Category Archives: Local Planning
Mayfield versus MSDC
If you access the PDF of the Mayfield Towns submission and open the ‘document properties’ box in Adobe Reader, you will see that the original file title of the submission is Examination of the Shepway Core Strategy. Shepway is on the Kent coast, not in Mid Sussex. Presumably, for the lawyers and consultants that feed at the bottom of this particular trough, the prose remains the same. It is just the place names that need to be changed. [One of the two entities claiming credit for preparing the document is called ‘Shared Intelligence’. But ‘Copy & Paste’ or ‘Find & Replace’ might have been more appropriate corporate monikers.]
GJMG
Drowning LAMBS
Lots of LAMBS
The meeting last week was very well attended. The West Sussex County Times reports:
More than 400 people packed out a public meeting to protest against plans for a 10,000 home new market town in West Sussex. On Friday night (October 18) many had to be turned away from Hassocks’ Adastra Hall, with long queues of traffic attempting to enter the village. .. So many villagers turned up for the meeting that there were queues outside, and some people had to go home.
And, from the report in yesterday’s paper edition of the WSCT:
Nick Herbert [said] “This is a serious threat. Mayfield is behaving appallingly in trying to undermine Mid Sussex’s District Plan, which they effectively hope to get over-turned. They’re not getting their way through the democratic process, so they’re trying to subvert it. I think that is absolutely contemptible.” [page 4]
Survey work on trench begins
The West Sussex County Times is reporting that work on surveying the trench is about to begin:
Chris Tomlinson, E.ON Development Manager for the project, said: “Over the next few weeks we’ll be carrying out surveys at various sites along the cable route to help us understand the makeup of the soil and the impact construction may have on the ground. We’ll also be working to identify areas of archaeological importance by digging trenches that will enable us to plan the most appropriate monitoring and protection during construction. Weather permitting, the work will begin at the end of October and is expected to take six to eight weeks.”
Anyone [who] has any questions about the survey works should email rampion@eon.com or call 01273 603 721.
Fulking Parish Council – Planning Meeting Wednesday 6th November 2013
Fulking Parish Council will hold an Planning Meeting on Wednesday 6th November 2013 at 6.30pm in the Village Hall
TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING PLANNING APPLICATIONS:-
SDNP/13/0487/FUL
Downside, Poynings Road,Fulking,Henfield,BN9 9NB
Renewal of current planning permission, proposed extension of front and side of existing main house. REF 10/03725/FUL 24th January 2011.
Full information available on the South Downs National Park Website – here
SDNP/13/04678/HOUS
Pippins,Poynings road, Fulking, Henfield, BN5 9NB
Replace 2 x storage sheds with 1 x hay shed 1 x potting shed and 2 x sheep sheds for housing ewes at lambing time.
Full information available on the South Downs National Park Website – here
SDNP/13/04875/TCA
Chimney House, The Street, Fulking,Henfield BN5 9LU
Conifer (T1) remove completely as tree is too large and too close to neighboring property. Willow (T2) re-pollard due to re growth.
Full information available on the South Downs National Park Website – here
SDNP/13/04634/HOUS
Knole House, Clappers Lane, Fulking, Henfield, BN5 9NH
Two storey side extension and roof conversion along with internal & external alterations.
Full information available on the South Downs National Park Website – here
SDNP/13/04573/FUL
Littledown Farm, Holmbush Lane, Woodmancote, Henfield, BN5 9TJ
Demolition and replacement of a single storey dwelling house to form a 1.5 storey 4 bed house including a detached garage and swimming pool buildings.
Full information available on the South Downs National Park Website – here
Members of the Public and Press are invited to attend.
Members of the public are entitled to speak at the meeting for two minutes, by prior arrangement with the Clerk Mrs. Andrea Dickson , tel 01444 451060 at least 1 hour before the meeting. No more than two speakers for each application and two against.
Andrea Dickson
Clerk to Fulking Parish Council
12 Turners Mill Road
Haywards Heath
West Sussex
RH16 1NN
andreadicksonfpc@gmail.com
A magnet for rubbish
The West Sussex County Times reports:
Sweeptech [have applied] to change the use of a site from a storage and distribution centre to a waste recycling facility off Shoreham Road, just south of Henfield and north of Small Dole, [it] will recycle 75,000 tonnes of waste per year collected from road sweeping and gully clearing. ..
Henfield resident Adrian Jessup lives just 100 yards from the proposed 22 acre site, also known as the Old Brickworks. “Sweeptech have said there will be 35 movements a day from the site onto Shoreham Road (A2037), which is situated on a bend that has no overtaking on it, and if they can’t go through Henfield or Small Dole they’ll have to take Horn Lane, a small treacherous road.” ..
Small Dole residents have battled waste facilities in the past, including Horton Landfill Site, which opened in 1991 and closed in 2011. Small Dole Action Committee member Chris Warren said residents are still ‘suffering the consequences of pollution’. “Small Dole seems to be a magnet for waste processing. It’s more than we need,” said Mr Warren. “We have had waste lorries for donkey’s years and there’s been damage done to the roads as a result. There will be a dozen residents directly affected by this.” Mr Warren said he is also concerned about the waste vehicles’ route, and claimed it could potentially affect Henfield, Woodmancote, Small Dole and Upper Beeding.
LAMBS to the slaughter
The West Sussex Gazette reports on an upcoming meeting to discuss the Mayfields plan to trash 1,200 acres of attractive Sussex countryside between Henfield and Sayers Common:
Mayfield Market Town’s application to develop a new town between Henfield and Sayers Common will be debated by Arundel and South Downs MP Nick Herbert, Mid Sussex MP Nicholas Soames and Locals Against Mayfield Building Sprawl (LAMBS) representative Anthony Watts-Williams on Friday (October 18).
The meeting will be held on Friday, October 18, 7.30pm, at Adastra Hall, Keymer Road, Hassocks, BN6 8QH — all are welcome to attend.
Fulking Parish Council – Planning Meeting Wednesday 16th October 2013
Fulking Parish Council will hold an Planning Meeting on Wednesday 16th October 2013 at 6.30pm in the Village Hall
TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING PLANNING APPLICATIONS:-
SDNP/13/04474/LIS – Customary Cottage The Street Fulking Henfield BN5 9LU
Installation of a chimney flue
Full information available on the South Downs National Park Website – here
Members of the Public and Press are invited to attend.
Members of the public are entitled to speak at the meeting for two minutes, by prior arrangement with the Clerk Mrs. Andrea Dickson , tel 01444 451060 at least 1 hour before the meeting. No more than two speakers for each application and two against.
Andrea Dickson
Clerk to Fulking Parish Council
12 Turners Mill Road
Haywards Heath
West Sussex
RH16 1NN
andreadicksonfpc@gmail.com
More Rampion meetings
The Argus notes:
Various meetings will be held by the Government’s Planning Inspectorate to examine EON’s application.
The first three will be held on Wednesday, October 30, Thursday, October 31 and November 1 at 9.30am at the Brighton Centre syndicate wing one and two.
A development consent order and deemed marine licence hearing will take place on Wednesday, November 6 and Thursday, November 7 at the Brighton Centre auditorium.
Further hearings will take place throughout November and December, a full list of which is available at planningportal.gov.uk – application reference number EN010032.
[If you can find that list, please email us the URL and it will be added to this post.]