Category Archives: Local Planning
Pondtail Wood update
From poynings.net:
Stay vigilant this weekend – if you see trucks or Travellers entering Pondtail Wood, phone 999 immediately to inform the Police. Breaches of the Stop Notice should still be reported to Mike Airey as usual on 07884 165 867 or email airey2005@btinternet.com
From poynings.net:
Local people came out in force on 16th May, along with representatives from Sussex Wildlife Trust and Friends of the Earth, to protest against the illegal felling of Pondtail Wood on Muddleswood Road (opposite Singing Hills Golf Club) and the illegal bringing in of hardcore to create a hard surface entrance, decimating the woodland and doing so without a felling licence or planning permission. Pondtail Wood was purchased earlier this year and since then there has been extensive felling of the planted wood. It is a Planted Ancient Woodland Site (PAWS) and is within the South Downs National Park. The trees that have been felled were mature and were of a pine variety. Local people raised concerns from mid-March and Mid Sussex District Council and South Downs National Park Authority were informed at that time. A ‘Temporary Stop Notice’ was issued on May 10th. The notices have been removed from the gate and work on the site appears to have continued. The South Downs National Park woodland is under threat if it cannot be protected. Local people want to see the destruction stopped and the woodland repaired and replanted. Further updates will be issued and a campaign on Facebook and Twitter is being set up. Mike Airey is collating information for SDNPA and other authorities. Any further activity that the authorities ought to know should be emailed to him at airey2005@btinternet.com or on 07884 165 867.
FPC Planning 18:30 2nd March 2016
The next FPC Planning Meeting will be held on Wednesday 2nd March 2016at 6.30pm in the Village Hall when the following planning application will be discussed:-
Single storey rear extension to existing extension, formation of front porch, enclosure of boot room and formation of shower room
Septima Cottages The Street Fulking West Sussex BN5 9LU
Ref. No: SDNP/16/00447/LIS
And
New ground floor extension with balcony, new toilet at second floor and roof modifications
33 Clappers Lane Fulking West Sussex BN5 9ND
Ref. No: SDNP/16/00645/HOUS
Members of the Public and Press are invited to attend. Members of the public are entitled to speak at the meeting.
FPC Planning 19:00 6th January 2016
NOTE: THE MEETING STARTS AT 19:00 – Not 18:30 AS ADVERTISED IN PIGEON POST
The next FPC Planning Meeting will be held on Wednesday 6th January 2016at 7.00pm in the Village Hall when the following planning application will be discussed:-
Notice of Planning Appeal against Refusal to grant planning consent and Notice of Planning Appeal against Enforcement Notice served
Planning Inspectorate Reference: APP/Y9507/W/15/3005938 & APP/Y9507/C/15/3062034
Planning Application Reference: SDNP/14/03055/FUL & SDNP/15/00071/OPDEV
SDNP/14/03055/FUL Land To The East Of Market Gardens, Clappers Lane, Fulking, West Sussex.
Description of Application: Change of use of land to private gypsy and traveller caravan site consisting of 2no. pitches each of which to contain 1no. mobile home, 1no. touring caravan and 1no. amenity building, including hardstanding and associated development.
And
Appeal against enforcement notice regarding the material change of use of the land from pasture to a mixed use of pasture and use for the stationing of 2 caravans occupied for residential purposes.
Site at: Land To The East Of Market Gardens, Clappers Lane, Fulking, West Sussex.
Members of the Public and Press are invited to attend. Members of the public are entitled to speak at the meeting.
FPC Planning 19:00 6th January 2016
The next FPC Planning Meeting will be held on Wednesday 6th January 2016at 7.00pm in the Village Hall when the following planning application will be discussed:-
Notice of Planning Appeal against Refusal to grant planning consent and Notice of Planning Appeal against Enforcement Notice served
Planning Inspectorate Reference: APP/Y9507/W/15/3005938 & APP/Y9507/C/15/3062034
Planning Application Reference: SDNP/14/03055/FUL & SDNP/15/00071/OPDEV
SDNP/14/03055/FUL Land To The East Of Market Gardens, Clappers Lane, Fulking, West Sussex.
Description of Application: Change of use of land to private gypsy and traveller caravan site consisting of 2no. pitches each of which to contain 1no. mobile home, 1no. touring caravan and 1no. amenity building, including hardstanding and associated development.
And
Appeal against enforcement notice regarding the material change of use of the land from pasture to a mixed use of pasture and use for the stationing of 2 caravans occupied for residential purposes.
Site at: Land To The East Of Market Gardens, Clappers Lane, Fulking, West Sussex.
Members of the Public and Press are invited to attend. Members of the public are entitled to speak at the meeting.
FPC Planning 6:30 2nd December 2015
The next FPC Planning Meeting will be held on Wednesday 2nd December 2015 at 6.30pm in the Village Hall when the following planning application will be discussed:-
SDNP/15/05672/HOUS Perching Sands Farm Cottage Edburton Road Fulking West Sussex BN5 9LS
Proposed single storey extension
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 appointment with the Clerk (Mr Derek Blackhall, tel 01273 846186). No more than two speakers for each application and two against.
Market Garden at MSDC
The Planning Application SDNP/15/04159/FUL (application for one gypsy pitch at Market Garden, Clappers Lane, Fulking) has been recommended for permanent approval by Mid Sussex Planning and is to be decided at a formal meeting of the Mid Sussex District Council Planning Committee to be held at 7:00pm on Thursday 19th November at Council Chamber, Mid Sussex District Council, Oaklands Road, Haywards Heath. This recommendation is contrary to what the Parish Council had previously been advised. Anyone who is interested in the application may attend (click the map above for a PDF copy of the relevant document). If you need more information, please contact Derek Blackhall (parishclerk@fulking.net).
The PC will be attending the Committee meeting and will be speaking against the application, based on comments and feedback received at the PC planning meeting held on 9th September.
Kate Watson
Bobservation No. 13
Homes & The Homeless
With the coming of November, we are getting well into winter and could possibly spare a thought for those less fortunate than ourselves who are without a roof over their heads.
Many properties in Britain remain unoccupied for various reasons; perhaps the owner lives elsewhere abroad for all or most of the year, or possibly it suits them to retain a property empty for investment purposes.
Whatever the reason, and I believe there may be such properties in this village, it would be nice if they could spare a thought for the disadvantaged and offer the accommodation to homeless citizens or, dare I suggest it, refugees.
While on the subject, it is a thought that a mandatory charge of double or triple Council Tax could be rendered on vacant properties as an incentive to the owners to put them to use. Perhaps the foreign investment in property, mostly in London, would be less attractive and it might solve some of the housing problems in the capital.
A defeat for Mayfield
An emphatic rejection by a Government Planning Inspector states that Mayfields’ proposals are “not appropriate or lawful.” It also describes the rural location as unsustainable, unviable, undeliverable and “severely disadvantaged.” More here
FPC Planning 6:30 9th September 2015
The next FPC Planning Meeting will be held on Wednesday 9th September 2015 at 6.30pm in the Village Hall when the following planning application will be discussed:-
SDNP/15/04159/FUL Market Gardens Clappers Lane Fulking Henfield West Sussex BN5 9NH
The use of land for the stationing of caravans for residential purposes for 1 No. gypsy pitch together with a utility/dayroom along with the retention of existing storage sheds ancillary to that use at Market Gardens, Clappers Lane, Fulking, Henfield BN5 9NH.
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 appointment with the Clerk (Mr Derek Blackhall, tel 01273 846186). No more than two speakers for each application and two against.
Applicant’s planning statement (PDF)