6 November 2013
The high profile seminar held jointly by GACC, CPRE Surrey and CPRE Sussex on Friday 25 October voiced local and national concern about the prospect of a new runway at Gatwick Airport. Attended by over thirty local councillors, all the major parties, four MPs and one MEP, the seminar concluded with the Chair tabling a resolution that, “Those here would oppose any new runway at LGW”, which was passed by a show of hands with a large majority.
Runaway Gatwick? Making your voices heard
Written by Justin French-Brooks
Seminar held jointly by GACC, CPRE Surrey and CPRE Sussex on Friday 25 October
Local and national concern at a proposal by Gatwick Airport Limited for a second runway was much in evidence at a high-profile seminar on Friday, where a packed house gathered to examine its potentially devastating consequences and discuss how it can be challenged.
Organised jointly by GACC, CPRE Surrey and CPRE Sussex, the event was particularly well attended by influential policy makers, with four MPs and one MEP actively participating. Over thirty local councillors of all the major parties also contributed, with Cllr Helyn Clack of Surrey County Council in the Chair.
1 November 2013
At a packed public meeting on 18 October held jointly by CPRE Sussex and Locals Against Mayfield Building Sprawl, local MPs lambasted the plan to build 10,000 new homes on land between Henfield and Sayers Common.
Nick Herbert MP for Arundel and South Downs said, “This new town proposal is a con, not wanted by the parish council or district council.”
Nicholas Soames, MP for Mid Sussex, joined CPRE Sussex's Roger Smith and Georgia Wrighton in declaring it to be “an appalling, opportunistic proposal.”
Read a full account of the meeting in our Mayfield campaign section
Hundreds of Sussex residents more than filled Adastra Hall, Hassocks, in a significant show of protest against the Mayfield market town proposal. It is estimated that more than 400 people attended the public meeting on Friday 18 October about the developer’s proposal to build 10,000 homes in the countryside between Henfield and Sayers Common.
The scheme proposed by the developer – Mayfield Market Towns Limited – would consist of a new town almost as large as East Grinstead for up to 25,000 people, in an area with inadequate infrastructure for development on this scale and limited opportunities for jobs locally, making it a commuter town. A protest group has formed in response to the proposal, Locals Against Mayfield Business Sprawl (LAMBS).
New agricultural buildings law will "destroy the character of rural areas"
Written by William ShawCPRE Sussex Director Georgia Wrighton has responded to proposed new government planning rules announced by Nicholas Boles which will make it easier for developers to transform unused transform agricultural buildings into homes. In a response to the Department for Communities and Local Government she wrote:
CPRE Sussex respond to agricultural buildings consultation
Written by CPRE SussexCPRE Sussex have submitted a response to proposed new government rules which will allow allow developers to transform "unused" agricultural buildings into homes. CPRE Sussex are concerned about the impact on the Sussex landscape and local communities. Georgia Wrighton, Director of CPRE Sussex responded to the consultation. See letter below:
On 16 October hundreds of people protested the plan for a new town of 10,000 homes in the Sussex countryside, tying a seven-mile-long yellow ribbon around the 1,000-acre site of the proposed Mayfield new town.
Mayfields residents and countryside campaign groups including CPRE Sussex and LAMBS (Locals Against Mayfield Building Sprawl) created a 7 mile long yellow ribbon around the proposed building site.
Media Release: MPs join CPRE Sussex in condemning plans for Sussex new town
Written by CPRE Sussex7 October 2013
MPs JOIN CPRE SUSSEX AND LOCAL CAMPAIGNERS IN CONDEMNING PLANS FOR NEW TOWN IN SUSSEX COUNTRYSIDE
PHOTOCALL MAYFIELD MARKET TOWN MEETING: Friday 18 October 7.30pm Adastra Hall, Keymer Road, Hassocks
Nick Herbert MP for Arundel and South Downs and Nicholas Soames MP for Mid Sussex will speak at a meeting organised by Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) Sussex and Locals Against Mayfield Building Sprawl (LAMBS) on Friday 18 October 7.30pm.
