£70,000 funding boost to improve Ditchling car park

Seventy thousand pounds has been awarded by the South Downs National Park Authority to provide additional car parking spaces – including disabled bays and cycle racks – at Keymer Road Car Park in Ditchling.
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The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funding has been drawn from developers’ contributions taken from the 2019/2020 financial year.

A raft of initiatives across Sussex are set to benefit from the funds.

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Tim Slaney, director of planning at the South Downs National Park Authority, said: “We began a new decade for the National Park by announcing some significant CIL funding and we’re pleased to be finishing 2020 with this good news.

Seventy thousand pounds has been awarded by the South Downs National Park Authority to improve the car park in DitchlingSeventy thousand pounds has been awarded by the South Downs National Park Authority to improve the car park in Ditchling
Seventy thousand pounds has been awarded by the South Downs National Park Authority to improve the car park in Ditchling

“Good infrastructure, particularly around access, recreation and wellbeing, can make a real difference to the quality of people’s lives.

“A number of these projects will significantly improve access to the countryside, helping more people to connect with nature and reap the health and well-being benefits.

“After such a difficult year for so many people, I hope we can all agree that access to this beautiful landscape has provided great comfort and will continue to do so in the years ahead.

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“The Community Infrastructure Levy is one of the cornerstones of our role as a planning authority, ensuring benefits flow from any acceptable development.

“It’s wonderful to be able to help so many communities with such a varied range of projects.”

The fresh CIL funding comes after a previous tranche of funding, announced last January, benefited 20 projects across Sussex and Hampshire that took a share of £550,000.