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• The agreed file note of your meeting on 20th August 2018 with the developer
states:

“(Steven King) agreed that the allocation of 50+ units to the site originated
with the Neighbourhood Plan. Frank Taylor added it was an estimate that had
had not been the subject of detailed analysis. All agreed that the eventual
number of units would be a product of the design process”.
The NPPF requires a presumption in favour of development of sites in a Neighbourhood Plan
or in built-up areas.
However, for reasons explained, above I contend that the WH:LIC site was not included in
the AWNP and that the density of the WH:EDF was miscalculated.

All options are open at your meeting with the developers later this month and I urge you to
consider the above points, the reality of the proposed developments as well as comments
made by the Ashbourne Park Owners’ Association (APOA) and to;
• Assess the WH:EDF and WH:LIC sites as an integrated scheme and require full details
to be disclosed to you and Ashurst Wood Village Council. It is critical that you
understand the viability, achievability and deliverability of the schemes: individually
and jointly;

• Confirm that the WH:LIC (as disclosed in the Design and Access Statement) site was
not assessed, nor included in the referendum or AWNP. There is no presumption in
favour of its development;
• Insist on scaling for the WH sites which is compatible with the 14 flats on Ashbourne
Park. This means a density of no more than 28DdHa and sympathetic design rather
than a “starkly urban” or “urbs in rure”, as admitted in the current application.

• Update the market survey and housing registers to take account of the glut of one and
2-bedroom flats in East Grinstead and adjoining areas. Existing developments are not
selling, despite expensive promotion and discounting;

• If there is any prospect of the integrated scheme for WH:EDF and WH:LIC going
ahead, commission a detailed junction survey for entrances onto the A22;
• Review all infra-structure demands and especially sewage and waste disposal;

• Review all section 106 and offset payments and especially the demand for school
places;

• Review the supposedly associated pre-application consultation (DM/16/2845) which
recommended a far higher ratio of car parking spaces than proposed and underground
garaging;
• Upgrade pavements on the A22 to assist disabled residents and families with push
chairs;

• Consider creating a pedestrian crossing (or traffic lights) on the A22, somewhere near
the accesses to Brambletye School. This would provide a separation in otherwise
continuous traffic flows and assist residents and parents to turn safely onto and from
the A22;

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