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Wednesday, 22 April 2015 12:39

Wealden South District Report Winter 2015

Written by John Hurwood

We opposed the construction of “solar farms” that we thought would be intrusive in the views from The South Downs. These solar farms are now being constructed; by the summer we may have a clearer idea of what their visual impact is.

Ruth Bradshaw, Policy and Research Manager, Campaign for National Parks below provides an informative overview of relevant policies in each of these, highlighting any mentions of National Parks, biodiversity and related issues.

15 April 2015

Bizarrely at exactly the same time last Thursday, there were two very similar decisions being made about planning applications, one in Ticehurst by Rother, and one three miles away in neighbouring Wadhurst by Wealden.  

The application to build five houses and a further large structure at Spring Barn Farm was refused by South Downs National Park Authority Planning committee at their meeting on 9 April 2015.

CPRE Sussex's Vic Ient reports on the background to the decision and the process by which the application was refused:

Thursday, 16 April 2015 09:09

Gray Wood campsite: Appeal dismissed

Written by William Shaw

Following vociferous local opposition, and objections from CPRE Sussex's John Hurwood, the Planning Inspectorate has dismissed this appeal in favour of developing a campsite in ancient woodland near East Hoathley.

Wednesday, 15 April 2015 13:30

April 2015: Lewes District Report

Written by John Kay

This has been a challenging year in Lewes.

The District's claim to a 5-year housing supply was lost at an appeal early in 2014. This led to a number of applications for development of rural greenfield sites in the Low Weald villages being rushed forward. These were taking advantage of the consequent presumption in favour of sustainable development and offering only the low, historic, level of affordable housing required by the old 2003 Local Plan rather than the 40% shown to be viable for such sites and included in the new Local Plan.

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