Cllr. Mary Mears

BH2021/02805 - Land Rear of 28-30 Longhill Road

12^th October 2021:

As a ward Cllr for Rottingdean Coastal I wish to object to the above planning application for the following reasons.

Planning permission has already been granted to the previous owners of the land for development of 3 bedroom properties on the site., the revised planning application now the land has been sold on is for larger 4 bedroom properties.

Each house now proposes an integral garage which in turn enlarges the footprint and encroaches more closely to the Woodland TPO and the newly designated Local Wildlife Site-Ovingdean Copse 130.

The Wildlife corridor is now recognised and contains two LWS’s 

We know from The Sussex Biodiversity Record centre that there are many species of flora and forna in this area including where this site is located some of which are rare.

The incorporation of integral garages will also allows a revised site plan which is designed to free up land to the north corner of the plot, for possible further development.

Should the decision be to grant this planning application under delegated powers, I wish this planning application to go to the planning committee and reserve my right to speak.