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At the first public meeting we invited those present to
help get the ball rolling by simply brainstorming
some of the issues on flip charts around the room
Below is the result
BUXTED
PARISH PLAN – OUTPUTS OF PUBLIC MEETING OF 26 NOVEMBER 2003
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THEME:
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1.
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
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1
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What is the
identified need?
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2
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What about
water, sewage, schools and doctors surgeries for the new housing?
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3
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High Hurstwood
is now close to rural suburbia – if we want a ‘balanced’ community
we must have secure affordable housing.
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HH
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4
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Development
only after facilities available
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5
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Facilities
needed – roads, sewers, electricity supply, transport, pavements, road
maintenance.
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6
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New
developments are all very well, but in large numbers they are going to
result in more traffic on the High Street and spoil the rural views that
make our village so beautiful.
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B
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7
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People choose
to live in a place they like, not one they want to change greatly
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8
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Already
overloaded sewer through Five Ash Down
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FAD
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9
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No developments
behind The Buxted Inn that would cause further flooding to houses at
bottom of hill
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B
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10
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No more
desecration of other housing property in favour of new build. Limit new
housing to infill only. Certainly no 80 houses behind the pub.
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B
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11
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Impact on
traffic and whole character of village
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12
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If more houses
are needed in the villages they should and must be affordable
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13
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No development
at Five Ash Down on proposed site
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FAD
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14
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Villages must
not be made into towns without amenities, accessibility or infrastructure
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15
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Development
must be matched with water/ sewerage capability
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16
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Why
so many planning applications in High Hurstwood to convert farm buildings
into B1/ B2 usage? Dangerous precedent is being made. Rural living at
great risk of being swamped and ruined for all time by rapid urbanisation.
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HH
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17
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More
development in High Hurstwood entails increase in traffic. Infrastructure
of country lanes totally unsuitable to cope. Only time before walker,
rider, cyclist seriously injured or killed.
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HH
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THEME:
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1.
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
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1
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Can we not
spend some time & money to do up some derelict buildings?
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2
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Insist that
housing development includes additional facilities, the only efficient way
to fund improvements
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3
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We need
facilities in place before development. Doctor’s surgery – could they
cope?
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B
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4
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Some low cost
housing is no doubt a need
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5
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No more
‘executive’ homes in the High Street
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B
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6
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Produce a
development control plan from Parish point of view
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7
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Use the action
plan to outline agreed, formal planning document and policy
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8
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Any
development, new or old, both built and unbuilt, should be in keeping with
the existing rural environment
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9
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More affordable
housing
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10
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No to 500
houses at Bird in Eye
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impact
on B
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11
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Uckfield houses
– build them on the A22 side of Uckfield
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impact
on B
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12
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A need for low
cost houses in High Hurstwood – youngsters brought up in the village
want to stay and come back – and can’t
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HH
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1
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We need more
and far better sports / leisure facilities for the young who can’t drive
out of village
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2
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More publicity
needed for the many leisure activities already in Buxted (included in any
newsletters put out by Parish Council?)
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see
Theme 3 Community Facilities & Communication
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3
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Plenty of
existing choice for above teenage, teenagers needs should be met in part
by teenage self help
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1
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Free regular
parish or community newsletter to everyone (2 monthly?)
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see
Theme 3 Community Facilities & Communication
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2
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Better meeting
hall e.g. community centre
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B
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3
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Expand Buxted
Messenger and deliver free to all homes (as Hadlow Down)
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see
Theme 3 Community Facilities & Communication
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4
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New Scout hut
on Ionides land
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B
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5
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A floodlit all
weather sports facility
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6
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Youth Club in
High Hurstwood
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HH
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7
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Purpose
pre-school facility / after school care
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8
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We need greater
communication between youth leaders/ group leaders (choir, brownies, cubs,
etc.) also may lead to joint projects!
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9
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Help and
training
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10
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A swimming pool
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THEME:
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3.
COMMUNITY FACILITIES/ COMMUNICATION
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also
see Theme 2 Leisure and Theme 4 Business & Employment
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1
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Reading Room
old and too small
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2
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Lack of
information about action on local problems
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3
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No local bank
(with ATM) or Post Office
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4
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Want to keep
our Five Ash Down Post Office – it is a life line to so many people
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FAD
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5
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What has
happened to the Post Office proposal?
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B
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6
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Post Office
needed
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B
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7
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Broadband HHW
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HH
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8
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Post Office
High Hurstwood
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9
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Coopers Green
gets lost, not Buxted or Five Ash Down
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Coopers
Green
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10
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How many Buxted
in AMDRAM?
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B
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11
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What happened
to the proposal for a Post Office?
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B
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THEME:
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3.
COMMUNITY FACILITIES/ COMMUNICATION
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also
see Theme 2 Leisure and Theme 4 Business & Employment
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1
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Must have a
Post Office
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B
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2
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Community
centre to replace Reading Room (including medical centre)
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B
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3
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Paper/ letter
to promote village activity giving dates etc.
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4
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Build village
hall on Ionides land, give Reading Room land to surgery for expansion
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B
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5
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Parish
newsletter - regular
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6
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Use the Reading
Room for our ‘tiny’ surgery & give us a nice, big, bright village
hall so our youth can start having a youth group again
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B
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7
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Have a bank and
a Post Office again
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B
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8
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Parish Council
to co-ordinate an anti Council Tax protest group
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9
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Larger surgery,
new village hall – knock down current village hall, extend surgery to
village hall site, use Ionides Trust land to build new hall and build new
school on Ionides land and reduce morning and afternoon traffic
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B
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10
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Post Office
Buxted
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B
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11
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Transport
facilities for elderly people / access to public services for housebound
people
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HH
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12
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Village hall
multipurpose
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B
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13
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Village hall
does not need to be larger overall, but it does need a larger stage and
another good sized dressing room/ green room
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B
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THEME:
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4.
BUSINESS & EMPLOYMENT
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1
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Need more work
in the village
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2
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HHW – AONB
should be retained – no business in HHW
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HH
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3
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Post Office
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4
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Industry should
be focused in locations that have the appropriate access and
infrastructure
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5
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Industry
should be focused in locations that have the appropriate access and
infrastructure – I second that very strongly as regards High Hurstwood, no
sustainability
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HH
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6
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Shop open after
work hours – few people who work longer hours like to support local
services
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7
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No awareness of
people’s businesses locally, maybe using builders, gardeners, music
teachers et. fro outside when they are available in the villages
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THEME:
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4.
BUSINESS & EMPLOYMENT
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1
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Make land
available for factories
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2
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Broadband might
encourage more home working and lessen traffic
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3
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Perhaps a Tesco
superstore in Buxted would provide a considerable village upgrade –
roads etc.
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B
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4
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A newsletter or
periodical containing local contacts so that we can support local people
and business
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see
Theme 3 Community Facilities & Communication
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5
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Post Office
re-opened – restricted hours or in the pub?
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B
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6
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Business rates
should be related to turnover and not rateable floor space
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THEME:
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5.
LAW & ORDER / COMMUNITY SAFETY
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Also
see Theme 8 Transport, Travel and Highways
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1
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Speed limit for
Coopers Green on A272
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Coopers
Green
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2
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Five Ash Down
speed limit signs often incorrect
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FAD
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3
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Facility for
safe crossing of A272 for pedestrians (at School, shop, playground
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B
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4
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?Variable speed
restrictions during school hours
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5
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Wider path up
to School – to make it safer for children to walk to school (cut hedges
etc.) - from Buxted and Five
Ash Down
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B
+ FAD
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6
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Street lighting
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7
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Five Ash Down
street lighting
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FAD
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8
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Five
Ash Down street lighting
- urbanisation!
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FAD
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9
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Speed limits
are no good if no enforcement
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10
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Prevent rat
running down Nursery Lane caused by traffic congestion at Budletts
junction
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FAD
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11
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Traffic calming
for Rocks Lane High Hurstwood, Burnt Oak Lane as far as Grovehurst Farm,
Hurstwood Road from pub to Rocks Lane junction
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HH
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12
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With
restricting speed in village include Limes Lane & Framfield Road so
not to create rat runs
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13
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What is a
policeman?
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14
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Lack of visible
policing
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15
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Police are
becoming part of the problem rather than part of the solution due to the
impact of the political correctness lobby
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16
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Where’s the
village bobby gone?
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17
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Police presence
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18
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Four hour
response to burglary is not acceptable
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19
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Obstruction of
pavements by cars and lorries hindering pedestrians & pram etc.
movements
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THEME:
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5.
LAW & ORDER / COMMUNITY SAFETY
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Also
see Theme 8 Transport, Travel and Highways
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1
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Need village
policeman
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2
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Need more
contact with police in local areas
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3
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Law & Order / Community Safety – public perception of
difficulties Solution: street lighting
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4
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Bring village
bobby back
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5
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Keep footpath
clear of hedging north side of High Street to make walking down road safer
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B
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6
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Funding more
community police
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7
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Law & Order
– visible police presence necessary
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1
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Sewerage Five
Ash Down
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FAD
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2
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Sewerage and
drainage at Coopers Green
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Coopers
Green
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3
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Preserve the
AONB as it was intended
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4
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We need
recycling bins that are collected on a Friday (Buxted) with other rubbish
especially for paper and plastic
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B
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5
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Keep our green
areas – if we build on all our fields Buxted won’t be green any more!
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B
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6
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Flooding
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7
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Urbanisation of
rural countryside
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8
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Light pollution
from Uckfield and Crowborough
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