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Sussex Promoting & Protecting Your Countryside SUSSEX REVIEW SPRING 2016 Sussex Promoting & Protecting your Countryside SUSSEX REVIEW FOCUS ON FARMING Defenders of the Weald Brexit – what would it mean for farmers? Proposed changes to the NPPF Contents Welcome to the Spring Review 3 Welcome President Mid Sussex run or ride especially on the edge of towns, so valued 4 News Update Lord Egremont Michael Brown but lacking any designated planning protection, are Vice Presidents [email protected] what we will have to fight hard for now and in the 6 Brexit – should we Margaret Moore Rother & Hastings immediate future. or shouldn’t we? Gerald Summerfield Stephen Hardy 7 Campaigns Trustees: [email protected] There seems to be a growing disconnection with Chairman: David Johnson Wealden nature and an increasing lack of understanding of the 8 NPPF, what’s new? Treasurer: Richard Shirley (South) John Hurwood value of the working countryside as decisions about 10 The impact of Gatwick 2 Rodney Chambers, Stephen Hardy, [email protected] the future of Sussex are being made by those living on local travel Julian Hill, Penelope Hudd, John (North) Lesley Wilson in towns and cities, removed from the realities of 12 Clean energy Kay, Sally Pavey, Dr Roger Smith (Branch Office) country life. – or murky waters? David Willingham [email protected] Staff We live our lives making trade offs between scarce 14 Defenders of the Weald Branch Administrator: Orchestrator: Penny Hudd resources; today even solitude, beauty, and 16 Challenges facing our local Lesley Wilson Editor: Judith Chamberlain tranquility are ascribed monetary values. There is a farmers Office Administrator Design & Production: very real danger as city dwellers lose their emotional (Accounts): Emily Wilkinson, 07801 453 9453 connection to the countryside and have little Farming in the Weald 18 Sas Drury [email protected] understanding of its true value, the more it becomes 20 Dates for your diary Printing: One Digital This year we are celebrating 90 years something developers are free to plunder. LOCAL GROUPS 01273 887575 of promoting and protecting the Sussex CPRE Sussex Adur & Worthing Photography: countryside! The government, and its agencies, seem less and less Countryside Trust Bill Freeman Cover:xxxx keen to add to the number of sites with any protection Brownings Farm, Blackboys, [email protected] For almost a century CPRE has been active in against development – its mantra, of ‘housing, Uckfield, East Sussex, TN22 5HG David Johnson campaigning for democratic and appropriate housing, housing,’ has dramatically increased the Phone: 01825 890975 davidjohnsonsurething1@yahoo. planning decisions, for National Parks and for the vital vulnerability of the countryside to despoliation. Email: [email protected] co.uk protection of our countryside with continued success. Visit us at: Arun Everyday countryside, greatly valued by local www.cpresussex.org.uk Martin Beaton To all our members, a huge thank you for your communities, will be lost to development supposedly [email protected] continued support. With you behind us and with our for society at large, despite the government’s Follow us on Twitter: Brighton & Hove splendid new Director, Kia, we are all looking forward push for ‘localism’ and the bandying of words like Follow us on Facebook: Andrew Wright to another active and successful year. sustainability and affordability, Registered Charity number: [email protected] 1156568 Corinne Attwood The welcome surfeit of early spring flowers has led to With no agreed national or regional planning for Published by corinne.attwood@ increasing public discussion about global warming the public to scrutinise, the continuous demand for CPRE Sussex Countryside Trust brightonbeautiful.com and record rainfall makes us question the sense of development of the economy, for jobs and housing The Campaign to Protect Rural Chichester South building where there is flood risk. Increasingly non- dominates. The city demands, the countryside obeys England: Sussex Branch CIO Richard Hill experts are talking about naturul ways to manage – and slowly disappears. [email protected] heavy rainfall. For example at Alfriston, the impact We exist to promote the beauty, and viability of reintroducing meanders to the To protect our precious heritage and hand it on to tranquillity and diversity of our National Park (Chichester North) Cuckmere River to better mitigate run-off is being future generations, we as country lovers need to be countryside by encouraging Alan Smith considered. Academic research and country people’s as active as we can. Convincing others, young and the sustainable use of land and [email protected] expertise are coming together as we saw at the recent old of the inestimable value of the countryside, for natural resources in town and Sarah Dobson Review Cover and Photographs: CPRE Sussex ‘Making Places’ workshop in Barnham. everything from tranquility, clean air and leisure to country. [email protected] Pages xxx by kind permission food production is vital. The more people who care of Peter & Morgan Greenhalf, The jewels of the Sussex landscape – the Downs, about it the safer from despoliation the countryside The opinions expressed in the Horsham & Crawley Dr Roger Smith The Avocet Gallery the coast and Cuckmere Haven – are familiar to all will be. So, if you’re not already a member, please Review reflect the views and [email protected] and Tea Rooms, Rye Harbour. through souvenirs but sadly much of our countryside, join us and get your friends to join us too and help us interests of individual contributors avocetgalleryandtea.co.uk although very beautiful and often species rich, is seen celebrate. and do not necessarily reflect Lewes Prof Edmund Critchley only as an opportunity for development. Those fields, those of the Branch. [email protected] wildernesses and woods where we walk, take our dogs, David Johnson, Chairman 2 3 Kia Trainor A big thank you to everyone sharpened up our work protecting who attended our strategy the countryside! planning event in Billingshurst last Autumn and shared their We have now drawn up a detailed thoughts on how we can be more plan of what we are going to do effective as a charity and what this year and put it on our website issues we should focus on for the www.cpresussex.org.uk. News Update next three years. It has already A summary follows: from Kia Trainor: Director CPRE Sussex Staying ahead: planning for tomorrow The A27 A SUMMARY Continue our planning work and Raise awareness of biodiversity eing able to travel around Chichester Arundel and Worthing fight• for the ‘right development in loss• through the planning system Sussex easily is very Highways England has now Highways England is also currently the right places’ across Sussex. and encourage measures to tackle important – nobody likes announced that they are delaying reviewing options for the A27 at this through our new biodiversity being snarled up in traffic jams. consultation on improvements Arundel and Worthing/Lancing, Campaign against inflated group (see page 19). In rural areas public transport to the A27 at Chichester until with the aim of consulting on housing• targets, locally and options are often limited and the summer of 2016. This delay these sections in the spring nationally, within local plans which Begin a programme of underinvestment in our rail is causing a great deal of local of 2017. The greatest cause of are based on ‘ambition’ rather than engagement• with young people in infrastructure over many years has frustration. However, one piece current concern is the option of local need. terms of valuing the countryside. led to slow east/west connections of good news in the recent a new bypass at Arundel, which and crowded commuter lines to announcement is that the option would cause severe harm to the Continue to campaign against Carry out the ‘Making Places’ London. of a second bypass to the north of meadows, the forests and the airport• expansion and a second project• to create locally influenced Chichester has been dropped. villages to the South of Arundel. runway at Gatwick (see article design guides to promote So what is the solution? Is it a CPRE Sussex supports the Arundel page 14). attractive, sympathetic and high-level strategy to ensure that Building a northern bypass at Neighbourhood Bypass Committee sustainable development, where it a broad range of future-proofed Chichester would have had serious (ABNC) and Arundel SCATE (South Campaign for junction is needed within Sussex travel infrastructure investments implications for the South Downs Coast Alliance for Transport and improvements• on the A27 and (see page 19). is made – aligned to growth and National Park and Goodwood the Environment) – local groups travel solutions which really do appropriate development? Or is Estate. It was not clear if a second campaigning for improvements benefit local people and protect Oppose fracking in our it a piecemeal package of road bypass really would have reduced to the A27 and wider transport our precious landscapes. countryside.• building/expansion projects? congestion on the existing road, infrastructure which will benefit although it would certainly have local people and people traveling WOULD YOU LIKE TO HELP? Highways England, the diverted money for improvements. around Sussex, without undue organisation responsible for damage to the landscape and Our membership is key to If your business would like to get the UK’s major roadbuilding heritage of Arundel. everything. Collectively we have involved by becoming a corporate programme, thinks that more the power to make our voice partner, a corporate member or a roads are the answer. CPRE Sussex heard by decision makers and to supporter we would like to hear and other concerned organisations CAN YOU HELP? affect the future for Sussex. from you. Kia and Lorna Train have been involved in a number of consultations and stakeholder Local campaign groups We urge members to review the We really need to increase our In 2016 we will also be reviewing meetings with them.
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