Comments can be made via the Mid Sussex Online Planning Register at:

Link

or email: planninginfo@midsussex.gov.uk

or write to:

Planning Division,

Mid Sussex District Council,

Oaklands Road,

Haywards Heath,

West Sussex

RH16 1SS

FAO Mr Andrew Morrison

Quote planning reference DM/19/2942

These are some of the reasons to object to this application (please make sure you use your own words when submitting comments to the planning authority):

• Loss of a highly valued landscape 
• Unwelcome intrusion into the countryside;  long sweeping access road across the field 
• Unacceptably High Impact on High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
• Loss of important views from one of the most popular and well used public footpaths in the parish
• Loss of public amenity value; views from the Martindale Community Centre 
• Loss of amenity for residents in Cheeleys, Station Road and Church Lane; increase in noise and disturbance
• Lack of local need for dwellings of this size (the village needs smaller more affordable housing)
• Impact on the Conservation Area
• Impact on the Grade I Listed Church
• Impact on other Grade 2 Listed Buildings such as Timbers/Splinters  
• Unsafe access off Church Lane; danger to children walking to school along Church Lane
• No suitable safe access for construction vehicles; impact on Leighton Villas
• Loss of an important habitat for wildlife
• Light pollution
• Site not included in draft Neighbourhood Plan 
• Site not included in Mid Sussex District Plan
• Impact on the Ashdown Forest