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9 Ashbourne House
Ashbourne Park
Lewes Road
Ashurst Wood
West Sussex
RH19 3TB
Telephone: 01342 312050 Email: comer@btinternet.com

16 July 2018
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Revised

Dear Sirs,

Planning Application DM/18/1548

This letter and the supporting paper have been prepared:

a) As a formal submission to Mid Sussex District Council (MSDC) in relation to the above
planning application;

b) To invite the developers - Ashgrove Homes Limited (AHL) and GCP Developments
Limited - to share the full extent of their plans, review and where necessary correct
expert reports and voluntarily amend the Design and Access Statement so that they
comply with planning principles: especially on density, design, entrance and traffic
flows;

c) In the alternative to b) above, to encourage a collaborative effort to produce an
Agreed Statement of Facts intended to reduce the need for extended debate if a
referral is made for an injunction, appeal or Judicial Review;
d) As a brief for legal advice on possible Human Rights and other breaches.

I make it clear from the outset that I am not opposed in principle to development of the
Wealden House sites, but I strongly object to the present application because of:

• Its absence of justification in terms of “Objectively Assessed Need” (OAN);
• Its scale, density, “starkly urban” and admittedly “urbs in rure” design which violate
areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty as well as the character and distinctiveness of
Ashurst Wood;

• Its impact on the A22 and entrance and traffic flows within the proposed
development;

• Non-compliance with specific recommendations made by MSDC at the pre-
application stage;

• Wholesale disregard of planning policies, development plans and processes;

• Transparency failures (Especially in relation to the integrated development of an
estimated 120 flats) and process breaches;
Further, implementation of the current and integrated plans would result in developments
that will ravage Ashurst Wood and make laughing stocks of planners, officials, developers and
residents.