The outline application from Wates Developments Ltd, for land at Foxhole Farm, Bolney – a village of 259 homes – was approved unanimously by Mid Sussex District Council's planning committee on Thursday (October 2). Nicky Hanley, chairman of Bolney Parish Council, raised concerns about safety on the A272, where the site will be accessed, and said the application did not represent sustainable development. This, along with the fact that the council does not have the required five-year supply of housing land, left the committee between a rock and a hard place. “Anyone who lives in a small village will know a development proposed like this will destroy that village’s way of life. Liberal Democrat councillor Robert Bates for Haywards Heath Ashenground called the inclusion of Kangaroos "a great win".