Local Group Web Manager: Penny Hudd
CPRE South East e-Bulletin May 2012
Newsletter published by CPRE South East, featuring news on approval of an out of town supermarket in Telford & Wreakin, the National Planning Policy Framework, Windscapes and more.
Work on Bexhill to Hastings Link Road to start this summer
East Sussex County Council have give the go ahead to start work on the controversial Bexhill to Hastings Link Road which will "wreck a beautiful part of East Sussex."
Private Guided Tour of Knepp Castle Estate
Tuesday 3rd July
Near Horsham, West Sussex
This event will give CPRE members the opportunity to learn about a new and successful sustainable farming project within our county.
CPRE Sussex: Our overall aims and objectives
The aims and objectives of CPRE Sussex are:
- To promote the beauty, tranquility and diversity of the Sussex Countryside by encouraging the sustainable use of land and other natural resources in town and country.
- To secure appropriate and sustainable land use, farming, woodland and biodiversity policies and practice, and improve the well-being of rural communities
- To ensure the value and benefits of the Sussex countryside are given due consideration by decision makers on issues of planning, land use, rural affairs and transport
- To work with like-minded organisations to achieve consistent and co-ordinated lobbying on countryside issues
- To secure wider awareness and support for our aim and objectives by informing and working with councillors, government officers and members of the public who can influence decisions
- To ensure that CPRE Sussex is a vibrant and growing organisation.
CPRE Sussex: What We Do
We work hard to protect our countryside for all to enjoy. We get involved in the planning system at all levels. We campaign to raise awareness of problems, provide advice and information and advocate solutions.
Horton Landfill Site, Small Dole
CPRE Horsham District Group have objected to a planning application to increase the capacity of this site by 500,000tonnes by raising its height by 4 metres and extending its tipping period from 1st April 2008 to October 2010. The proposed increase in height amounts to landraising which is excluded from West Sussex waste policies. The proposal will lead to an unacceptable impact on nearby communities. The original planning permission stipulated that site restoration would follow completion and the finished ground surface levels were to merge into the surrounding area.Thus creating the appearance of a natural extension of the local landscape. The proposed increase in height does not comply with this objective and would create an alien landscape feature.
South East Plan - Gatwick & Sussex Coast Sub Regions
We await with interest the Inspectors' Report following the South East Plan Examination in Public (EiP) Hearings. We have highlighted our concerns in our submissions to the questions posed by the panel of experts who lead the EiP. It is anticipated the EiP will lead to final approval of the SE Plan in early 2008.
Barnham countryside protected
We are delighted that an application for mixed use development of a 7.5ha site within the strategic gap at Barnham (Arundel) has been opposed as a direct result of our opposition.
Strategic Development at East Grinstead
Mid Sussex District Council are currently digesting the 6,750 comments they received in response to the consultation of the East Grinstead Loca Area Action Plan. The current draft plan is to be revised and will be re-issued in the autumn.
"BOAT" status for Byeway 952 rejected
After two Public Inquiries and a High Court Appeal, WSCC rejected an application by The Trail Riders Fellowship for the status of a section of the South Downs Way (Byeway 952) between Cocking, Heyshott and Graffham to be changed from a Restricted Byeway to a BOAT (Byeway Open to All Traffic).
