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The Bognor Regis
Herald is the online newspaper of One Bognor
The One Bognor Society exists for
local people to be able to discuss the future of our urban area
of 63,000 people, often known as 'Bognor Regis'.|This
includes our local economy and environment, and especially
Regeneration at a crucial time in our Town's history. Also, how the area is
governed. At this time, EIGHT local councils are
responsible for how the area is managed:
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West
Sussex County Council which runs Education, Children &
Adult Services, Highways etc - the Big Spender, and a
Council that is in trouble at this time.
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Arun District Council
which has responsibility for Planning, Licensing,
Environmental Health, Housing etc. Like many Councils
Arun faces massive problems re finance at this time.
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Both these are known as
'Principal Councils' - in many areas now there are Unitary
Councils which do both levels
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There
are also 6 parish-level councils - Aldwick, Bersted,
Bognor Regis Town, Felpham, Middleton-on-Sea and Pagham.
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Of these currently ONLY Bognor and Middleton have parish
councillors who have all been VOTED FOR in an election,
Aldwick has only 5 out of 13 who were voted
for. They spend between them over £1.5 million
of public money a year. They have a wide range
of powers. 3 have parish councillors whom no one
voted for!
ONE BOGNOR poses the Question: Do we want this to
continue or would people support a single Bognor Regis
Urban Area Town Council to speak for us?
Also should West Sussex and Arun be replaced by a single
Unitary, for example, from Shoreham to Bognor, along the
Coast?
Bognor Regeneration
- no results since 2004 In 2004 Arun Council adopted
the Bognor Regis Regeneration Masterplan. To cut a
very long story very sort, in that time, NOTHING of value has
been achieved. Instead, Arun has attempted, since 2014, to
impose a low-level low-vision piecemeal redevelopment which will
do nothing to help the Town recover, not only from Covid but
also its long-term neglect over decades. One Bognor believes
that a large-scale, high-ambition plan is needed to ensure this
Town retains a place in seaside resort rankings, and that
Cultural Regeneration is the way forward, bringing in more and
new types of Visitor, spending more money per head, revitalising
local business and employment.
There are a number of ideas
being proposed but One Bognor believes that the best chance lies
with the Project Sunrise proposals. These not only
have full funding available (£90m to invest in our Town), but
also planning permission for the relevant sites. The
Project Sunrise Facebook page
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