REGULATION 22(D) STATEMENT of REPRESENTATIONS
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LEWES DISTRICT LOCAL PLAN PART 2: SITE ALLOCATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT POLICIES DPD REGULATION 22(d) STATEMENT OF REPRESENTATIONS Volume 2 Representation ID: REP/182/E1 Representation ID: REP/182/E1 Representor Details: Representor ID: REP/182 Name: Ann Giles Organisation: Consultation Body: General Stakeholder Type: Member of the public Agent Details: Name: Organisation: Contact Details: Email Address: Address: Representation: Policy/Section: E1 - Land at East Quay, Newhaven Port Do you consider the document to be: Legally Compliant: Yes Sound: No Not Justified Representation: One of the requirements of such a plan is to maintain development whilst protecting the environment. Also to consider overall impact on the considered area. The suggestions for further development of this site, beyond the already agreed port road and port development is NOT justified. There are already areas in Newhaven marked for employment and housing that are not presently developed e.g. off the Brighton Road; Page 1000 Representation ID: REP/182/E1 the Chalk pit area near Court Farm Road; the area north of the railway line off the new port road. The coastline in East Sussex has been negligently destroyed along this stretch at Newhaven and it is detrimental to the nearby boundary of the National Park to allocate this section of the coast to further unnecessary development. There should be a protected barrier between the already agreed development and the National Park Boundary at Tide Mills. It should also be noted that the proposed area contains valuable fauna ,that thrives In the conditions here, that would be destroyed should unnecessary development take place. What changes do you suggest to make the document legally compliant or sound? A protective barrier should be maintained between already agreed development of the port road and agreed port expansion and the Boundary of the National Park at Tide Mills. This would act to maintain the local environment and remaining coastline for the wellbeing of residents and future generations. Do you consider it necessary to participate at the Examination in Public? Yes Why do you feel it is necessary to participate at the Examination in Public? It is necessary to have views from residents of the area under consideration. As a long term resident of Newhaven and a past Town Councillor I am aware that too often the voice of the local resident has been ignored in favour of financial profit for private enterprise and indirectly the local authority. This has lead to the decline of Newhaven and the closure of much of the Newhaven coastline to the general public. This, in turn, has created a decline in the morale and confidence of residents, together with an overall deterioration in their living and working environment. Not the purpose of good planning . Page 1001 Representation ID: REP/183/RG01 Representation ID: REP/183/RG01 Representor Details: Representor ID: REP/183 Name: Nick Keeley Organisation: Gleeson Strategic Land Consultation Body: General Stakeholder Type: Planning Consultant Agent Details: Name: Mike Pickup Organisation: Town & Country Planning Solutions Contact Details: Email Address: [email protected] Address: Sentinel House Ancells Business Park, Harvest Crescent Fleet GU51 2UZ Representation: Policy/Section: RG01 - Caburn Field Do you consider the document to be: Legally Compliant: Yes Sound: No Not Positively Prepared Not Justified Not Effective Representation: This site has been allocated and considered appropriate for housing development (now for approximately 90 dwellings) for more than 15 years. It was first allocated for housing development as part of the Lewes District Local Plan (adopted in 2003) under Policy Page 1002 Representation ID: REP/183/RG01 RG1. However, the site is currently the home of Ringmer Football Club (and other associated uses including a social club) who have continued to occupy the site until the present day. Therefore, as the site is not of a sufficient size to accommodate the football club and any meaningful amount of housing development, any potential to redevelop this site for housing is intrinsically linked to securing a suitable new location for the Football Club, in order for them to be able to relocate and only then then vacate Caburn Field. At present, no solution is in place for this relocation and therefore, the site is not available for housing developed at the present time. As a consequence, no planning application for housing has been submitted for the site (and it remains unclear how 90 dwelling can be satisfactorily accommodated given the size of the site and prevailing housing densities in the surrounding area. It is noted however, that a planning application (no. LW/18/0789) was submitted on 9th October for the relocation of the football club to land to the rear of King's Academy Ringmer School and Ringmer Community College. Whilst this could potentially provide a suitable option for relocation, at the deadline of the Consultation Period, the application has not have been considered or determined by the Council. Therefore, there is no certainty that the planning application will be approved and even should it be approved, there is no certainty that it would be implemented or result in the relocation of the football club, due to any other potential constraints such as finance or logistics linked to any such relocation. There is also the likely lead in time which could be considerable for and such relocation to take place. The Ringmer Development Boundary – Draft Inset Map 4 (Ringmer and Broyle Side) Paragraph 2.119 – 1.121 (and Tables 3 and 4) calculate that notwithstanding the adoption of the Ringmer Local Plan (February 2016), there remains a need to allocate land for at least an additional 32 dwellings. While Caburn Field has been allocated for 90 dwellings, there can be no certainty that this additional amount of housing will be delivered within the Plan Period. Other land should therefore, also be allocated as a contingency measure, to ensure that at least 32 dwellings can be delivered at Ringmer. Therefore, a suitable extension to the Ringmer Development Boundary should be made in order to accommodate sufficient housing development throughout the plan period. Due to environmental constraints however, such as safeguarding the gap between Ringmer and Broyle Side, and protecting the South Downs National Park, suitable opportunities are limited to the south eastern side of the village only What changes do you suggest to make the document legally compliant or sound? Extension of the Ringmer Development Boundary to include Land to the East of Harrisons Lane, Ringmer Given that there can be no certainty that the site at Caburn Field (which has been allocated for housing development for over 15 years) will deliver any housing within the Plan Period, the Ringmer Development Boundary should be extended include sustainably located land suitable for housing development, in order to help meet future Page 1003 Representation ID: REP/183/RG01 housing needs. Site Location A proposed extension to the Development Boundary put forward on behalf of Gleeson Strategic Land is shown on Appendix 1 attached to this document. The proposed Development Boundary extension is to the south east of the village and to the east of Harrisons Lane. The proposed site is well related to the existing developed part of the village and is located immediately to the south of Ringmer Primary and Nursery School. The site is some 0.4 miles from the centre of the village and less than a 10 minute walk from Ringmer's main services, including Ringmer Primary and Nursery School and Ringmer Community College to the north and the shops, cafes and Anchor Inn public house as well as recreational and other facilities situated within the centre of the village. In addition, bus route 143 has a bus stop which is adjacent to the site at the primary school, which provides services to Lewes, Hailsham and Eastbourne. The bus stop at Kings Academy, some 0.3 miles to the north of the site provides regular services to Uckfield, Tunbridge Wells, Lewes and Brighton. Therefore, the site is situated within a sustainable, edge of village location and the future residents of the site would not need have a sole reliance on the use of the private car. Site Characteristics The site comprises 3 hectares of land used as pastoral farmland. The site is relatively flat and is contained by mainly existing housing along the eastern side of Harrisons Lane, by the village primary school to the north and and elsewhere by trees and hedgerows, with an existing field access at the southern boundary off Potato Lane. Proposed Housing Allocation As illustrated by Appendix 2 attached, the site is of a sufficient size to be able to accommodate around 70 dwellings, whilst also providing substantial new landscape buffer planting to help assimilate the development within its setting and to screen and filter views from inside the South Downs National Park Boundary on the southern side of Potato Lane. Do you consider it necessary to participate at the Examination in Public? Yes Why do you feel it is necessary to participate at the Examination in Public? Detailed representations are required in relation to the proposed Development Boundary extension to include the Land to the East of Harrisons Lane, Ringmer submissions will include supporting documents in support of these representations, which will benefit from being explained at a Hearing as part of the Examination Page 1004 Land East of Harrisons Lane, Ringmer - Proposed Housing