CPRE submission in response to Markwells Wood-I Well Site
Written by CPRE Sussex18 Oct 2016. CPRE Sussex made representations to the South Downs National Park Authority concerning the application at Markwell's Wood-I Well Site, South Holt Farm, for drilling and "hydrocarbon wells".
Rural communities in Sussex have never been under greater pressure for housing – some villages such as Tangmere near Chichester have been asked to nearly double in size. However, although the residents living in these settlements are undoubtedly the planners’ most valuable resource, their views are frequently being ignored.
CPRE Sussex’s ‘Making Places’ project aims to bridge the gulf that often exists between a developer’s ‘blueprints’ and a neighbourhood’s own vision for the future. To this end the Campaign has produced a manual which it hopes will be used by both local communities and decision makers at all levels.
Letter: Sale of lands must incorporate convenants
Written by CPRE SussexLetter: South Downs Society to Councillor Tutt, Eastbourne Borough Council
Sussex under siege – help us save your countryside
Written by CPRE Sussex
We are making an urgent appeal for funds to help fight the onslaught of inappropriate development we are facing across Sussex.
Letter: "Undeliverable promises" of proposed new buildings
Written by John KayLetter: Proposed housing makes "undeliverable promises" about housing "Lewes people".
Dear Sir
Ronald Moore is entitled to promote new housing on his land on the western edge of Lewes through your columns (Letters 14 October) but he should not use a disingenuous prospectus.
Letter to Theresa May: We will consider legal challenge
Written by CPRE SussexLetter from David Johnson, Chair, CPRE Sussex, 14th October 2016
For the first time, a simple national guide helps property owners install attractive solar panels
CPRE Sussex: Gatwick will destroy our local heritage
Written by CPRE Sussex
6 October 2016
The West Sussex County Times has published a head-to-head debate over the future of Gatwick between Gatwick's Director of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability, C Kirwan-Taylor and David Johnson, Chair, CPRE Sussex. "'Progress'" argues Johnson, "should not lead to a decline in air quality, the bulldozing of ancient woodlands and the loss of glorious, tranquil countryside."
Letter to the Times:
Heathrow is not the answer, Thunderer, 26 Sept 2016
It may be that ‘Heathrow is not the answer’ (Thunderer, 26 September), but the Airport Commission, prominent Sussex MPs and local people are clear that a second runway at Gatwick would not deliver the economic gains sought by the Government. The proposed runway is in the wrong place to benefit most of the UK and will fail to rebalance growth away from the South East.
While pursuing growth in the wrong place, expanding Gatwick would also compromise the quality of life of many local communities and the special landscapes and historic buildings at the heart of the Sussex countryside.
It is alleged that Gatwick comes ‘at a lower environmental and financial cost and with much less risk’. How are these claims substantiated?
Ultimately, this is not a choice between growing the economy and protecting the environment. Expanding Gatwick is a rejection of both.
Kia Trainor
Director, CPRE Sussex
