Supporting our rural and coastal communities

Gillian works to support rural communities and businesses. Gillian represents a large part of the South Downs National Park and coastline from Chichester Harbour AONB to the Pagham Nature reserve that includes the Port of Selsey.

Gillian works closely with Government bodies such as the Environment Agency, Natural England, The National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations (NFFO) and DEFRA as well as local groups, agencies, businesses and individuals to protect and enhance our rural communities across the Chichester constituency.

Keep up to date with her work here.

News

Investment update from Southern Water

Below is an update from Southern Water on combating leakages. Southern Water has increased the size of its leakage team and is employing new tools and techniques to find and fix leaks as the South East faces a future of more people and less water.

Thousands of free trees available for planting in the Chichester District

People will be able to apply for free trees from Chichester District Council for themselves and their communities, as part of a scheme to increase tree planting across the district when applications open on 19 July. The council launched a pilot scheme – Tree Chichester District – in January using f

Nitrogen in Chichester - EA

Source apportionment of nutrients in Chichester Harbour You asked for more information about our view of the source apportionment of nitrogen into Chichester Harbour. 55% of nitrogen arise from background levels within the Solent and coastal background (offshore) – these enter the Harbour on ea

River Ems invertebrate update

Invertebrate monitoring/continuous monitoring on the Ems - from the Environment Agency Invertebrate samples from the lower Ems in Brook Meadows and at a site downstream of Westbourne Augmentation were collected on 24 May 2021.