Save Titnore Woods!

With the threat of devel­op­ment on Tit­nore Woods, one of the two remain­ing semi-ancient wood­lands left on the West Sus­sex coastal plain fast approach­ing, now is the time to rise up and resist the destruc­tion of our nat­ur­al envi­ron­ment by cor­po­rate greed.

West Dur­ring­ton Con­sor­tium, which con­sists of Per­sim­mon Homes, Tay­lor Wimpy and Heron Homes could be giv­en the go ahead to build a 1250 home devel­op­ment and a road in the new year. Pre­vi­ous­ly 875 homes where to be built, so clear­ly their eyes are see­ing more pound signs as they envi­sion more clear­ance of the pre­cious land. The project is esti­mat­ed to cost over 3 bil­lion pounds to build and take 6 years to com­plete which is utter mad­ness when Wor­thing is report­ed to have over 1000 emp­ty build­ings! If plan­ning per­mis­sion is grant­ed West Dur­ring­ton will no longer home a semi- ancient wood­land with it’s rich diver­si­ty in rare species, flo­ra and fau­na or it’s sur­round­ing farm­land but a mas­sive hous­ing devel­op­ment, road, a giant Tesco and pos­si­bly 2 schools and a health cen­tre.

Already the destruc­tion is evi­dent when you vis­it Tit­nore. Just across the field from the protest site the eye sore that will be Tesco is well under way and is due to open in February/March 2010. West Sus­sex Coun­ty Coun­cil gave per­mis­sion on Decem­ber 9th 2009 to close the pub­lic foot­path reach­ing Tinore woods from Full­beck Avenue. No per­sons are allowed to use this right of way to vis­it the woods now as it is viewed as a pub­lic safe­ty haz­ard until the West Dur­ring­ton Con­sor­tium project is com­plet­ed. Also trees and bush­es have been cleared here, although none are of the semi ancient woods this is still a haunt­ing reminder that con­struc­tion is immi­nent.

On Thurs­day Jan­u­ary 28th 2010 at 6pm the West Dur­ring­ton Con­sor­tium will meet at Wor­thing Bor­ough Coun­cil’s Con­trol Com­mit­tee to push for per­mis­sion to begin devel­op­ment. If they win then it’s full steam ahead for the bull­doz­ers and a very sad day for the hard work­ing folk of Camp Tit­nore who have occu­pied the woods in resis­tance of the destruc­tion for the last 3 and a half years, and also for the local Wor­thing res­i­dents who strong­ly oppose the plans and wish to see their ancient wood­land left stand­ing.

To show that you oppose their plans to tear down an irre­place­able nat­ur­al space come and join the counter demo at 5.30pm out­side Assem­bly Hall, Stoke Abbott Road, Wor­thing on Jan­u­ary 28th 2010.
Please vis­it Camp Tit­nore. Enjoy its beau­ty, help to build new defences and walk­ways. Dona­tions of wood, nails, polyprop and cor­ru­gat­ed iron would be much appre­ci­at­ed.

Camp Tit­nore needs you!

See Tit­nore con­tact links for direc­tions and so on