If you have concerns then please email the Secretary of State and ask him to call in the applications for New Monks Farm and Shoreham Airport for proper scrutiny…. Here is an example letter template you can use;

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Please call in these two applications which have recently been referred to you; (Application ref: AWDM/0961/17, Land West of New Monks Farm, Mash Barn Lane, Lancing West Sussex (New Monks Farm) and application ref: AWDM/1093/17, Land at Shoreham Airport, Cecil Pashley Way, West Sussex (Shoreham Airport)

Because they;

• Conflict with the adopted Adur Local Plan Policies 5, 7 and 14 in terms of landscape, access to the National Park, reduction of the Green Gap and the reduction of the proposed country park.
• Cause harm to the South Downs National Park, a nationally protected landscape, in contravention of Section 11A(2) of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 and section 85 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000. The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) affords National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty the ‘highest protection’ in terms of landscape and scenic beauty.
• Are contrary to the new NPPF and were not properly reappraised since its adoption, particularly around sustainable transport
• Harm heritage assets
• Harm wildlife and protected habitats
• Increase flood risk
• Increase congestion

Yours sincerely,