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> Intrusion Map Sequence 1960 to 2007 |
| CPRE maps show the shocking impact of intrusion on our undisturbed countryside. With increased pressure from development in all forms our peaceful countryside could disappear in only 45 years, within the lifetime of our children. 65% of West Sussex countryside is affected by noise and visual intrusion, 56% in East Sussex |
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Some factions in government are trying to change the planning system to destroy the protection it gives to our open countryside, like the Vale of Sussex. They want to allow unfettered development with a "Default answer is YES" throwing aside the current prioritisation of brownfield sites. While AoNBs and N-ational Parks may be safe, this would be disastrous for green fields across the whole country, with the spectre of US-style sprawl. Sussex has absolutely NO Green Belt land to protect its countryside, so please contact your MP urgently if you agree that our countryside MUST continue to be protected. Just click the picture above to go to our national link to email your MP.
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| Award winners from eleven projects from across Sussex were presented with plaques and certificates by Lady Caroline Egremont in Petworth House on Thursday 6th October 2011. The winners were applauded by David Tupper DL - High Sheriff for West Sussex, Carola Godman Law DL – Deputy Lord Lieutenant for East Sussex and the Right Honourable Nick Herbert MP, together with 100 guests representing local authorities and like minded organisations from across the County. >Find out more |
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"Back to the future”
There is they say nothing new under the sun, and CPRE is taking a step back to the future – with an updated version of its original logo dating from the 1920s. This will be progressively implemented on this website and in CPRE documents and elsewhere, during the coming months. |
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CPRE Sussex is celebrating the news that the Secretary of State has dismissed the appeal by Pelham Homes for 520 houses at Honey Farm in the countryside west of Polegate.
Throughout a Planning Inquiry in January and February this year, environmental groups led by CPRE Sussex fought alongside local residents, parish councils and Wealden Council to demonstrate the unacceptable impact on the landscape, local amenity and environmental sustainability.
Stuart Meier , Director of CPRE Sussex said "Working with other groups and local residents we demonstrated just how bad this plan was. We are delighted it has been firmly kicked out because it would have had horrendous consequences for the countryside, the Downs , the local people and not least the proposed residents themselves." He continued "CPRE support good development, but this was simply the wrong plan for the wrong houses in the wrong place. Had the proposal not been blocked, these houses would have been stranded on the wrong side of the busy A27. The residents would actually have been fenced in with anti-climb fences 'for their own safety'!"
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Say NO to Land-Raise Waste Disposal in East Sussex
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East Sussex County Council is proposing "Land raise" - building a hill out of waste on a greenfield site - as the solution to the county's lack of waste disposal capacity, in its "Waste and Minerals Development Framework which went out to consultation in late 2009.
CPRE is objecting strenuously to the proposals, not only because the proposed "areas of search" for a site or sites will destroy greenfields and farmland, but because NONE of the areas will in CPRE's opinion yield a site which is not fundamentally flawed on detailed environmental grounds.
All the five search areas suggested by the county council are in the Low Weald, so avoiding the High Weald area of outstanding natural beauty and the South Downs National Park. However, the southernmost search area is on Laughton Levels, close to the villages of Glynde, Firle and Ripe, and highly visible from the South Downs Way . CPRE believes that its visual impact will be unacceptable to the setting of the National Park, and that it should therefore be rejected. Notably, the South Downs Joint Committee has already objected for this reason.
The four more northerly search areas share one feature apart from proximity to main roads - they would all affect areas of Ancient Woodland, directly or indirectly. While each also has other planning flaws, the protection of Ancient Woodland was greatly strengthened in 2005, and CPRE believes that none of the areas would be acceptable for this reason alone.
East Sussex unquestionably has a major problem with waste disposal, but CPRE Sussex believes that its strategy is fundamentally flawed and must be rethought from scratch, with a major county wide campaign of waste reduction, so that an overwhelming proportion of the county's waste is re-used, recycled, or converted into energy.
For more information please see here
You can find out more about the Consultation on the ESCC website (scroll down the page to find the documents to download)
Alternatively, you can download the Preferred Strategy only.
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Award winners from eleven projects were presented with plaques.
>Find out more |
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Downland Farm, Uckfield, Planning Appeal Refused
The Secretary of State has refused the application
>Find out more |
CPRE Sussex welcomes decision to drop Ford from Ecotown list
>Find out more |
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Fly-tipping is a serious problem in parts of Sussex which CPRE Sussex is helping to combat. Please see the article in the Autumn 2010 Sussex Review available here.
You can also download a Fly-tipping Record Sheet
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Good news at Gatwick as new owners rule out second runway. |
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A growing problem in Sussex where land is subdivided into small plots and sold as if it has development potential. If you know of any such activity please report this to Development Control at your local Council and notify CPRE National Office to help maintain their database. Please email to info@cpre.org.uk titled 'Landbanking in Sussex'
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South East Plan too many houses in the wrong place |
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CPRE Sussex is shocked that the final South East Plan is forcing 116,000 houses on Sussex , equivalent to a city the size of Brighton and Hove . Yet three quarters of Sussex is not available for major development at all, due to AONBs, the new National park, and other constraints!
The Argus* on 7th May 2009 described the Plan as having 'ridden roughshod over critics of its house building targets'. We agree!
Other parts of the South East region may have reason to be pleased with the result, but CPRE Sussex is appalled at these housing allocations. The only slight improvement from previous proposals is the 1000 reduction in Brighton & Hove, but none of the countryside districts have been changed from previous excessive proposals.
CPRE Sussex will continue to resist these ill-considered and inappropriate housing allocations which are based on flawed housing projections which have been invalidated by the Credit Crunch.
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