanks for having a read.
Last weekend Donna and I were in Poole, and walked through Lifeboat Quay next to the national headquarters of the RNLI. We saw several boats, their training college and their Lifeboat Centre which was unfortunately closed. You may not realise that the HQ was founded on 4th March, 1824, to save lives at sea and that, as the heart of the charity, Poole has a deep history and featured in wartime rescues like Dunkirk
On Monday Donna had a Chichester Harbour Conservancy meeting at County Hall because she is one of the West Sussex appointed representatives and I had some errands to run relating to my charitable involvements. Wednesday was a busy day because Donna had Chichester District Council’s Grants and Concessions Panel on Wednesday morning while Val, Mick, Ian and Andrew had Selsey Town Council's Planning Committee in the evening after we all had a short Extraordinary Full STC to confirm a Personnel matter.
From Monday, the shingle is being recharged on the beach at the end of Danefield Road in Selsey. There will still be public access along the beach but be aware there will obviously be extra vehicle movements in the area.
Monday is also Chichester District Council’s
6-monthly All Parishes Meeting. Then on Wednesday, CDC is running some more Planning training for parishes while in the evening Ali, Ian, Andrew, Donna and I have an STC Personnel Committee meeting looking at various policy documents.
You can watch meetings live: CDC and WSCC.
A study by the Centre for Cities think tank has found that between 2013 and 2023 11 towns and cities in the UK saw disposable incomes rise twice as fast as the average 2.4%. Brighton came top with 8.1% and Worthing, who we expect to be in our Unitary Council, came second with 7.8%. Key to this was the support they gave to independent traders like Steve. If you run a business please find time to take part in CDC’s business insight survey to help build a comprehensive picture of the local business climate and what opportunities there might be for growth and development: -
https://app.snapsea.io/p/c/chichester/business-survey
Don’t forget during Half Term CDC has made sure that people of all ages will be able to enjoy a colourful series of different themed laser light shows in Chichester Canal Basin on Friday 20th and..
Saturday 21st February, 2026 at 6pm, 7pm and 8pm, each lasting around 20 minutes. Those attending are being made aware that the shows contain strobe lighting.
Do you prefer to drive into a parking space nose first or reverse in? Apparently if, like me, you prefer to reverse in you may well be displaying eight traits that predict success in life: -
Just a quick heads up that CDC will be getting in touch with residents as they will be starting food waste collections in the next few weeks.
Finally: -
As always, from the whole Team, stay safe.
Tim
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