Examination – Stage 2 imminent? After a long silence, Mid Sussex have put a note on the Examination page of their website to say that they haven’t yet heard from the Planning Inspector, but when they do they will update the page. Based on previous experience, we wouldn’t be surprised if something came out …
Option 2 – Sayers Common/Albourne The Planning Inspector has asked the Council to undertake further work, to be completed by the end of November. One task is to review ‘Option 2’ in the sustainability appraisal, which is the Council’s preferred option and the one used to justify selection of the site between Albourne and …
Summary Stage 1 of the examination of the Mid Sussex District Plan has been completed! In this post, we’ll give you our take how the hearings went. Bear in mind that the definitive account will come from the inspector, when she writes to the Council setting out how she sees the next steps, and what …
Another great turnout for WILD’s second open meeting on Thursday, 3rd October in Sayers Common Village Hall. Thank you to everyone who took the time to come along. The main purpose of the meeting was to bring everyone up to date with the planning process stage and explain what WILD has been doing since the last …
Over the summer, the Secretary of State appointed an inspector, Louise Nurser, to examine the Mid Sussex District Plan. She has now published some documents on the council’s website to explain how the first part of the examination will be conducted. You can find them here, we summarise the main points. The examination will be in …
Andrew Griffith MP has contacted us to ask for our support in fighting the Government’s plans to increase housing targets in our area. Andrew has set out the issues very clearly in his letter, which you can see here. Of course, we’re happy to join Andrew in objecting to these changes. We’ll be responding to the national consultation …
Mid Sussex Plan Submitted Mid Sussex submitted the district plan to the Planning Inspectorate on 8 July – the next step in the planning process leading to an examination, in public, by an inspector. We don’t yet know when that will be. The council think the hearings should take 10 days, and they are asking …
Candidate challenge – Who has responded? Conservatives X Failed to respond Green Party Click to read Labour X Failed to respond Liberal Democrats X Failed to respond A General Election looms, and for the first time in years the race in Mid Sussex is hard to call. House building is always a big issue locally, and as we …
WORLD BEE DAY The United Nations have designated that the 20th of May is World Bee Day. This year it falls on Monday.Bees and other pollinators are increasingly under threat, one of the continuing issues is the destruction of the countryside.Pollination is a fundamental process for the survival of our ecosystems. For example 90% of the world’s …
Consultation under Regulation 19 finished on 23 February, and the Council will now gather together all the responses and submit them to the inspector who will be appointed to examine the plan. Like you, we’d love to know how many people and organisations responded; how many objected to aspects of the plan (probably most of …
What’s next after the Regulation 19 Consultation? Read More »
