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  Welcome once again to this week's blog and, as always, thank you for sparing the time to have a read.  Yesterday was Patrick's funeral. Donna, Mick Val, Ian, AIi and Andrew were there - unfortunately I had a parents' evening at school. Donna posted on our official account: -  “ The funeral of Cllr Patrick Rowe, Selsey Town Councillor for Selsey North, took place today. Local Alliance Town Councillors attended, to pay our respects to a valued member of our Group. Patrick was very much a 'get things done' person with a lot of common sense and he disliked injustice of any kind.  Our thoughts remain with his family - he will be missed by us all. ” Patrick was incredibly proud to have been elected as a Town Councillor and took his responsibilities very seriously. His untimely death came as a shock to us all. The week had slightly fewer meetings ahead of several at CDC next week, including the Full CDC budget meeting. There was, however, the CDC All Parishes meeting on ...

Welcome to this week's blog. Schools resume, which at first may not seem significant, but we have already had almost 6 months of the academic year. The last night of colourful laser light shows is in the Chichester Canal Basin tomorrow at around 6.00pm and 7.30pm . This free event was organised by CDC thanks to funding from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF). Each show will last for around 15 minutes and will be choreographed to music. As this year is the 40 th anniversary of the Turner Prize named after the artist J. M. W. Turner, (whose famous painting of the canal, with the Cathedral in the background, is part of the Tate Collection and located at Petworth House) the laser show will feature a visual spectrum of colours in tribute. Although STC had an Extraordinary Assets & Amenities Committee before their scheduled Planning meeting on Wednesday, the most important meeting of the week was Full WSCC today. Donna and the rest of the Council decided their next budget. WSCC w...

It is with profound sadness that we announced the sudden and unexpected death of one of the team. Patrick Rowe passed away on the 29th January. Although he had only been a Selsey Town Councillor for just under 9 months, he was extremely helpful 'behind the scenes' and we very much valued his knowledge and experience. Our sincere condolences to his family; we will miss him. His funeral has been organised for the 22nd February, at 12.30pm.  This is our second blog this month. Many of you share our concerns that extending Sunday parking charges in rural areas could negatively impact the local economy. Regular readers will know I have been looking into whether a budget amendment could replace the estimated £30,000 this would generate through a low cost annual Sunday permit scheme and had a meeting to discuss practicalities on Thursday with relevant Officers. Unfortunately, I learnt at the meeting that the 6-month rule will delay our being able to put anything forward until July. I ...