Object
Proposed Submission Development and Site Allocations (DaSA) Local Plan
Representation ID: 24175
Received: 07/12/2018
Respondent: Mr Colin Bell
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
Both the Environment Agency and Natural England have found serious faults in the proposal by the prospective developer of this site.
It is now well known that Rother District Council has been told that "a competent authority must take account of measures intended to avoid or reduce harmful effect of a plan or project as part of (an) appropriate assessment." It is quite clear that the developer and the Council are have yet to prove, that any development on this site which is so close to a RAMSAR wetlands region would not adversely, beyond reasonable scientific doubt, affect that Special Area of Conservation.
It is also very clear that the information provided by the proposed developer to mitigate any potential adverse effects on the Pevensey Levels (RAMSAR/SSSI/SAC) via water borne pollution will not work and indeed, will fail very quickly. The Environment Agency are also requiring that the solution to this issue must be "maintained over the long term. So far, the requirements of both the Environment Agency and Natural England have not been satisfied and nor have those of local residents.
Both the Environment Agency and Natural England have found serious faults in the proposal by the prospective developer of this site.
It is now well known that Rother District Council has been told that "a competent authority must take account of measures intended to avoid or reduce harmful effect of a plan or project as part of (an) appropriate assessment." It is quite clear that the developer and the Council are have yet to prove, that any development on this site which is so close to a RAMSAR wetlands region would not adversely, beyond reasonable scientific doubt, affect that Special Area of Conservation.
It is also very clear that the information provided by the proposed developer to mitigate any potential adverse effects on the Pevensey Levels (RAMSAR/SSSI/SAC) via water borne pollution will not work and indeed, will fail very quickly. The Environment Agency are also requiring that the solution to this issue must be "maintained over the long term. So far, the requirements of both the Environment Agency and Natural England have not been satisfied and nor have those of local residents.