Land Raise
There are now several "No Land Raise" websites which
contain
all the information below and lots more
www.no-landraise.org
www.notolandraise.org
www.savenewick.com
www.piltdownaal.wordpress.com
The consultation period has been extended to 25th
January 2010
You still have time to get those letters of objection
in!
East Sussex
County Council
&
Brighton & Hove
City Council
Waste & Minerals Core Strategy
In other words..........This is a land raise site for our village. NOT a land fill, but a land raise.
By the time they have finished dumping rubbish on our
green fields (which will be around 2026),we will be looking at a 25 to
50 metre hill with methane gas flare off pipes sticking out of it.
Between
1999 and 2003 C.L.E.A.R. (Chiddingly, Laughton, East Hoathly & Ripe)
successfully campaigned to have specific land raise sites removed from
the County Waste Plan. Ten
years later and they are back
on the table!
Make your views and comments
known. All
documents can be viewed and commented on at
http://consult.eastsussex.gov.uk/portal
And/or use the Template Letter on the
Parish Council Website
EVERYONE in your household should send a letter. These letters count -
the more the council receive the more they take notice. Make sure they
get inundated!
IMPORTANT! Personalise your letter. Put your own views and comments
in.
(See list on right)
Copy and paste the letter into a word document (If you can't see
anything when you have pasted into your Word document change the font colour to Black!)
And write to any or all of the following:
Councillor
Geoffrey Theobald, OBE
Cabinet Member for the Environment
Brighton & Hove City Council
Correspondence to:
c/o Kings House, Grand Avenue,
Hove, East Sussex, BN3 2LS
Councillor
Matthew Lock
Lead Member for Transport and Environment
East Sussex County Council
Correspondence to:
27 Burry Road
St Leonards-on-Sea
East Sussex, TN37 6QY
Councillor Rupert Simmons
Chairman
East Sussex County Council
Freepost (LW43)
Lewes
BN7 1BR
Councillor Peter Jones
Leader
East Sussex County Council
Freepost (LW43)
Lewes
BN7 1BR
The local and national newspapers and
The Secretary of State
Letters can also be faxed:
01273 479040
Or emailed:
wasteandmineralsdf@eastsussex.go.uk
NB: Letters of Objection need to be received by ESCC by Monday 25th
January 2010
Councillor Lock, Leader of East Sussex County Council, has gone on
record to say that using the ESCC website proforma for lodging
objections is NOT compulsory. Equal weight will be given to
individual letters or e-mails provided they contain the writer's name
and address.
How do I personalise my letter?
Pick & Mix Reasons to Highlight in Letters of
Objections
General Reasons
Transportation
The
Council's own documentation states that traffic and access are
important considerations. None of the sites in the proposals are well
served by the road network. In the majority of cases there are no rail
links at all.
Previously Developed Land
The
Council says that priority will be given to brownfield sites, land
adjoining brownfield sites and former industrial sites for locating
Land Raise Waste Dump. All the sites fail the suitability test on that
criteria.
Communities
There
needs to be an acceptable distance to nearest residential buildings
and schools and there needs to be an acceptable visual impact. The
suitability of all the sites in question fail this test.
Grounds for Specifically Objecting to Halland Park Farm as a Proposed
Site
Ecological
The
Council have not carried out an Environmental Impact Assessment
Survey. If they had, it would reveal the presence of several protected
species.
The
proposed site would have have disastrous consequences for Ancient
Woodlands very close to the site and a nearby Conservation site – the
Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Impact
on Landscape
A 100 ft
pile of rubbish would represent a huge blot on the landscape. The
area's character is relatively flat with only gentle undulation and an
artificial hill would be completely incongruous, interrupting the view
from the footpaths towards the South Downs.
The
proposed site would be very close to a residential community with a
number of the listed buildings. The council says in their
documentation they seek to avoid such close proximity when deciding on
a suitable LRW site.
Water
Control & Leachate Management
The
council's own document says that serious consideration will be given
to this. Green sand – very porous – is the surface soil for much of
HPF. A Land Raise Waste Site at HPF could contaminate drinking water
supplies as well as surface water at Bentley Wild Fowl Reserve
Nuisances & Hazards
The
Council's document, Waste & Minerals Core Strategy Preferred Strategy
states that consideration will be given to 'odours and dust; wind
blown materials; noise traffic and mud and debris on highway.' The
communities of East Hoathly & Halland are downwind from the proposed
site, making them extremely vulnerable to all of the above. It
therefore makes Halland Park Farm a totally unsuitable choice for a
LRW site.
Reduce waste by recycling and a waste reduction initiative.
Export waste to areas better suited to handle it or with a landscape
that would benefit from "Repair" landfill. e.g filling in redundant
quarries.
Invest in proper long term solutions.
If it was thrown out only 10 years ago, why are the council wasting
everyone's time and money AGAIN? Nothing has changed in 10 years,
these are still Green Field sites!
How can I help further?
Join CPRE Sussex:
Campaign to
Protect Rural England
These people do SO much work to help communities in situations
like ours and they really can make a difference to a campaign.
Their county office is in Blackboys.
