Land at Foulride Green, Lower Willingdon, Eastbourne, East Sussex - construction of access roads to provide access to and egress from a proposed mixed-use development

COMMONS ACT 2006: SECTION 16:
PROPOSED DEREGISTRATION OF COMMON LAND
LOCATION: Land at Foulride Green,
Lower Willingdon, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN20 9NY
COMMON LAND REGISTER UNITS: CL57 and CL96
PETER VINE and ROBERT VINE have applied to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for consent under section 16 of the Commons Act 2006 for land at Foulride Green forming part of each of the above-mentioned registered common land units (the “Release Land”) to cease to be so registered. The Planning Inspectorate will decide the application on behalf of the Secretary of State.
The purpose of this application is to enable the construction of access roads to provide access to and egress from a proposed mixed-use development of land at Mornings Mill Farm from the A2270 Eastbourne Road, which has been granted planning permission and comprises: a comprehensive mixed-use urban extension of up to 700 dwellings including affordable housing, 8,600 square metres of employment floorspace, medical centre, school, community centre, retail, playing fields, children’s play space, allotments, amenity open space, internal access roads, cycle and footpath routes and associated landscaping and infrastructure.
The proposed road works include the provision of two new access roads on the north east side of the A2270 Eastbourne Road to provide routes for traffic entering and exiting the new development. The northernmost access will be a priority junction and the southern access will be signal-controlled. The works will include widening the carriageway of Eastbourne Road itself on the north eastern side of the road, provision of a footway/cycleway and a southbound bus lane, as well as the installation of traffic signals, a short stretch of footway and street furniture on the south western side of Eastbourne Road where indicated on the application plan.
It is expected that traditional construction methods and materials will be utilised. Thus the proposed widened road including the proposed bus lane and the new footway / cycleway will be finished in a flexible tarmacadam with concrete kerbs. The carriageway construction will conform to the specification of East Sussex County Council (which is both the local highway authority and the Commons Registration Authority). Existing underground services traverse the area of the works along with lighting columns and service cabinets and, subject to detailed design, it may be necessary to relocate some of the overground and underground apparatus.
If this application is approved, the proposed works will affect the south eastern part of Register Unit CL96 and the part of CL57 which is on the north eastern side of Eastbourne Road. The release land is by a red line on the application plan. The land within each of CL57 and CL96 is indicated by green hatching in different directions.
A portion of the release land is within the highway verges alongside Eastbourne Road and is highway maintainable at the public expense by East Sussex County Council, which is the local highway authority for the area, as well as being the Commons Registration Authority. A concurrent, but separate application is being made to the Secretary of State to carry out works on common land to provide a temporary working area for use in the construction process.
Although the release land is open access land, and it benefits from existing footways for the benefit of local pedestrian traffic, it has little or no recreational value.
The Release Land is described in the First Schedule to this Notice, and the Replacement Land is described in the Second Schedule.
A copy of each of the two application forms and accompanying documents can be inspected at the Hampden Park Library, Brodrick Close, Hampden Park, Eastbourne BN22 9NQ during normal opening hours which are Monday and Thursday 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm, Tuesday 10am to 1pm, Wednesday closed, Friday 2pm to 5pm and Saturday 10am to 4:30pm until Monday 27th March 2022. An electronic copy of the application form and accompanying documents may be obtained from james.ryan@acuitylaw.com or alternatively the documents can be accessed at the website https://acuitylaw.com/expertise/planning-environmental/ or by scanning the following QR code:
Any representations should be sent in writing ON or BEFORE that date to The Planning Inspectorate, Commons Team at 3A Temple Quay House, Temple Quay, Bristol, BS1 6PN or to commonlandcasework@planninginspectorate.gov.uk
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FIRST SCHEDULE
(The Release Land)
1. That part of common land register Unit CL57 at Foulride Green, Eastbourne Road, alongside Eastbourne Road and extending to 4,544 sq m, shown outlined in red on the application plan; and
2. that part of common land register Unit CL96 at Foulride Green, Eastbourne Road, alongside Eastbourne Road and extending to 658 sq m and shown outlined in red on the application plan.
SECOND SCHEDULE
(The Replacement Land)
1. The land on the eastern side of Eastbourne Road, at the southern extremity of the proposed development and currently used as pasture, extending to 5,950 sq m, and shown tinted light green and outlined with a darker green line on the application plan; and
2. the land on the western side of Eastbourne Road, at the southern extremity of the proposed development, which is contiguous with the existing highway verge, extending to 813 sq m and shown tinted light green and outlined with a darker green line on the application plan.
Landowners: PETER VINE and ROBERT VINE
Landowners’ Agent: Acuity Law Limited, The Generator,
Finzel’s Reach, Counterslip Bristol, BS1 6BX
Reference: JMR/103373-0001
Dated: 24th February 2023