Land South of Clappers Lane – Appeal Decision

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You will be pleased to know that the Planning Inspectorate dismissed the appeal for 160 properties for  planning application EWB/14/00457/OUT.  Please use the link to read the decision.

 

However, this is not the end of the story the applicants have already submitted an appeal for non-determination for the planning application EWB/00457/OUT for 110 properties on the same site.  The Parish Council has already submitted its objection to this application.

However, this is not the end of the story; Wates have put in a replacement planning application for 110 dwellings on the same Clappers Lane site, which will in due course be considered by the District Council Planning Committee. The Consortium will make its views known.

 

Petition – to prevent funding being withdrawn

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For 90 years the Government has supported rural people and communities through providing a financial contribution towards the work of AirS and our sister organisations in the ACRE network (Action with Communities in Rural England). Defra are now considering complete withdrawal of funding.

 

Our national association ACRE have initiated an online petition to get some momentum behind continued support for the Rural Community Council and ACRE network – that is AirS in Sussex. This is the link :

 

http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/73418

 

To stop supporting our work is symptomatic of a reluctance to understand rural social issues, especially for the most vulnerable in rural communities.

We urge you to please sign the petition and copy this email on to others on your Parish Council and also organisations within your village asking for their support too.

 

Once we get 10,000 signatures Defra have to publish a response.  When we get to 100,000 signatures it triggers the process for a debate in the House of Commons.

 

Please sign and copy this email on to all available contacts.

 

Thank you for your help.

 

Jeremy

 

—————————————- Jeremy Leggett

Chief Executive Direct Line: 01273 407331

Action in rural Sussex

Sussex House

212 High Street

Lewes

East Sussex

BN7 2NH

www.ruralsussex.org.uk

Tree Planting at Medmerry

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Peter Hughes the RSPB Warden at Medmerry has told me that he is just about to take delivery of 500 bare root trees for planting on the reserve around Earnley.

We are arranging to do this work over two days – Thursday 8th and Friday 9th  January. We will meet up at the Drove Lane car park at 10 :00 am. We won’t be far away and should be visible from the main track if you can’t make the 10 am start.

If you are able to come on any of these days, even for a short while, please bring gardening type cloves, sturdy footwear and appropriate clothing. If you have a spade please bring that too!!  If you don’t have a spade, don’t worry  Pete has a few spare ones. Please also bring your own food and drink.

What an opportunity to get some fresh air and if you are like me, work off all the excess food I am planning on eating over the festivities !!!

Please let me know if you are able to attend and on which days

Safer West Sussex Survey

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The Safer West Sussex Partnership annual survey is now available on the County Council web pages. The survey has been devised by the Better Communities Team on behalf of the partnership and is an important barometer of resident views on crime & disorder.   Please take a few moments to complete the survey.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SaferWestSussex

Road Closure – Highleigh Road Sidlesham

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WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL

TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE

HIGHLEIGH ROAD, SIDLESHAM

NOTICE IS hereby given that in pursuance of the provisions of Section 14(2) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act, 1984, as amended, the use of

Highleigh Road, Sidlesham is temporarily prohibited from 27th November 2014

This closure is necessary to allow jetting to safely take place.

It is anticipated the works will be completed in 1 day.

Residential/Pedestrian/Emergency access will be maintained.

This notice will be effective for a maximum of 5 days from the date given above.

Any queries about the nature of the works or the effect of the closure on traffic using the highway please contact the West Sussex Contact Centre on 01243 642105.

Dated 13th November 2014

Geoff Mee

Head of Highways and Transport

 

WSCC Surface Water Management Newsletter

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Every two months an update newsletter will be circulated to keep communities informed of the progress of the studies and outlining forthcoming activity to develop a set of plans to manage issues that contribute to flooding in high-risk catchments within the County.

Issue 2 – WSCC Surface Water Management Plans Newsletter October 2014

Issue 1 – WSCC Surface Water Management Plans Newsletter June 2014 (1)

Carriageway Resurfacing

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Dear Residents,

 

 

Your Parish Council has been working with West Sussex Highways to have the road to the north and east of Earnley  Church resurfaced.

This road which has been very badly pot holed for a number of years will be resurfaced in a gravel coloured tarmac so as to be sympathetic to its location right in the centre of the Earnley Conservation Area.

Work is due to start on Tuesday 21st October and last for one day. This scheduling might change due to weather conditions etc.

For further information please see these links:

ResidentsLetter_ClappersLane_Earnley_21Oct14

Carriageway_Resurfacingv2

 

 

Planning Issues

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East Wittering and Bracklesham Neighbourhood Plan Group has set up an e-petition (http://ewbnp.epetitions.net/)  with regard to the Wates Proposal to request the Local Plan figures for East Wittering and Bracklesham be increased from 100 to 500 (yes that is correct 500) new properties.  The Local Plan Inspector will be reviewing this matter on 6th November.  The District Council considered that 100 properties during the life time of the plan would not adversely affect the quality of life of the residents in the area.  All the parish council’s have joined together to fight these proposals in addition to the planning appeal for 160 properties in Clappers Lane.   Please note that Wates have submitted a further planning application which they have recently reduced from 140 to 110 properties on the same site as the appeal site even though they have give a different site name – please take the time to review this application and submit your comments to the District Council https://publicaccess.chichester.gov.uk/online-applications/caseDetails.do?action=dispatch&keyVal=N6CCZCEROY000&caseType=Application

 

West Sussex County Council’s – What matters to you? survey

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In February 2015 West Sussex County Council will set its budget for the forthcoming year.

Over the next seven weeks the council will be embarking on a county wide consultation asking people what matters to them when it comes to what council services are most important to them and how much council tax they are willing to pay to fund them.

The survey is available online at www.westsussex.gov.uk/whatmatters or paper copies can be picked up from our libraries and children and family centres.

The Land Settlement Film Show

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Sidlesham Past and Present

 

The Land Settlement Film Show

 

Monday 22nd September

7.30pm

BIRDHAM

Village Hall in Crooked Lane.

 

You are invited to join members of The Birdham History Society to see two films (1937 & 1976) which will explain why the establishment of The Land Settlement Association in Sidlesham was a historically significant event both nationally and locally.

 

Sidlesham has received Lottery Funding to develop a heritage trail which will celebrate and commemorate the development of the LSA. In 1936 three farms were compulsorily purchased and 118 smallholdings created. Most of the original smallholdings remain today, along with the packing shed, the propagation unit, two community huts and the extension to the school. But we need your stories to bring the heritage trail to life . . . . . .

 

  • In 1937 tenants were reprimanded for eating too many eggs which reduced the profits of the LSA.
  • In 1956 acres of glasshouses were destroyed by a whirlwind.
  • In 1985 at the closure auction you could have bought a tractor or a pair of wellington boots.

 

Are you related to an original settler?

Did you work on one of the smallholdings?

Did you have a weekend or holiday job at the packing shed?

 

Further information available from:

Bill Martin (01242 641154)