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Object
Proposed Submission Development and Site Allocations (DaSA) Local Plan
Representation ID: 24283
Received: 07/12/2018
Respondent: East Field Action Group
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
Local services are quite limited, the bus service is only hourly & is often subject to long delays or restricted services due to Stagecoach operational constraints. There are no schools in Fairlight, the nearest primary school is some 3 miles away & oversubscribed. Most residents have to rely on a car if they really need to get anywhere with any degree of punctuality, the building of out of town complexes make matters worse, the 2011 survey by FPC showed that only 7% feel they can rely on the bus service. There is no leisure, recreational or sports facility for younger people except for a once a week youth club & a playground for younger children.
From the perspective of a commuter Fairlight might as well be an island, it is not possible to get a bus early enough to be able to get a commuter train to London or indeed most major SE towns, even Brighton is 2+ hours by public transport, hence the higher number of retired people. This makes a car or two absolutely necessary for working people. This is not in keeping with NPPF policies regarding sustainability & building around transport & infrastructure already in place.
As pointed out the local services are quite limited, the bus service is only hourly & is often subject to long delays or restricted services due to Stagecoach operational constraints. As pointed out there are no schools in Fairlight, the nearest primary school is some 3 miles away & several times oversubscribed. Most residents have to rely on a car if they really need to get anywhere with any degree of punctuality, the building of out of town complex's such as Glynn Gap make matters worse, the 2011 survey by FPC showed that only 7% feel they can rely on the bus service. There is no leisure, recreational or sports facility for younger people except for a once a week youth club & a playground for younger children. This leads to boredom & or increased traffic as parents ferry children to & from Hastings, Rye, etc.
From the perspective of a commuter Fairlight might as well be an island, it is not possible to get a bus early enough to be able to get a commuter train to London or indeed most major SE towns, even Brighton is 2+ hours by public transport, hence the higher number of retired people. Due to journey times & timetable clashes a commuter train for London leaves Hastings before the first bus starts at Fairlight & vice versa on return, this makes a car or two absolutely necessary for working people. This is not in keeping with NPPF policies regarding sustainability & building around transport & infrastructure already in place.