Category Archives: Mayfield

The Mayfield New Town proposal and the LAMBS opposition to it.

Examination of The Mid Sussex Local Plan I

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Five LAMBS, two shepherds
Both Nick Herbert MP and Sir Nicholas Soames MP will be attending the meeting in Haywards Heath this Friday, January 13th.

Sir Nicolas Soames recently noted in Parliament:

The hon. Friend the Minister knows of the infamous application by Mayfield Market Towns to build a completely unwanted new settlement to the south of my constituency and partially in the constituency of my right hon. Friend the Member for Arundel and South Downs [Nick Herbert]. It has been turned down time after time. No one wants it and it is not in any plan, yet the builders continue to chip away at the fabric, integrity and credibility of the plans.

The West Sussex County Times reports:

Robert Worsley, who refused to sell his 550 acres in Twineham to Mayfield Market Towns, is due to .. publicly challenge the developers over their refusal to accept that they cannot build on his land. He explained that he is so frustrated about the injustices of the planning system he wants to appeal directly to the Government’s planning inspector at the examination.

Updated 12th January.

Boring for Borwick

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Lord Jamie Borwick with Pepe the frog
The Mid Sussex Times writes:

Jonathan Bore, who began public scrutiny of Mid Sussex District Council’s planning framework on Tuesday, previously worked for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. There he worked with Lady Borwick, now MP for the area, when she was a councillor and met her husband Lord Borwick, a director of Mayfield Market Towns, which is looking to build 10,000 new homes near Sayers Common. Speaking at the start of the hearing on Tuesday, Mr Bore said: “I occasionally saw Lord Borwick at formal occasions, but I never discussed planning issues with him. None of this has any bearing on my impartiality.”

See also: Government Local Plans Expert insults Sussex Councils [PDF].

Mid Sussex District Plan Examination

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Structural Plan of a New Garden City
LAMBS writes:

The Mid Sussex District Plan Examination Hearing Sessions begins on Tuesday, 29th November. It is anticipated to take three days .. Last week, Mayfields sent a letter to all Mid Sussex District and Parish councillors encouraging them to make the choice to support their new town which patently undermines the Neighbourhood plans already in place.

Click the image to read the full letter.

Mayfield Market Town Redesign

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Mayfield Market Town Redesign

any plans, should they go ahead, would include completely re-engineering the land and drainage .. we remain committed to delivering a high quality new settlement with a significant proportion of affordable homes for people who need them

Our illustration shows the “Twineham” starter home (£995,000): one bedroom, solar heating, galley kitchen, privy, hot tub and mooring (optional skiff at additional cost).
A full prospectus is available here.