It has been brought to our attention that certain aspects of this latest DMP submission are incorrect, however due to the short 6 week consultation period allowed by Hastings Borough Council we are unable to go into as much detail as we would have liked therefore we will only be commenting on the area behind our residence known as "Speckled Wood".

In the March 2012 DMP Consultation Document this area was referred to as Upper Ore Valley and given site references AOl, A30, with the Little Acres site to the West of Frederick Road being A24 also within the Upper Ore Valley, however for some obscure reason that we cannot find it has been changed to Clive Vale and given the following site references CVOl was AOl, CV02 was A24, CV03 was A30, CV04 which was a part of AOl. These site reference changes are very misleading to say the least as "Speckled Wood" and the Frederick Road site are ALL within the Upper Ore Valley which lies to the West of the A259 Old London Road this is also mainly in the local Tressel! ward area.

Clive Vale is a mainly residential area to the East of the A259 Old London Road and is not connected to the Upper Ore Valley, Clive Vale is in the local Ore ward, and the area also has different Councillors representing the residents living within its Ore ward boundary, they do NOT represent the residents in the CV area designated as Clive Vale in the DMP.

The area now designated as CVOl lies directly to the rear of our property which we have lived in since 2000 this site which has also had 11planning permissions granted or extended, from 1966 to date, we have found that this site has been under two different ownerships and is currently owned by an offshore company called Hollyberry Holdings, they have not carried out any site management whatsoever since 2000 and it is quite clear that this neglect has allowed the flora and fauna to flourish, Hollyberry Holdings are only interested in trying to sell this difficult site on to make a large profit, why else would they have not developed it.

Area CVOl has over the past 40 or so years become more of a mature wildlife habitat with the increasing pressure which other developments have put on the habitat areas within the rest of the Ore Valley to the West of Frederick Road, the various resident led groups have recognised this and are continuing to work maintaining footpaths and green areas within "Speckled Wood" for the local community to enjoy. This wooded Ghyll is finally being recognised for its rare flora and fauna something which HBC has failed to recognise under its policies HN8 Biodiversity and Green Space, HN9 Areas of Landscape Value and HN10 Amenity Green Space, HN7 Should also apply if any part is developed.