N02 - Land south of Crowhurst Road

Object

Representation ID: 2365

Received: 23/03/2012

This land should remain as it is - it is outside the built up area boundaries and to grab this small site would be unacceptable. It is an isolated site and would not be suitable for resiential purposes....it could in no way be considered a sustainable development.Access to public transport facilities are minimal and the whole idea of sticking residents out in the sticks is unacceptable. Development on this site cannot be justified.

Comment

Representation ID: 2542

Received: 26/04/2012

Site N02 is outside the built-up area boundary, severed from other areas of development within the borough and is isolated from local facilities. There is concern regarding whether this site is suitable for residential development given its isolation and disconnection from other facilities within the borough. Consideration could be given to the use of the site for employment uses given other areas of existing and proposed employment development along the Queensway area.

Object

Representation ID: 2569

Received: 27/04/2012

Site NO2 is most unsuitable for housing being cut off from other housing by highway used by fast traffic B2092 Queensway and a rail line. It is without the liklihood of a bus route or shops or local community. The site is outside the built up area boundary and should remain so. It may offer better use as a car breakers yard or storage depot to prevent further erosion of open space near to Marline Woods where the open space is of higher quality to wildlife and humans.

Object

Representation ID: 2678

Received: 26/04/2012

Area 3. Site N02 (object)

Should not even be considered for development and should be kept as a Greenfield site.

Support

Representation ID: 2825

Received: 27/04/2012

no reason why residential use should not be considered on this site as it has excellent transport links

Object

Representation ID: 3018

Received: 10/04/2012

Infrastructure not adequate, more traffic, over populated, not enough water as it is, Ridge and Hastings cannot cope with any more traffic, schools, doctors, hospital shortage

Comment

Representation ID: 3306

Received: 26/04/2012

Little Ridge-&-Ashdown and Filsham-&-Bulverhythe are closely located to the A21 and A259 respectively and have been targeted for significant amounts of residential and employment development. It is important therefore, that development within these areas come forward with associated sustainable transport infrastructure to reduce the need to travel by car and the impact on the SRN.

Should these sites be carried forward to the next consultation stage it will be necessary to show how their impact will be mitigated. This is also true with large development sites in Filsham-&-Bulverhythe which are likely to generate traffic on the A259 west of Bexhill.

Comment

Representation ID: 3354

Received: 26/04/2012

This site is owned by the County Council and is located within the Band of Interest for the Bexhill & Hastings Link Road. It is proposed to be used as a work/storage site during the construction of BHLR. Any application prior to a final approved design for the link road would be premature as access to the site must not prejudice measures associated with the construction of the link road.

However, in the medium to long term ESCC would wish to continue to have this site identified as being suitable to be brought forward for development.

From a transport perspective, it is proposed to install traffic signals in Crowhurst Road just west of Queensway over the railway bridge. This would make traffic cross the bridge in one direction at a time to allow space for non motorised traffic to safely use the bridge. It is possible that access to the site could be incorporated into a set of traffic signals. This would overcome issues with visibility that would exist otherwise, as the road had a 60mph speed limit and appropriate visibility splays are unlikely to be achievable. Speed surveys would be necessary if the access could not be incorporated in traffic signals and if appropriate a reduced speed limit may be necessary in order to allow reduced visibility splays.

In order to allow pedestrian access to the site and link it to a regular bus service a footway along Crowhurst Road to Queensway would need to be provided along with a pedestrian crossing point to link the site to Mayfield Lane on the east of Queensway. Being in a Zone 4 area within the ESCC parking standards, adequate provision must be made on site for vehicle as well as cycle parking.

Object

Representation ID: 3392

Received: 27/04/2012

N02
The site is outside the built up area which should be retained. NO DEVELOPMENT

Object

Representation ID: 3503

Received: 28/02/2012

land south of Crowhurst Road (Site N02) comprises a greenfield site set beyond
current development boundaries and which the Council itself recognises as being relatively isolated from local facilities. As such it provides an unsustainable location for future residential development and there is no justification for the loss of this greenfield site and a change in the development boundaries, when a more appropriate alternative exists within the same Planning Focus Area.