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I said 20 odd. Two 12 week terms and three weeks after Easter.

It does if it’s student housing and only occupied for 20 odd weeks a year.

Part of the problem is buy to let and empty properties for investments. https://metro.co.uk/2020/12/30/500000-homes-sitting-empty-in-uk-while-100000-families-are-homeless-13812966/

The vast majority of people on benefits are working but claim working tax credits.

That’s for a house for sale, whereas there are housing association houses available to rent, as per Westander’s post, or I have misunderstood altogether.

A bed, wardrobes, lamps, saucepans, picture frames, chest of drawers, kitchen table, office chair, sofa, lights, batteries, none of which is plastic tat, nor ended up in landfill.

Aldi plus AN Other?

They’ll need to reduce their delivery charges for smaller items. £50 is fine when it’s a bed, mattress and wardrobes, but not when you’re ordering a set of saucepans.

I wonder if they will put in for the IKEA site?

It will be worse as we now have to go back to Croydon.

I'm not taking it personally. I love my IKEA bedroom furniture and have never slept on such a comfortable bed, nor had such roomy wardrobes or chest of drawers. All very solidly built. I know from a wide circle of friends and acquaintances, there is a call for it in this area. As for car...

You obviously haven't shopped in IKEA. There are some cheap products but equally there are very good quality products. My SIL has had two complete fitted kitchens (in two different homes) and I have a solid wood (not veneer) table from them. Don't make generalisations about their products...

IKEA wanted the site in Hollingbury but Brighton turned it down because it was felt the site wasn't big enough and traffic was already heavy with Asda, M&S etc around there. The nearest IKEA is either Croydon or Southampton, so I, for one, am happy there is going to be one nearer in Lancing...

Do builders fit carpets now? I moved into a new build in 1976, and the only internal decoration done was emulsion paint in every room.

The planning permission was unconditional. I think the Herald tried to say it was dependent on WSCC providing money for a school. Some people in Shoreham have been saying that.

Work has already started.

The Secretary of State isn't calling in the planning permission so it's full steam ahead for the club to develop and build Ikea. 1131180479686881281

94% of the UK is non-urban. https://fullfact.org/economy/has-92-country-not-been-built/ This plan also includes 24 hectares of country park (the size of Buckingham Park)

Migration is in the thousands not millions. It also includes foreign students who go back home after completing their studies. https://fullfact.org/immigration/eu-migration-and-uk/ Population increases have far more to do with better health, lower infant mortality and people living longer...

After the Air Show crash, the traffic lights at the Sussex Pad were switched off for a while. The traffic flowed better during that time.