Housing & Environment

I was pleased to be able to help the residents of Bylanes Close in Cuckfield oppose a recent application for development in the AONB*. I believe we need to preserve our AONBs, Conservation Areas and Green Belt land and uphold the integrity of the strategic gap between Cuckfield and Haywards Heath, especially in the Tylers Green/Butlers Green Rd area.

I am not opposed to new housing development. But I do believe it should be in the right place, it must have the appropriate infrastructure and it must meet local need. And the decisions should be made by the local Council, not some unelected Quango in Whitehall. The new coalition government is to be congratulated on the speed at which has ditched Labour's disastrous South East Plan which would have turned Mid Sussex into a gigantic housing estate.