A public inquiry into plans to build hundreds of homes on green land will begin this week.

Residents will be able to hear evidence regarding Persimmon Homes’s plans to build 475 homes on Chatsmore Farm from Tuesday at Worthing Town Hall.

The developer is continuing to push for permission to build the properties on the green gap between Worthing and Ferring despite losing a series of court challenges.

The housebuilder first submitted a planning application in 2021.

This was rejected by Worthing Borough Council.

The developer then appealed this decision and was supported by the planning inspectorate.

The council then appealed itself in the hope of going back to its initial decision and a bench of three judges at the High Court eventually ruled in favour of the council in June 2023.

A new planning inquiry with a new planning inspector was then confirmed for 2024.

It was first set to be held in February but these dates had to be scrapped when the inspector involved became ill.

A planning inspector will begin hearing evidence at the Gordon Room at Worthing Town Hall at 10am on Tuesday 17th September. There will be further sessions for the inquiry from 9.30am to around 4pm on  September 18, 24, 25 and 26, and October 1, 2 and 3.