Object

Hastings Development Management Plan Proposed Submission Version

Representation ID: 5306

Received: 25/02/2013

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Representation Summary:

If the true facts had been presented to Members and the Inspector this site would not have been taken forward as suitable as a development site in the 2004 Local Plan.The borough ecologists 1998 report clearly identifies the devastation which would be caused to the ancient woodland and yet there is no evidence of this report being presented within the consutlation put forward for the 2004 Local Plan.The consent granted in 2008 has not been issued due to ecology omissions but remains on the planning site as "active". This is a travesty of planning law.

Full text:

If the true facts had been presented to Members and the Inspector this site would not have been taken forward as suitable as a development site in the 2004 Local Plan.The borough ecologists 1998 report clearly identifies the devastation which would be caused to the ancient woodland and yet there is no evidence of this report being presented within the consutlation put forward for the 2004 Local Plan.The consent granted in 2008 has not been issued due to ecology omissions but remains on the planning site as "active". This is a travesty of planning law.