Author: LocHist
This month’s BN5
Many residents of Fulking, Horn Lane and Oreham Common will have noticed that their copy of the July BN5 arrived yesterday, 10th July. This was thanks to a new scheme initiated by the Royal Mail sorting office in Rochester: they now send new periodicals off for ‘responsible recycling’ prior to delivery thus saving individual recipients the bother. In this instance, they sent 288 copies of the latest BN5 directly to the responsible knacker’s yard. When the BN5 team learned of this (from those of you who notified them), they managed to hastily assemble 200 out-of-area copies and the Henfield delivery office distributed these yesterday.
If you have a shed full of periodicals that you would like to have ‘responsibly recycled’, give the folks at Royal Mail in Rochester a buzz.
Truleigh Hill Health Walk
Five miles, Tuesday July 14th 2015, 2:00pm–4:00pm, five miles starting from the High Trees car park (by the roundabout where the A2037 joins the A283). Organized by Horsham District Council, free, led by trained volunteers. No need to book, just turn-up at start point.
Dogservation No. 1
The Colossus of John Rhodes
John Rhodes repeatedly called on the Inspector to reject the [Horsham District Council] plan as “unsound.” Three years ago Mr Rhodes was one of four experts on the Practitioners Advisory Group which helped to draft the government’s National Planning Policy Framework, so he is well placed to negotiate every loophole in the law.
Saddlescombe Road closure
Saddlescombe Road and Devils Dyke Road will be closed between 12.30am and 9.00am on Sunday 12th July thanks to the 2015 Night Time London to Brighton Bike Ride. Access to adjacent properties will be maintained and alternative routes for other traffic will be signed on site.
Mayfield writes to MSDC
Mayfield makes pledges:
- We undertake not to pre-empt the outcome of the Local Plan Process with a premature application or appeal.
- We undertake to accept the housing need conclusions at the completion of the four local plans; if more homes than presently planned for are not needed, we will withdraw our proposals.
- We undertake that even if the adopted local plans do identify the need for more homes than presently planned for, we will not apply for permission (or appeal) if additional locations excluding Mayfields are identified in the adopted Local Plans to meet these additional housing needs.
LAMBS responds:
To now speak of grandiose ‘pledges’ is frankly laughable. This is nothing more than a PR stunt to salvage some semblance of credibility for what is clearly a wholly unwanted, unsustainable and destructive proposal in the depths of our beautiful, unspoilt Sussex countryside. As for promising not to pre-empt the planning process – who are they kidding after spending the past two years trying to derail all four local plans? The most worrying message here is that they have ‘pledged’ to hang around tormenting our communities until all four plans are complete – which could be some time. This is more of a threat than a ‘pledge’ really.
Summer events for children at Woods Mill
The Devil’s Dyke is in Fulking, not Poynings
Choral concert this Sunday
