Policy HN1 - Development affecting the significance and setting of designated heritage assets (including Conservation Areas)

Object

Representation ID: 5417

Received: 15/04/2013

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The following sentence in Policy HN1 is not compliant with its objectives:
"Permission will be given for those schemes that show a full understanding of the significance of the asset and convincingly demonstrate how their chosen design sustains and enhances the significance of any heritage assets affected (including conservation areas)."

Object

Representation ID: 5535

Received: 15/04/2013

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

The policy is unojectionable in its highmindedness. But in practice the record of HBC is pitiable, its practices damaging to the quality of life of the Borough. (Lower Bohemia is one instance, that has suffered many depredations down the years.)

There is no objection to good development - but Hastings & St Leonards has seen virtually none since 1945.

Relentlessly planning decisions neither sustain nor enhance the setting or heritage assets. 23.05.12 NPPF para 53 was ignored at planning commitee. The Planning standards of the Borough are notoriously low. Permission is given for developments that would not be accepted elsewhere.