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STEPS TOWARDS AN AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS
And stipulations

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 THE CURRENT APPLICATION ........................................................................................ 1
2 THE INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................... 2
3 IMPORTANT BACKGROUND ........................................................................................ 8
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3.1 ASHURST WOOD AND NEIGHBOURHOOD ......................................................... 8
3.2 WEALDEN HOUSE .................................................................................................. 9
3.3 THE EDF BUILDING ............................................................................................... 10

3.4 ASHGROVE HOMES LIMITED (AHL) ..................................................................... 10

3.5 ASHBOURNE PARK ............................................................................................... 11
4 NATIONAL PLANNING POLICY FRAMEWORK (NPPF) ............................................... 11
4.1 SUMMARY OF APPLICABLE POLICIES .................................................................... 11

4.2 OBJECTIVELY ASSESSED NEED ............................................................................... 11
4.3 SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL & LAND AVAILABILITY ............................................. 12

5 DOCUMENTS SUPPORTING THE APPLICATION ......................................................... 13
5.1 DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT ....................................................................... 13

5.2 DENSITY IN THE SITE ............................................................................................ 14
5.3 TOWN PLANNING STATEMENT: FRANK TAYLOR ............................................... 15

5.4 TRANSPORT STATEMENT ..................................................................................... 16
5.5 THE WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL HIGHWAYS CONSULTATION ................ 17

6 BENEFITS ...................................................................................................................... 18
7 COMMENTS ON KEY ELEMENTS ................................................................................. 18
7.1 SUSTAINABILITY & DEVELOPMENT ...................................................................... 18

7.2 VIABILITY AND DELIVERABILITY ........................................................................... 19
7.3 THE SITE ENTRANCE ............................................................................................. 21

7.4 TRAFFIC FLOWS ON THE A22 ............................................................................. 24
7.5 INTERNAL TRAFFIC FLOWS ................................................................................. 28

7.6 PARKING .............................................................................................................. 29
7.7 DENSITY IN DWELLINGS AND AMENITIES ........................................................... 30

7.8 THE SEEBOARD TOWER ........................................................................................ 31

7.9 INFRASTRUCTURE AND SECTION 106 OFFSETS ................................................... 31
7.10 THE MIXED COMMUNITY ................................................................................... 33
8 THE PROCESS .............................................................................................................. 33

9 THE RESULT ................................................................................................................. 34
10 THE SOLUTION .......................................................................................................... 34