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<< Start < Prev 1 2 3 Next > End >> Simon Grinsted   Lewes Estates and Angel Property - 2006/04/20 20:07 Is anyone aware of communication dating back to 2004 between the estate agents Lewes Estates and the Phoenix developers, Angel Property? Apparently Lewes Estates may have had an early agreement to sell property in the proposed development and may therefore have been aware of it's impact on adjoining properties. As the owner of one of these properties I am keen to know more. Any information will be welcome. Thanks   | | You must login if you wish to contribute to this forum. charles style   Re:Lewes Estates and Angel Property - 2006/04/20 22:36 Simon , we approached Lewes Estates two years ago for some advice on values in Lewes, we have not yet employed them to sell property for us, though they are highly regarded agents.   | | You must login if you wish to contribute to this forum. Simon Grinsted   Re:Lewes Estates and Angel Property - 2006/04/21 21:24 Charles, my concern - as you are aware from other correspondence we have had - is with the massively adverse affect of the development you've planned on the light and view from my house on Green Wall - in effect you are planning on taking away both light and view by building a multi-storey car park right in front of my house. So if Lewes Estates had knowledge of your development plans before November 2004 it is naturally extremely concerning that they did not inform me of any future development plans for the area when we purchased the property at that time - based on the light and views it enjoys which Lewes Estates also used as the MAIN selling point in their literature. As you also know there are no windows to the rear of the Green Wall property - the houses were clearly designed and built to be naturally lit by their front windows. Not only do I not wish to live in perpetual darkness in the shadow of your multi-storey car park, as your current plans propose, but also would like to be very clear on the roles and shared knowledge of developer and Estate Agent at the time we purchased our property. It is certainly not clear at the moment so more explanation is needed I feel to make this issue transparent. Regards SG   | | You must login if you wish to contribute to this forum. charles style   Re:Lewes Estates and Angel Property - 2006/04/21 23:16 Simon,I would suggest you speak to lewers estates about whatb they knew about our development at the date they sold you your house. I do not know whether at that date they had any plans showing exactly what we were proposing , but if it would help I am happy to meet with you and them together to clarify this.   | | You must login if you wish to contribute to this forum. charles style   Re:Lewes Estates and Angel Property - 2006/04/22 02:30 Simon, I sympathise with you regarding your concerns about your view and daylighting and have previously pointed out that we have carefully designed our proposed building in such a way that the car park is screened from your house by landscaping, is proposed to be built in traditional materials, is only the same height as your house at the closest point. Is pulled back sufficiently that a 28 degree daylight angle is acheived , which means it complies with BRE daylighting standards,though this can be confirmed by us producing a daylighting report to satisfy you on this point. The view from your house is not protected by planning laws and although you can confirm this independently, We will also be subject to planning laws when we submit our planning application. I also pointed out that the current occupiers of the site in front of you were planning to apply for planning consent to build a three storey building in front of you which would have blocked your view. We are also going to build a new footpath which will mean that the current access in front of your house will be reserved for the residents of Green Wall.It should also be mentioned that this is the most suitable location for a car park for Lewes as it is at the entrance of the town and will service both the Cliffe area and the Phoenix Quarter. From discussions we have had I should also point out that the proposed car park is very well received by Friends of Lewes and The Chamber of Commerce as it will allow visitors to Lewes to park before entering the historic. Core of the town and will be easy to find. It is on a level at least a storey below The Phoenix Causeway which means it can accomodate sufficient cars without having to be too tall.I also pointed out that because of the proposed traffic routing being developed and tested by East Sussex Traffic Engineers trafffic on Little East Street is likely to be bus only and therefore Green Wall will be a more pleasant environment than it is now if these plans go ahead. We are also going to provide some public art in the new proposed courtyard in front of Green Wall.In conclusion we are doing all we can to make the least possible impact in this location but I do realise our plans are of great conceern to you and your immediate neighbours and I am prepared to meet you again to discuss the matter.   | | You must login if you wish to contribute to this forum. Simon Grinsted   Re:Lewes Estates and Angel Property - 2006/04/25 19:00 Charles, Regarding the matter of Lewes Estates and Angel Property, I find it very suprising that you 'do not know' whether you showed your plans or not to them during your discussions in 2004. I'll be happy to meet on this matter, perhaps with a solicitor too, but first will contact Mr Robert Nettleton whose memory of 2004 may be better we hope! Regarding your other long and defensive email -justifying the multi-storey car park you wish to build right in front of my neighbours and my houses -it you claim support and approval from various bodies, in particular the Chamber of Commerce and Friends of Lewes. As this is not the opinion of many who belong to these organisations and attend their meetings,with listed minutes,perhaps you'd like to prove your claims with documentary evidence of this support? Despite all the planning law research of minimum light levels you constantly quote and are clinging to in this discussion, the fact remains that you would be depriving our homes of the majority of the light, and all the views, which they currently enjoy, by building this high rise car park. To put this in context of the history of these homes and their residents, the only time they were previously faced with the deprivation of natural light was during the Blackouts of 1939-45. That was very necessary to protect against an agressive greedy invader. Angel Property cannot be seen in the same light we hope!   | | You must login if you wish to contribute to this forum.

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