Take Action – July 25th Deadline Approaching for Nolands Appeal
Time is running out to submit objections to the planning inspector for the Nolands Farm site at Plumpton Green before the deadline on July 25th. Many thanks if you have already done so (you can still add further comments if you wish).
Last year Lewes District Council (LDC) rejected a planning application for 86 houses on Nolands Farm in after receiving 300 objections from local residents. Nolands is right next door to North Barnes Farm where Eton wants to build 3250 houses. To stop this development going ahead and setting an unwelcome precedent for the Eton New Town we need to support LDC in defending their decision at appeal by submitting objections to the Planning Inspector NOW!
You can lodge your objections here - - https://acp.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/ViewCase.aspx...
The developer, Fairfax, claims the negative impact of the proposed development isn’t big enough to justify LDC’s decision. Your submission to the Planning Inspectorate will be most powerful if you help to demonstrate that LDC was right – the negative effects of the proposed development outweigh any promised ‘benefits’ it might bring in theory, and the scale and character of the development are out of keeping with the location. So please think about the negatives you think will result from the site and include your personal description of those effects when you write your objection.
Some areas to consider include the impact of the site:
in visual terms on Plumpton generally and on the area immediately surrounding the site. In rejecting the planning application last year LDC said the scale and location of the development was not in keeping with the character of the village which, let’s remember, already has 70 new houses planned through the neighbourhood plan or infill.
on the landscape and on views of the site from surrounding areas including the South Downs National Park. This is a greenfield site right next door to the parish boundary, close to the Park and visible from the Downs.
on the already stretched infrastructure in Plumpton – roads, sewers and water supplies – from this number of extra people and cars in a site with its entrance on the main lane through Plumpton, which is already congested at peak times. The 200 parking spaces included in the proposal indicates how dependent on cars it will be and gives the lie to the claim of sustainability in the developer’s transport design.
Fairfax is also challenging how much weight should be given to local planning policies as the local and neighbourhood plans are now out of date. It seems unreasonable and undemocratic that they should just be cast aside while we wait for a new plan to be put in place – once these houses are built, their impact on the village community, its rural setting and the environment, will be irreversible.
Whatever your reasons for objecting please make the planning inspector aware of your views and share them with us at donturbanisethedowns@gmail.com