Development Management Submission Document

Canewdon Parish Council strongly supports the medium/long term vision "A range of high-quality, sustainable new dwellings that meet the needs of local people of all social groups are in place and integrated into communities that have a strong sense of place" and "The vast majority of the District's Green Belt remains undeveloped".

And the objectives "Prioritise the redevelopment of appropriate brownfield sites for housing, to minimize the release of Green Belt land for development", "Ensure the delivery of housing which caters for the needs of all communities in terms of tenure, type and location" and "Ensure that appropriate infrastructure accompanies new housing development".

DM1, DM2 & DM3 are generally supported. DM4 & DM5 are particularly supported

We particularly support the long term aim "The Green Belt remains predominantly undeveloped and open in character".

DM10 generally supported

DM11, DM12 & DM13 are generally supported but CPC is concerned that several existing businesses in the Green Belt in Canewdon Parish already have an unacceptable adverse effect on highway safety, the amenity of nearby residential occupiers and important wildlife habitats. Rural diversification should not put even more pressure on the road network and such uses should not be allowed where weight restricted roads need to be used. Canewdon does not have good links to the highway network because of the narrow country lanes and weight restrictions.

With regard to DM15, the use of the roads in Canewdon for horse riding is both dangerous and increasing in frequency and all proposed sites for further stables in Canewdon should have easy access to bridleways and/or sufficient land to meet all the exercise needs of the horses.

DM17, DM18, DM19, DM20, DM21 & DM22 are supported so long as they are robustly imposed.

All policies supported

Medium term

The Parish Council has concerns regarding the following comments.

"Appropriate infrastructure will have been put into place to secure access to the wharfage at Baltic Wharf, thus helping to secure its future as an employment area".
The roads in and adjacent to Canewdon Parish suffer significantly from the number and size of vehicles visiting Baltic Wharf, exacerbated by the inappropriate speed of these vehicles. Whilst the wharf may be a provider of employment, the traffic problems caused do need to be addressed as a matter of urgency.

"A high quality bus service has been implemented giving people a genuine sustainable alternative to the private car".
Whilst we do still have a bus service in Canewdon, this is constantly under threat and we need to find a way to maintain or even improve the service, even though this may not be financially viable. Parishioners often have no alternative to car use.

General support for policies but DM33 needs to be robustly imposed, particularly in respect of traffic generation and parking.

Generally support these policies but particularly wish to see the retention of the village shops and public house, as we have already lost 1 (very popular) public house.