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Core Strategy Consultation on Strategy Directions 2008

Representation ID: 19282

Received: 30/01/2009

Respondent: Ian Dunlop

Representation Summary:

1,200 houses in the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is in effect helping to destroy that natural beauty. More houses equals more cars, more noise, more clamour for by-passes etc and constitutes "death by a thousand cuts".Rother must treat the AONB as if it were a National Park and simultaneously strive to get it listed as such.This AONB heritage must be preserved for future generations and not be sacrificed for the selifish demands of today.No future generations are going to thank us for bequeathing them another urban sprawl.

Full text:

1,200 houses in the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is in effect helping to destroy that natural beauty. More houses equals more cars, more noise, more clamour for by-passes etc and constitutes "death by a thousand cuts".Rother must treat the AONB as if it were a National Park and simultaneously strive to get it listed as such.This AONB heritage must be preserved for future generations and not be sacrificed for the selifish demands of today.No future generations are going to thank us for bequeathing them another urban sprawl.