Category Archives: National Park

FPC Planning 6:30 4th February 2015

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The next Planning Meeting will be held on Wednesday 4th February 2015 at 6.30pm in the Village Hall when the following planning application will be discussed:-

SDNP/15/00285/FUL The Dales Poynings Road Fulking Henfield BN5 9NB

Erection of a 2-storey detached dwellinghouse with basement accommodation, following the demolition of the existing dwelling and pool while retaining the existing garage. (Resubmission of application SDNP/14/04315/FUL).

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SDNP/15/00342/LIS Arbor Vitae The Street Fulking West Sussex BN5 9LU

Alterations to existing building: creation of new aperture in ground floor fireplace, replacement of two patio doors in rear elevation. Removal of partition wall to combine bedrooms 3 and 4 (first floor) into one single room. Replacement of two first floor windows on front elevation.

Andrea Dickson
Clerk to Fulking Parish Council
01444 451 060
12 Turners Mill Road
Haywards Heath
West Sussex
RH16 1NN
andreadicksonfpc@gmail.com

Wolstonbury in winter

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Wolstonbury Hill in winter
A guided walk exploring the woods and ancient downland of one of the most remarkable hills on the South Downs. Here you will discover ancient beech trees, a mysterious history and a bizarre lunar landscape created by billions of ants.

Booking not needed. Sunday, 11th January 2015, 10:00am — 1:00pm, all tickets £3. Meet at Clayton recreation ground, just off the A273. More Information: Graham Wellfare, 01273 857712, graham.wellfare@nationaltrust.org.uk.

Durand Academy update

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Durand Academy withdrawn
The SDNPA reports:

We have been informed that the Durand Academy has withdrawn their appeal against the SDNPA’s refusal of planning permission at St Cuthmans School. All arrangements for the hearing have had to be cancelled at very late notice – on the eve of the pre-inquiry meeting. Both the SDNPA and the local community have devoted considerable time and effort to get to this stage. The withdrawal reflects the high quality of our original appraisal of this development and confirms our wider stance on major developments in the National Park. We are now moving to recover the considerable costs incurred to the public purse in preparing for this appeal.

Despite the pending bill, it seems that the Academy intends to revisit Overlook Hotel:

The appeal was based on a planning application we submitted in October 2013 and we are confident that, now we are settled and operational on the site, we can rework the proposition effectively. .. So we want to take the opportunity now to work closely with the local community and planning authority, to adapt and rework the proposition going forward collaboratively.

Perhaps they should hire Lee Newlyn as a consultant or relocate to Mayfield Market Town.

Update 20th December: the Midhurst and Petworth Observer has more information about the impending efforts to recover the costs of the appeal.

Our earlier reports on this potentially precedent-setting application can be found here (May 2013) and here (December 2013).

And hang a pearl in every cowslip’s ear

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Duke of Burgundy on Cowslip
The Duke of Burgundy butterfly is one of the most rapidly declining and threatened species of butterfly in the UK. Numbers have crashed by over 50 per cent since the 1970s and only about 100 colonies remain. In 2003, just eight Duke of Burgundy butterflies were recorded in the whole of Sussex. Over the next two years, Neil Hulme and Steyning Downland Scheme volunteers will be planting cowslip to encourage the Duke of Burgundy back to the chalk grasslands of the Steyning Downland. Neil has already been successful in seeing the Duke of Burgundy return to Chantry Hill, about nine miles west of the Steyning Downland. There will be opportunities for local people to work with Wakehurst Place/Kew; to collect cowslip seed and grow cowslip plants; to learn how to identify and monitor the butterflies; and to conserve their habitat. Anyone who is interested should go to the free launch event at the Steyning Centre at 7:00pm on Monday 8th December to find out more. More here.

St. Botolph’s reopens

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St._Botolph's
A special re-opening event is to be held at St Botolph’s Church, in Annington Road, Botolphs, on Saturday 6th December 6, at 2:00pm (followed by a carol service at 3:00pm), to allow people to see the results of the year-long first phase of the £380,000 restoration project. Mulled wine and mince pies will be served. The charge is £3 per head, children under 16 free with an adult. More here.

Our earlier posts on this project were Churches Conservation Trust takes over St. Botolph’s (April 2013) and The restoration of St. Botolph’s (April 2014).