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EBRA is a member of the Graylingwell Community Liaison Panel established by Linden Homes

The layouts below are a quick guide

• Graylingwell Redevelopement Overall
• Phases of Redevelopement Graylingwell
• Graylingwell Phase 1
• Dwellings in Construction

These external websites provide further information

• The Developers website
• The Planning Application
• Previous developement

The developement has 2 unique features.

A heat supply to each building, dwelling,Chapel,Hall etc from a gas fired Central Boiler. This system will be run by a company in the same group as the builder on a 25 year Contract.

To manage Graylingwell Park as it is occupied a Community Developement Trust has been set up, see their website

Progress of the ten year Developement

JUNE 2011 - 70 dwellings handed over with Phase one nearing completion before year end

Advertised prices 3 bed houses from £250K to £305K and 4 bed at £400K

New Build Homebuy (Shared Ownership) from Affinity Sutton 25% of a 3 bed for £72,500. Further details

Private lettings - 2 three bed houses to let at £1250 pcm and 1 three bed at £1300 pcm with local estate agents

Parking now controlled by a Car Park Management Company and a 10 mph speed limit is posted for all roads in Graylingwell.
New residents now limited to 3 months of free bus rides to the City Centre/bus station

Footpath / Cycleway to Winterbourne Road Summersdale now complete on site and awaits Hyde Martlet to agree with WSCC for the connecting path on the other side of the fence.

OCTOBER 2010 - First four dwellings handed over to buyers

MARCH 2010 - The show home was completed for the Sales launch with a target of 50 dwellings ( giving 30 affordable and 20 private buying opportunities) ready to move into from the 30th June 2010

Livingwell Park the name adopted for the developement without consultation has been withdrawn following public dissent. Graylingwell being the name of the original farm on this site and it is claimed that Anna Sewell (b1820 – d1878) author of “Black Beauty” lived in the Farm house.

OCTOBER 2009 - On Site building work started started. Affinity Sutton appointed to handle the affordable homes, rented and shared owership (40% of all dwellings on site)

APRIL 2009 - Planning approval given, outline for the whole site and detailed for phase one consisting of newbuild - 93 houses, 12 flats (in two blocks), the pavillion (used as a sales centre)and the the comunity hall, the church to be refurbished and the conversion of the Administration (clocktower) building to 12 flats.

We welcomed the long delayed use of this brownfield site to meet the much publicised demand for housing

We are disappointed at the cramped interior space and the failure to use the Homes and Communities Agency's standards.

We believed such a large site could allow better space standards per dwelling while still leaving a very large open space.

We are concerned at the on street parking proposed in phase 1 and ask why this is necessary with such a large site

We oppose a through route for road traffic, however we want the vehicles of residents of Phase 1 dwellings to have access to the eastern link road, as well as Summersdale Road, using number plate recognition technology or similar, so they do not add to traffic congestion in Chichester when heading East or South

We want Linden Homes (the developer) to pay for a free bus service between the site and the bus station for 5 years from the occupancy of the first dwelling

We did not support attempts to retain the old theatre as it would be an expensive "white elephant" (even the professionally well managed Festival Theatre requires £450,000 of Council Taxpayers money each year)