The application was given the nod during a meeting of the planning committee on Wednesday (April 19). With members split equally for and against the plans, it was left to chairman Terry Chapman (Con, East Preston) to use his casting vote in favor.
The main concern raised during the meeting was the impact the polytunnels would have on views across the Downs. Shirley Haywood (Ind, Middleton-on-Sea) said: "I think there's absolutely no doubt that these polytunnels are going to impact on the landscape."
"They're going to impact on the long vista that you have as you drive along the A259 into Chichester."
"They're going to create an industrialization of a very agricultural landscape, which I don't think is acceptable in this area."
June Hamilton (Ind, Pagham) felt the polytunnels would be too big and 'a blot on the landscape.'
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