Comment

Representation ID: 3799

Received: 08/09/2024

Respondent: Mr Brian McDonald

Need to support and enhance the national designation and recognise significant development pressure from change of land use from industrial agriculture and viniculture. Loss of arable, orchards, chalk grassland are currently impacting nature recovery and resource protection, increasing flood risk, loss of protected species and habitat. Tranquillity and dark skies are under threat from rapid land use change that is poorly managed requiring communities to spot and highlight these to relevant authorities, the local plan needs to respect and protect national and internationally important landscapes and protected sites not undermine these in pursuit of inappropriate developments.