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Sunday 30 March 2014

The Trust warns of complacency

THE TRUST WARNS OF COMPLACENCY
30th March 2014

The Trust is extremely worried that the community is being complacent about Speckled Wood.

The Woodland has seen lovely children events which this could be the last year that they will happen.

"The Trust has 4500 forms out in the community which need to come back in by the 22nd April 2014."

A spokesman from the Trust has said:
"We have been told only 30 paper Response Forms have been returned to the Council. 
110 paper Response Forms have been returned to the Trust 
and there have been 334 electric responses  of which eight are spoiled or duplicates."

It is important that you fill in an return your Response forms. As the DMP  sets out three areas of the Woodland at present for Development. This is not a position the Trust can fight from as in 2012, 1231 Responses where registered. The 466 is not enough to go forward as it should be clearly more as more people are using the Woodland . The DMP is available here Look for areas CV01, CV03, CV04:

http://hastings.jdi-consult.net/ldf/readdoc.php?docid=169&chapter=3&docelemid=d28946#d28946

The Council plans to put the document which is as large as a telephone directory before the Public Inspector at the end of this year. We need to show the Inspector that we don't want houses here.

YOU CAN VOTE ON LINE HERE WE WILL DELIVER THIS TO THE FORWARD PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR YOU:
http://www.friendsofspeckledwood.org.uk/consultation/


PLEASE DOWNLOAD PAPER VERSIONS HERE:


Monday 24 March 2014

The Trusts consultation is getting a needed boost from the press

24th March 2014
THE TRUSTS CONSULTATION IS GETTING A MUCH NEEDED BOOST FROM THE PRESS.

The Trust has been holding a Consultation this year to remove Speckled Wood from the Hastings Borough Council Development Plan has gained a much needed boost. The Trust has been contacted by news agencies in reference to its campaign. The first of these public requests for the community to get involved will start tomorrow.

The Trust was aware that Rightmove, an online estate agent, had the area in Victoria Avenue for sale recently . It appears this has been withdrawn . The land was up for sale for £850,000.

The Trust also desperately needs a benefactor who will help with financing a purchase of the Woodland . The Trust has already spoken to Hastings Voluntary Association who have been asked to help manage a community purse, should funds become available for a prospective purchase. A spokesperson for the Trust said that there had been in excess of forty-nine years of planning on Speckled Wood all of which have failed to occur. This planning has been lucrative for some but has effectively left the area neglected and only maintained by local groups.

The Current campaign runs until April 22nd 2014 details are shown below:

"This vote is is one of the most important so far . The Trust is excited at the prospect that the Press will help out and spread the news of this Consultation."


YOU CAN VOTE ON LINE HERE WE WILL DELIVER THIS TO THE FORWARD PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR YOU:
http://www.friendsofspeckledwood.org.uk/consultation/


PLEASE DOWNLOAD PAPER VERSIONS HERE:

Wednesday 12 March 2014

The Trusts Consultation on Speckled Wood is going well

12th March 2014

THE TRUSTS CONSULTATION ON SPECKLED WOOD IS GOING WELL
A spokesperson for the Trust today said that the Consultation was going well over 1000  Response forms have been delivered to the following addresses in Ore : The Hospital site in Frederick Rd, Speckled Wood, Greville Rd, Waterside close have Response forms this morning and homes in Southview Terace, Valleyside Rd, Deepdene Gds, Cookson Gardens, Ticehurst Close, Tuppenny Close, Grenham Court.

You can vote at the Ore Library, The Ore Centre, The Bridge and The Old King John in Ore  or the Old Town Cobblers in the High Street 

To date in two days we have received 64 (sixty four) by this mornings count 3 (three were spoiled. 


You can vote at the Ore Library, The Ore Centre, The Bridge and The Old King John in Ore  or the Old Town Cobblers in the High Street 


To date in two days we have received 64 (sixty four) by this mornings count 3 (three were spoiled. 

"This vote is is one of the most important so far . The Trust is hoping the Press will help out and spread the news of this Consultation."

YOU CAN VOTE ON LINE HERE WE WILL DELIVER THIS TO THE FORWARD PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR YOU:
http://www.friendsofspeckledwood.org.uk/consultation/


PLEASE DOWNLOAD PAPER VERSIONS HERE:

Monday 10 March 2014

Speckled Wood Future to be decided

10 March 2014
SPECKLED WOOD FUTURE TO BE DECIDED
Over the next forty three days  up until the 22nd April 2014 at 4:30 pm the Future of Speckled Wood will be decided by your votes and responses.

It is important for this area to stay as it is as the local community depend on it to establish the center of their Village culture. Please help them, the schools, community and the animals who depend on it .

You can now tell the Local Authority you want this Woodland Speckled Wood removed from the Development Management Plan and not to be zoned for housing you have the choice:

PLEASE VOTE HERE
http://www.friendsofspeckledwood.org.uk/consultation/


PLEASE DOWNLOAD PAPER VERSIONS HERE:

Thursday 6 March 2014

New Consultation Annouced

06th March 2014
NEW CONSULTATION ANNOUNCED

Following on from the 2012 Consultation which you helped us by stating how you wanted Speckled Wood to have no Housing.

We tried to stop this at the Planning department stage during an Outline Planning Application where the Council Planners decision to un-democratically ignore the public’s request to save Speckled Wood failed thwarted by the planners Councillors Bruce Dowling (abstained), Councillors Peter Finch, Godfrey Daniel, and Eve Martin voted against Councillors Michael Wincotts; motion to try to make this part of Speckled Wood a Green Space.

The Council Forward Planning department has gone back to its 2012 Consultation, running a new Consultation in March and April 2014.

The Charity Friends of Speckled Wood will be running a fourth option in their Consultation to run alongside the Councils between March 10th - April 22nd 2014 @ 4:30pm.  The Charitys’ form which emails the council is available at http://www.friendsofspeckledwood.org.uk/consultation/. We would be grateful for any support you could give us during this period to let the public know that they can use the new information which has emerged to re-state their opinion on the Woodland to try to prevent this once more.

Our Consultation for the 2014 Council DMP giving better choice will be open on the 10th of March 2014 till April 2014 @ 4:30pm. Please use our web site and make your voice heard show the planners that their choices are not good enough. Demand this area be a Green Space . Last year we raised 1500. Votes which stopped the DMP. Please lets do this again until Speckled Wood is saved. 

Tuesday 4 March 2014

The Trust add an entrance gate to its secured area in Speckled Wood

04 March 2014
THE TRUST ADD AN ENTRANCE GATE TO ITS SECURED AREA IN SPECKLED WOOD.

The Trust was out today fixing an entrance gate to the area it had fenced off around a large TPO tree in the Woodland on 19th February 2014 . The Trust has been examining Land documents from 2007 which deal with the titles of land for the Victoria Avenue end of the Woodland.

This is important as there will be a s.106 document signed. The Trust urge any land owner in Speckled Wood to come forward and Contact the Council. and make their land ownership known as it will be to late after the s.106 deed is signed to do this. More information about the s.106 can be found here: http://www.pas.gov.uk/3-community-infrastructure-levy-cil/-/journal_content/56/332612/4090701/ARTICLE