Patcham: Consultation into Royal Mail office move ends

Rebecca Kimber, of the Patcham Against Royal Mail campaign group, said the land is prone to flooding, with new buildings likely to reduce how much rainwater can be absorbed into the ground.

She also claimed it would lead to an additional 250,000 road journeys each year.

“This is the third year we’ve been fighting this, and they haven’t addressed the things we’re concerned about,” she told BBC Radio Sussex.

“You’re going to have a lot of people very early in the morning driving their cars, parking, slamming doors and waking residents up.

“And you’ll have HGV lorries all through the night, 24 hours a day, 364 days a year.”