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Anger and flooding fears over new homes
Residents have hit out after 23 new homes were approved for a village.
Villagers in Hambrook, near Emsworth, are angry after a government inspector gave the green light to the plans despite more than 100 people objecting.
They were concerned as the land off The Avenue regularly floods and locals also insisted the number of extra cars generated by the development would cause safety problems.
Resident Danielle Novelle, 36, said: 'We are very disappointed the inspector has not taken our views on board.
'We think the decision has gone against so many council policies – the fact that it is a greenfield site, it's a settlement policy area and it's in a strategic gap.
'We think allowing this development will open the floodgates and will act as a precedent.'
Chichester District Council voted 12 to one last October to refuse the application.
But inspector Mike Fox said that new homes were needed.
He said in his report: 'Although the proposal conflicts with the strategic settlement and strategic gap policies of the development plan, the lack of a realistic five-year housing supply in Chichester is a compelling circumstance which is sufficient to outweigh this.'
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