In an adjournment debate yesterday Westminster Hall today Nicholas Soames MP appealed to the Secretary of State for Planning to ensure that unsupported plans like those put forward by Mayfield Market Towns in Sussex should not be allowed. He said that “Even the most zealous supporter of the scheme could not call it sustainable.” He called the developers' plans “Grotesque and wholly unwanted".
Mr Soames had called the debate jointly with MP for Arundel and South Downs, Nick Herbert, who pointed out that Mayfield had blighted the area and was now having a marked effect of local house prices.
The developers propose to build 10,000 homes in the countryside between Henfield and Sayers Common.
4 December 2013
In an adjournment debate yesterday Westminster Hall today Nicholas Soames MP appealed to the Secretary of State for Planning to ensure that unsupported plans like those put forward by Mayfield Market Towns in Sussex should not be allowed. He said that “Even the most zealous supporter of the scheme could not call it sustainable.” He called the developers' plans “Grotesque and wholly unwanted".
Campaigners angry that Mid Sussex Plan is rejected on technicality
Written by CPRE Sussex
4 December 2013
Countryside campaigners are united in fury at the news that the Mid Sussex District Plan has been rejected on a technicality- leaving the door open to speculative property developers who are determined to build on green field sites.
4 December 2013
CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT RURAL ENGLAND (SUSSEX) and LAMBS: MEDIA RELEASE
ANOTHER ‘NAIL IN THE COFFIN’ FOR LOCAL DEMOCRACY
Countryside campaigners are united in fury at the news that the Mid Sussex District Plan has been rejected on a technicality- leaving the door open to speculative property developers who are determined to build on green field sites.
News: Nicholas Soames MP secures Mayfield debate
Written by William Shaw29 November 2013
Nicholas Soames, Member of Parliament for Mid Sussex, has secured an Adjournment Debate in the Westminster Hall on the ‘Proposed Mayfield new town in West Sussex’ on Tuesday, 3rd December
News: Nicholas Soames MP secures Mayfield debate
Written by William Shaw
29 November 2013
Nicholas Soames, Member of Parliament for Mid Sussex, has secured an Adjournment Debate in Westminster Hall on the ‘Proposed Mayfield new town in West Sussex’ on Tuesday, 3rd December.
Mr Soames’s Parliamentary neighbour, Nick Herbert, Member of Parliament for Arundel and South Downs, will be contributing to the debate and the Planning Minister, Nick Boles MP, will respond.
The debate will take place in Westminster Hall on Tuesday, 3rd December at 1100-1130.
29 November 2013
Yesterday's Lancing Herald featured an article on CPRE Sussex's call for Adur Council to rethink their plans to allow house building on sensitive sites across Lancing and Sompting.
CPRE Sussex has called on the council to re-examine plans for development at New Monks Farm, West Sompting and Shoreham Airport, which would destroy the character of the greenfleld areas, and spoil historic countryside views.
David Johnson, chairman of CPRE Sussex, told the newspaper, "The Adur Local Plan needs a significant rethink and we hope that the district counci. l will dig deep to flnd brownfield land and unlock sites held onto by developers to demonstrate that building on greenfleld land in this way is inappropriate and unnecessary."
In a front page article in the same edition, The Lancing Herald also featured the petition supported by local groups, including CPRE Sussex, to persuade the council to rethink their controversial plan to build over 1,000 homes across Lancing and Sompting.
Download a PDF copy of the articles below.
CPRE Sussex issued a media release on Monday 25 November urging Adur Council to rethink its proposals for major development on sensitive sites in the area, which it says will damage precious countryside and increase pressure on areas prone to flooding.
David Johnson, Chair of CPRE Sussex, said “The Adur Local Plan needs a significant rethink and we hope that the District Council will dig deep to find brownfield land and unlock sites held onto by developers to demonstrate that building on greenfield land in this way is inappropriate and unnecessary. We urge the Council to present a response to ‘top down’ government pressure on development, which protects the special character of Adur and ensures sustainable development for many years to come.”
Monday 25 November 2013
Media release: ADUR DISTRICT COUNCIL URGED TO U-TURN ON GREENFIELD SPRAWL
The Campaign for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE) Sussex, has responded to the proposed Adur District Council revised strategic plan asking the Council to look again at its proposals for major development on sensitive sites in the area, which it says will damage precious countryside and increase pressure on areas prone to flooding.
