Starkie, Emily

From: Carolyn Fair Sent: 11 December 2017 14:48 To: reviews Subject: East District Council Boundary Review

Dear sir

Re; EHDC District Wards, Parish of and

We wish to register our objection to the Draft Proposals for the District Ward arrangements for our Parish.

Colemore and Priors Dean lies within the South Downs National Park. This means that, in the very near future when the SDNPA Draft Local Plan is adopted, the issues of Planning and Development, Minerals and Waste, Highways, Public Rights of Way, Countryside and Preservation of the Landscape, Tourism etc, will all be determined in line with the National Park Plan and not . We cannot accept that it is sensible that Colemore and Priors Dean should be attached to the much larger parish of , which is not in the National Park and where the East Hampshire Plan will continue to be in place. It seems to us far more logical that we should stay with Froxfield and Steep, who are also in the National Park. There are already more than enough confusions over the different priorities within the Park and within East Hampshire, with failures to grasp the differences arising at many levels. As the SDNPA Plan may be adopted on a “sliding scale” over several years, we feel it is very important that Councillors should be focussed on its implications.

Colemore and Priors Dean has a relatively tiny population. The Boundary Commission should be careful to avoid appearing to discriminate against this small, widely spread population by showing no regard for our area’s governance, for our community links and proximities. We have much stronger links, historical and current, with Froxfield and Steep than with East Tistead and even .

Yours faithfully

Carolyn Fair

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