Bognor Regis MP backs residents' concerns

Mr Gibb, who represents the town and Littlehampton, said the issue had prompted people to express their worries to him.

Shutting The Esplanade between Waterloo Square and Clarence Road, as developer St Modwen proposes, would cut off a main east-west traffic route through the town, he stated.

It was also unclear what year-round benefits the move would bring. Creating a pedestrian plaza to link the Place St Maur to the seafront was fine in the summer, but posed questions about the purpose for the rest of the year.

"We don't have nice sunny days for eight months of the year," he said. "There's a risk at those times that the plaza will become an area where