Bognor Regis Post issue 36

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Issue: 36

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UNANIMOUS approval has been given for a £36m swimming pool to be built in Bognor Regis. Councillors backed the scheme which was said to secure the future of the town's Butlin's holiday resort. THey agreed the measures which will be imposed on the firm as part of the planning permission for the ambitious project will lessen the impact of the new pool's car park on neighbouring

Bognor Regis, ahead of the other resorts, is fantastic news for the town and everyone who lives and works on the resort." As reported, the pool will be built on the eastern edge of the resort. It will replace more than 1,000 beds in outdated staff and vacant chalets some of which date back to the site's opening in 1960. THe single deck car park will have 558 spaces - to match the existing car

residents in Sea Road in Felpham. Resort director Jeremy Pardey told Arun District Council's development control committee: "THis will give us one of the finest, if not the finest, pools in the UK. THis will enable us to attract more tourists to visit Bognor Regis. "THe pool is the single biggest investment in Butlin's since Bourne Leisure bought the business in 2000. "For the investment to be made in

park which will disappear with the development, and will be sited on the resort's boundary. Landscaping with ivy and shrubs and timber acoustic fencing are intended to make the car park's more appearance acceptable to residents. But Sea Road homeowner Susan Pines said at Wednesday's meeting the scheme would permanently change the character of the 19th century road. Turn to page three

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