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large number of new homes would be unsustainable. Residents wish to protect the
rural character of the village”.

46. The AWNP settled on 6 sites:
Potential
Site Policy SHELAA BLR Address Post Code Area Capacity
No Ref REF Dec 2017

3-4 6 98-104 Maypole Lane RH19 3RB 0.19 5
6 7 Mount Pleasant Nursery RH19 0.46 3
Cansiron Lane 3SE
12 8a Willow Tree RH19 0.3 2-4
Lewes Road 3TB
11 8b Spinney Hill RH19 0.5 2-4
Lewes Road 3TB
13 9 470 Wealden House (EDF) RH19 0.84 50+
50 on Lewes Road 3TB
14 10 757 1.6 ha Wealden House (LIC) RH19 0.08 Unknown
Lewes Road Car Park 3TB
62 (66)
Note allocation of five sites…. Does not include Wealden House-LIC

Cells marked in green relate to the five allocated sites.
Notes from spreadsheet

47. April 2018 SHELAA update---- 757 =25 and 470= 50+

48. Very aware that sites must be selected to pass the final referendum on the plan protect
green belt and NIMBY---

700 houses only 60 in the ----

Initial based on 18--- later 62. The 400 analysed--- would never have accepted---
The SHELAA website states: “These sites do not have planning status. Including them in
the SHELAA does not mean that they will be developed in the future;

49. in the sustainability appraisal at the AECOM report identified two key areas in the plan
are its housing numbers on site allocations. Indeed, it is the site allocations policies that
are often regarded as determining whether an SEA will be required.
50. Whilst the steering group decided to publish the AECOM report alongside the pre-
submission version of the neighbourhood plan, MSDC raised a number of queries-----
which included the need to assess each site----- against sustainability objectives----together
with a brief explanation of why the selected option had been chosen--- the district council
raise concerns about the clarity of the report and presentation----and as a result of these
queries the steering group decided the more work on the contents and presentation of the
SA/SEA would be needed
51. a key element in the neighbourhood plan is the development of a minimum of 62 homes Page 11
over the plan period through the allocation of five sites. As well as testing the alternative

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