Exciting New Eco-Community in Graylingwell, Chichester

A new environmentally friendly community in Chichester has begun

to come together and conversions of the historic Victorian hospital

buildings are to be unveiled next week.

The unveiling will take place on a special preview evening and

then on March 19th and 20th, the public will be invited

to take a look at the new homes and tour the area. 40 families have already

moved in to the Graylingwell Park development located just north of the city

centre, with more families to follow through the year.

Future plans for the development of the community include an allotments

facility, a community hall to be built next to Graylingwell Chapel which

Immanuel Church have recently moved into, a school, a farm shop, artists’

studios and an orchard. The Chichester Community Development Trust will take

ownership and management of the facilities.

One key aspect of the community is its desires for “green living”.

The development will include such things as carbon neutral footprint which will

reduce CO2 emissions by 100%; photovoltaic roof panel on some houses to reduce

energy consumption; a brand new energy centre providing all heating and hot

water and a number of other eco-highlights.

It certainly all sounds like a

great thing for the wider city and an exciting prospect. Tony and Sue Webster

who moved to the new community last year after living in Surrey for over 40

years are very complimentary of the site and the area. Mrs Webster said: “There’s

so much for us to do in the area. We plan to use the local swimming pool, play

bowls and go to Chichester Festival Theatre. And being so close to the city

centre there are all those lovely shops to enjoy and restaurants to enjoy. Wittering

is only five miles away so it’s easy to pop down to the caravan and beach in

the summer.”

Mrs Webster seems to sum up the area brilliantly for me and it

certainly looks like this new development is really going to be a blessing to

the city. What do you think about it all? Are you considering looking around

the area yourself? Maybe you are a local and are unhappy with all the

developments going on? Let us know whatever you think.

 

Click here for more information about the developments..