Clerk: Ann E. Newton (Mrs), 'Highlands', Blackboys, East Sussex, TN22 5LR
Tel: 01825 890182,
www.easthoathlywithhalland.org.uk
East Hoathly with Halland Parish Council
Site last updated January 2012
East Sussex Waste & Minerals Core Strategy Preferred Strategy consultation
Councillor Lock, Leader of East Sussex County Council, has gone on record to say that using the ESCC website pro forma for lodging objections is NOT compulsory
Equal weight will be given to individual letters or e-
Pick & Mix Reasons to Highlight in Letters of Objections
General
Transportation
The Council's own documentation states that traffic and access are important considerations.
None of the sites in the proposals are well served by the road network. In the majority of cases there are no rail links at all.
Previously Developed Land
The Council says that priority will be given to brownfield sites, land adjoining brownfield sites and former industrial sites for locating Land Raise Waste Dump.
All the sites fail the suitability test on that criteria
Communities
There needs to be an acceptable distance to nearest residential buildings and schools.
There needs to be an acceptable visual impact
The suitability of all the sites in question fail this test.
Grounds for Specifically Objecting to Halland Park Farm as a Proposed Site
Ecological
The Council have not carried out an Environmental Impact Assessment
Survey. If they had, it would reveal the presence of several protected species.
The proposed site would have have disastrous consequences for Ancient Woodlands very close to the site and a nearby Conservation site – the Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Impact on Landscape
A 100 ft pile of rubbish would represent a huge blot on the landscape. The area's character is relatively flat with only gentle undulation and an artificial hill would be completely incongruous, interrupting the view from the footpaths towards the South Downs
The proposed site would be very close to a residential community with a number of the listed buildings.
The council says in their documentation they seek to avoid such close proximity when deciding on a suitable LRW site.
Water Control & Leachate Management
The council's own document says that serious consideration will be given to this.
Green sand – very porous – is the surface soil for much of HPF.
A Land Raise Waste Site at HPF could contaminate drinking water supplies as well as surface water at Bentley Wild Fowl Reserve
Nuisances & Hazards
The Council's document, Waste & Minerals Core Strategy Preferred Strategy states that consideration will be given to 'odours and dust; wind blown materials; noise traffic and mud and debris on highway.'
The communities of East Hoathly & Halland are downwind from the proposed site, making them extremely vunerable to all of the above.
It therefore makes Halland Park Farm a totally unsuitable choice for a LRW site.
NB: Letters of Objection need to be received by ESCC by 15th January 2010
Dear Local Residents,
Many of you were at the public meeting at Laughton Village Hall last Saturday, where the proposed Council’s Waste and Mineral Strategy was discussed. At the meeting, Andrew Newton from Spences Farm, put forward the idea of utilising his network of contacts within environmental planning with a view to paying for professional representation. He has had a number of meetings with a specific consultancy and has had a draft proposal put forward, outlining the scope of work and level of investigation needed. Andrew has now called a meeting to share this information with all residents – he will give a power point presentation, hand out relevant documents and introduce Martin Carpenter from the firm of environmental consultants to answer any questions. In order to go ahead there would need to be a certain level of fund raising and donations from as many people as possible. Nigel Weller, a lawyer by profession, and living in Laughton, would be responsible for managing this.
Andrew, Martin and Nigel will be at THE ROEBUCK, LAUGHTON, ON THURSDAY 10TH DECEMBER AT 8PM – please can you pass this information on to as many people as you can in order to make the meeting as successful as possible.
Thanks.
Corinne Fellows
