Plans for 20 homes on surplus car parking in Bognor Regis

The outline application is to build the homes on land at Heath Place with access via an existing roadway.

A design and access statement with the application said the half a hectare site forms part of a mixed use commercial site owned by the applicants.

It is formed of surplus car parking and amenity land lying adjacent to Ash Grove and 'existing employment use will not be disturbed'.

The statement said the reduction in car use has a reflection of the reduction of employee numbers within business generally, the onset of working from home employment of non core staff and the raised cost of motor car use.

"The site is located in a mixed area of residential and commercial uses with residential being the majority of land use,” it said.

To see the plans and comment go to the Arun District Council planning portal and use the search reference BE/147/22/OUT.