Councillors will decide on plans to move a Royal Mail depot in Patcham, East Sussex.
If approved, the Patcham site would replace the current offices in Brighton and HoveCampaigners say the proposed development at Patcham Court Farm would increase flood risk, sewage leaks and traffic.
Royal Mail said changes to the planning application had been made to reflect the issues raised by residents. “Because of the principal aquifer, they can’t allow any of the drinking water that used to be collected on site to come down into the aquifer and the pumping station,” she toldFellow concerned resident Paul Mannix said he intended to speak about the risk to groundwater at Brighton & Hove City Council’s planning committee meeting on Wednesday.
The planning consultant for the campaigners, Philip Hardy, has also raised concerns over increased traffic.
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