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Representation ID: 5190

Received: 17/03/2023

Respondent: John Newman

I am very pleased to see this section.

It should also be borne in mind that there is an ever-expanding number of senior citizens who opt for the gentle climate south of the Downs. In this context it is surely predictable, for instance, that more rather than fewer care homes will be needed in the next decade as my baby-boomer generation ages even more!

I also think it very noticeable how few bungalows there are in Chichester and would add that, if you would to persuade people like me to leave my long-time family home, there is not the supply of bungalows, which would be my obvious next step, all the more so as I do not fancy living in a flat (and have no idea how typical I am in that).

I am one of the baby-boomer generation, and there are a lot of us - an extra form had to be put on to my grammar school when I arrived there in 1957. We are now in our early or mid 70s, and the potential impact of our hitting first retirement and then moving further into retirement has been so predictable. The planners need to prepare now for the impact of most of us attaining our 80s!