Latest News of Local Interest

The View from Bahrain


It is reassuring to discover that the “Round-the-clock Security News Service” of the Police Media Center at the Ministry of the Interior in Bahrain is keeping a close eye on important developments in Fulking. They seem to have missed the recent burglary in Clappers Lane, though.

Call My Bluff Wine Quiz

callmybluff2Fulking Social Committee announces as a prelude to the Fulking Fair a “CALL MY BLUFF” wine quiz.

Friday 26 July 2013 7.00 pm for 7.30 sharp start in The Marquee, Downside Meadow, Fulking
Entrance between the Cabbage Patch and Conifers in Clappers Lane

Plenty of parking available.

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12 Tables of 8 guests each
£15 per ticket or £100 per table of 8

4 exciting white and 4 exhilarating red wines to consider

To reserve tickets or a table phone
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Early booking essential to avoid disappointment

Fulking Drama – Land Rover plunges over the top

Land Rover - white roof still in place

Land Rover – white roof in place

Local Fulking resident Sheena Trist quickly called the emergency services last night when she heard screams for help.

Incredibly luckily, Sheena was saying goodbye to someone on her drive when she heard cries for help coming from the hill. A man called out from the crashed vehicle and they had to shout to each other. Sheena realised that she’d better phone for an ambulance.

Emergency vehicles very quickly turned up in large numbers. There were reportedly about twenty Police, Ambulance and Fire Brigade vehicles at one stage parked along the Edburton Road near Perching Drove. Many were left with their engines running and windscreen wipers wiping as the emergency service personnel had rushed on foot up the hill to come to the aid of the trapped people.

Land Rover - Roof Removed by the Fire Brigade

Land Rover – roof removed by the Fire Brigade

The 26 year old driver was trapped for over two hours as the Fire Brigade gradually cut bits off the Land Rover to free him. He was then airlifted away to hospital by the Coastguard helicopter.

The white Land Rover had been driving along the top of the hill on the South Downs Way with three occupants on board. At some stage it seemed to lose its grip and careered down the very steep side of the hill. The hill is about 400 feet high at that point. The car hit a bank and then came to rest about half way down the hill. The location it ended up made it inaccessible to all the emergency vehicles.

The BBC News website reports that Sussex Police said the driver had suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries, while two other men had minor injuries.

You can also read reports at The Argus, Brighton and Hove News, the BBC and The Mail Online (video footage too).

The Aftermath

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Photos courtesy of Nick Hughes

photo courtesy of Nick Hughes

Photos courtesy of Nick Hughes

photo courtesy of Nick Hughes

Photos courtesy of Nick Hughes

photo courtesy of Nick Hughes

District Plan: Fulking

Fulking Draft Policies Map May 2013

Fulking Draft Policies Map May 2013 (click image to see full-size version)

Key:

  • DP9 — protection and enhancement of countryside (everything visible on the map except the core ‘built-up’ part of Fulking shown inside the thick black line).
  • DP15 — South Downs National Park (everything shown on the map).
  • DP33 — the Fulking conservation area (central pale yellow-green area plus green-blue area adjacent to the Shepherd & Dog).
  • DP36 — biodiversity/site of special scientific interest (pink, the north escarpment).

You will need to look at the District Plan (PDF) itself for the fine detail of what DP9, DP15, DP33 and DP36 imply for development, for example.