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jstockdale   Re:South Downs Road development - 2007/08/15 16:13 Either I'm hogging this website or I'm the only persion still reading it or I'm the only person still in Lewes in August or no one else has figured out how to log on to it and post. The latest wrinkle in this sorry tale is that Maureen Messer with some help from Tom Crossett has now written to the Government to ask for the application to be called in. (Lewes Matters have the documents and I believe they plan to put them up on the site.) This is because the Environment Agency endorsed the project by applying the old PPG 25 guidance on building on the flood plain and did not take into account the new guidance in PPS 25 which had been published at the time of the outline application and was therefore 'a material consideration'. The Council should have required that the emergency services should have dry access in the event of a flood and that habitable rooms should be at a minimum height of the Oct 2000 flood plus predicted sea level rise over the life of the buildings. It's important to give Maureen's initiative as much support and publicity as possible. It was clear that the Planning Committee were extremely uncomfortable rubber stamping what the officers claimed had to be done - a triumph of bureaucracy over commonsense. An effective challenge here will put down a marker that no further development should take place on the flood plain until new and stricter rules have been worked out and put in place. Meanwhile if these wretched flats get built, God help the poor wretches who have to live in them and insure them.   | | You must login if you wish to contribute to this forum.

Topics Author Date     South Downs Road development jstockdale 2007/07/06 10:13     Re:South Downs Road development jstockdale 2007/07/10 10:29     Re:South Downs Road development jstockdale 2007/07/15 11:14     Re:South Downs Road development sashka 2007/07/16 23:37     Re:South Downs Road development jstockdale 2007/08/06 09:36     Re:South Downs Road development Harry 2007/08/06 17:11     Re:South Downs Road development jstockdale 2007/08/07 09:34     Re:South Downs Road development John 2007/08/07 11:23     Re:South Downs Road development jstockdale 2007/08/15 16:13     Re:South Downs Road development Harry 2007/08/16 16:53     Re:South Downs Road development jstockdale 2007/08/18 10:10

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