SH1 - Land adjacent to Sandrock Park, The Ridge

The committee of PFARA consider the soundness of the Development Management Plan to be in error as events have overtaken the designation of this "land adjacent to Sandrock Park" as housing land. Since the 2012 Consultation was compiled, the Link Road has been approved and financed and is now ready to be built. This will have a huge impact on the Ridge, for which official, conservative, estimates already exist and which is already seriously overburdened and adversely affecting the quality of life for residents on the Ridge and its immediate environs. Therefore PFARA wants a stop to this site being designated for housing or any other development until the Link Road has been in use for long enough for a true assessment to be made of its impact on the Ridge. To achieve such a valid assessment we ask that this site be removed from the Town Plan for the foreseeable future.

The committee of SHDARA consider the soundness of the Development Management Plan to be in error as events have overtaken the designation of this "land adjacent to Sandrock Park" as housing land. Since the 2012 Consultation was compiled, the Link Road has been approved and financed and is now ready to be built. This will have a huge impact on the Ridge, for which official, conservative, estimates already exist and which is already seriously overburdened and adversely affecting the quality of life for residents on the Ridge and its immediate environs. Therefore PFARA wants a stop to this site being designated for housing or any other development until the Link Road has been in use for long enough for a true assessment to be made of its impact on the Ridge. To achieve such a valid assessment we ask that this site be removed from the Town Plan for the foreseeable future.

Object to development of Robsack A (GH1) which does not I believe conform to policy HN9 or UR8 Sustainability Appraisal p171/172 referring to 'greenfield nature' of site.
It is not possible to develop this site without harm to habitats, natural environment, protected species and detriment to adjoining woodland (Church Wood).
The Development management Plan is clearly being flouted by inclusion of Robsack A in sites for development the overall conclusion reached in para 6.65 site allocation p87 is not factual and unrealistic taking into account the description.
Land adjacent to Sandrock Park should be deferred for development until the second part of the Local Plan period so as to evaluatie the effect on traffic on The Ridge of the creation of the Bexhill/Hastings Link Road.

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Name: Town & Country Planning Solutions on behalf of Mr P Cooper
Submission received 12.04.13 covering Reps: 5574-5576