Celebrations as council refuses bid for 1,450 homes

Charity welcomes ‘common sense’ decision to refuse controversial and wholly unsustainable ‘Cuckstye’ scheme. 

Campaigners have welcomed a decision to refuse planning permission for 1,450 homes on a large farmland site.

CPRE Sussex said the bid for a large development on the south side of the A272 between Cuckfield and Ansty was ‘wholly unsustainable’.

Mid Sussex District Council planning officers had recommended the scheme was approved.

However, councillors at a planning committee meeting last night (Thursday, October 16) refused the bid.

CPRE Sussex has been working alongside Cuckfield Parish Council, Ansty and Staplefield Parish Council, the Cuckfield Society and residents to oppose the bid which residents branded the ‘Cuckstye’ scheme.

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