Chichester District Council has appointed W.Stirland to redevelop its existing temporary accommodation to provide an additional 17 flats for homeless people.

"We are incredibly pleased to announce that we have reached this important milestone," says Councillor Alan Sutton, Cabinet Member for Housing, Communications, Licensing and Events at Chichester District Council. "Appointing a contractor signals a key step forward in a project that we know will make a real long-term difference to people."

"Over the past few months, our officers have been working hard to move this project forward. Part of this work has been to invite contractors to submit their ideas to us, and we were delighted with the interest received from some very strong candidates. We are confident that the selected contractor will be the best choice to make this project a reality.


"We look forward to the next stage of the project and anticipate that work will start on the site this year. Once completed, the property will complement the existing accommodation managed by our accommodation team."

Shaun Stirland, Managing Director of W.Stirland, said: "We couldn't be more delighted to be working with the council on this project. As a family owned business, based locally in Birdham within the Chichester District, we are delighted to have been appointed to undertake the development at Freeland Close. Being part of the delivery of new short-stay accommodation for residents who really need it makes the project all the more important to us. We are starting some of the initial surveying and design works straightaway and we look forward to getting work started on site by the end of this year."