From:
Tony Cook
Date:
Jun 27 10:22 UTC
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What is the Core Strategy?
According to the Council's website it is ......
"The Core Strategy is the planning document that provides the overall
strategic vision for the future of Brighton & Hove through to 2026. It
will set out how the council will respond to local priorities and meet
the challenges of the future and identify the broad locations, scale
and type of development and supporting infrastructure that will take
place in the city.
"It addresses the important city-wide matters such as delivering more
sustainable development and neighbourhoods and sets out the council's
strategic approach to housing, the economy, shopping and transport."
...... sounds like something we need to get aquainted with?
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Date: Jun 26, 2008 2:53 PM
Subject: *LDF Alert: Brighton & Hove City Council: Core Strategy -
Launch of Consultation*
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Dear LDF consultee,
Brighton & Hove Local Development Framework(LDF) - Core Strategy
Revised Preferred Options Document
In November 2006, the council published the 'Core Strategy Preferred
Options Document' for comment. As a response to the comments that were
received and as a result of emerging government planning guidance, a
revised version of the document is now published for consultation for
6 weeks from 27 June to 8 August 2008. The council is keen to gather
your views on its content before a final version is created for
submission to government in May 2009.
The document is published to together with:
A Quick Reference Guide to the Core Strategy
Supporting Evidence Document
Revised Sustainability Appraisal Report and Non-Technical Summary
A range of Background Studies
A Statement of Consultation (summarises responses received on the 2006 version)
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From:
Tom Coady
Date:
Jun 27 12:18 UTC
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On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 11:22 AM, Tony Cook <<email obscured>> wrote:
> All of the above documents are available to view and download at the
> council's web site at:www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/ldf.
I don't know why it's all in pdf but that really pisses me off, specially as
it appears to be designed for printing out as half the pages are in
landscape layout. I think they claim method this covers them
for accessibility under dda but for me it has the opposite effect.
From:
Kathy mcmullen
Date:
Jun 27 15:40 UTC
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Already a glimpse at Main Characteristics and Key Drivers section raises
questions:
I'm wondering where they get their figures from? Page 12: Unemployment rate
is above the south east average -with 22% of adults with no qualifications?
How do they know? Presumably that figure isn't fixed. Who are these adults:
female/male/white/ etc?
And there's a continuing loss of species and habitats? What does that mean?
The seagull population is increasing. They are going to be really happy with
the 11,000 new homes by 2026 and all the extra titbits. Some species like
rats have to be culled. How about a section on managing rats and pests
produced by climate change,
I really do think that by 2026 problems such as homelessness and
overcrowding should belong to the past.
The South Downs and the sea need to be viewed as natural features deterring
Overdevelopment of the city, not as objects constraining the city. The
city's expansion culturally, economically and socially, does not depend upon
expanding physically onto the Downs. The particular geo-physical positioning
of the city provides its unique locational characteristics and makes it
different from so many soul destroying industrial wastelands. Cleaning up
Shoreham harbour area should be a priority, in addition to reducing the
pollution in Boundary Rd.
Page 131,,3.100: 'Helping people to make the step from social housing to
home ownership'; this lets us know the council views social housing as
unequal to homeownership, and is derived presumably from a belief in the
superiority of market solutions, with the housing market collapse
might be appropriate to plan trailer parks and expand the travellers sites.
Kathleen
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> On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 11:22 AM, Tony Cook <<email obscured>>
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> > All of the above documents are available to view and download at the
> > council's web site at:www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/ldf.
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> I don't know why it's all in pdf but that really pisses me off, specially
as
> it appears to be designed for printing out as half the pages are in
> landscape layout. I think they claim method this covers them
> for accessibility under dda but for me it has the opposite effect.
>
> Tom Coady
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From:
Helen Russell
Date:
Jun 28 11:18 UTC
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I've been gong along to the stakeholders workshops etc for a couple of years,
they don't take much notice of any of the sensible suggestions made by the
likes of us. The aim is to bring to the city new financial type employers (like
the TSB), and a lot of the new housing development is aimed at the incoming new
employees of these. So nothing new, nothing changes... but with the collapse of
the housing market, developers are not so keen, as they can't be sure they'll
sell, if their intended buyers can't get mortgages. Also there are more
stringenet rules for sustainability, and the developers are not sure they can
meet them... So the Core Strategy may well flounder.
The community and voluntary sector needs to get more involved in these schemes
and strategies - and we are being invited to, under the Council's new Duty to
Involve. Under this, CVSF is part of a working group to develop the city's
community and engagement strategy - but it is being led by the council, of
course. So whilst we are being invited to join in, it is still as
'participants' rather than equals. But equality is not something which can be
given, it has to be wrenched from those 'more equal', which requires a huge
change in perspective.
The Sustainability Act should be taken up and used to kickstart this change of
perspective. Joint action under the Act by activists across the spectrum might
get something done. See the Local Works website for info.
http://www.localworks.org/
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