Comment

Representation ID: 24812

Received: 31/05/2024

Respondent: Sedlescombe Parish Council

Air source heat pumps can be noisy and need to be located above ground. This could cause a conflict between carbon zero and noise policies.

Comment

Representation ID: 25362

Received: 13/07/2024

Respondent: Catherine Isbell

The failed BlackFriars development was (and is) in breach of all of those policies - as are all the greenfield sites put forward in the HELAA. In particular:

Development will only be permitted where it is demonstrated that there will be no adverse impacts on health, local amenities, biodiversity or environmental character as a result of lighting, noise, airborne pollutants, water quality, land contamination, odour, hazardous and/or non-hazardous substances associated with development.

Comment

Representation ID: 26415

Received: 17/07/2024

Respondent: Burwash Parish Council

Suitably qualified person paid for by the developer has had issues in the past with bias reporting. Good policy overall.

Comment

Representation ID: 27187

Received: 22/07/2024

Respondent: Westfield Parish Council

See point 260 in the attached submission.

Comment

Representation ID: 27369

Received: 22/07/2024

Respondent: High Weald AONB Unit

Proposed Policy ENV7: Environmental Pollution
We note that this policy understandably contains refences to lighting; however, in some ways the
supporting text to this policy this duplicates much of Proposed Policy LAN3: Dark Skies and its
supporting text, and in some instances is inconsistent with that policy; e.g. supporting text para 11.84
– zone E1 applies to all the HWNL, not just areas outside development boundaries, and that
paragraph needs amending accordingly. We consider the supporting text here relating to lighting
needs rationalising to avoid duplication, for example by primarily directing readers back to the
supporting text for LAN3, and by deleting paras 11.81, 11.83, 11.84 and 11.85, potentially
incorporating elements of those paras into the supporting text for LAN3 where appropriate.

Comment

Representation ID: 27843

Received: 23/07/2024

Respondent: Rye Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group

ENV7: Environmental Pollution.
Q194 - 196
Rye supports in general, but development proposals should address in particular:
- Noise of ground pumps – installation standards
- Egress of catering business kitchen exhausts: filtered and away from adjacent dwellings.
- Location of security lights and CCTV covering public areas
- Recycling, not least plastic to reduce the amount of plastic and microplastic in our rivers and Rye Bay;
- Road pollution of the type suffered along the A259.
- Illegal dumping on “green sites” such as Harbour Road
- The requirement for a bulk waste site for Rye.

Comment

Representation ID: 28264

Received: 23/07/2024

Respondent: Environment Agency

Please see attached submission documents for full text on Proposed Policy ENV7: Environmental Pollution. Main points:

- This policy should be underpinned by the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and River Basin Management Plans (RBMP) for potential risks to controlled waters from proposed developments and policies should aim to identify how the plan is to help deliver WFD objectives.

- Recommend that further comment be provided towards the requirement to remediate existing contamination and mitigate pollution from proposed developments, including, where development is proposed at sites known or suspected to be affected by contamination, a Preliminary Risk Assessment (PRA) must be submitted at the earliest opportunity, and consideration must be given to receptors including controlled waters during any demolition, enabling and construction phases of development, including piling.

- Include source protection zones (SPZs) within this policy.

- Welcome the redevelopment of brownfield sites, subject to submission of preliminary risk assessments (PRAs)