Last year the South Downs National Park Authority allocated the site next to the Village Hall in Church Road for development. This site is part owned by Steep In Need and part owned by Steep War Memorial Village Club. The Trusts’ proposal is to provide on the site a well-designed housing development which will include […]
The First Local Plan for the South Downs National Park was adopted by the National Park Authority on 2nd July. As explained in earlier up-dates, the new plan incorporates the Church Road site next to the Village Hall and opposite the Mill Lane junction within the settlement boundary for the village. It has been identified […]
Further to the article in the February newsletter I am writing with an update on the current position. At the end of January the South Downs National Park Authority (NPA) announced that, at the request of the planning inspector who in late 2018 carried out the public examination into the new draft local plan, it […]
The U.K.’s newest National Park covers an area of 628 square miles of Southern England and the journey to adoption of the new South Downs Local Plan has been a long one. After a number of years in preparation and an extensive consultation process, the plan has been undergoing a formal examination by Inspector Brian […]
The major change in recent months has been the publication by the South Downs National Park Authority (SDNPA) of their draft plan for the whole National Park including Steep. This recommends that the former allotment site on Church Road, now owned by the charity, is included within the settlement boundary and with potential for development. […]
As explained in the last edition of the Newsletter, the new South Downs Local Plan was open for public consultation until 21 Novem- ber 2017. The Parish Council considered its own response to the Plan at its November 6th meeting. The full text of our response can be found via the Parish Council website www.steep-pc.gov.ukIn […]
I write to give a further update on the discussions of the new Trustees with the Charity Commission (CC) to establish the new charity. This follows my earlier updates in this Newsletter in September 2011, February 2012, November 2012, June 2013 and a more substantive note in May 2014. Until the new charity is properly […]
In order to keep everyone in the village informed about the plans of the new Trustees I gave updates in the Newsletter in November 2012 and June 2013. In the earlier update I reported that the Charity Commission made an order dated 2nd July 2012 confirming the appointment of the new Trustees and transferring the […]
It is over a year since I last reported, and I have to admit that it has been a year of painfully slow progress with the Charity Commission. One of the problems has been that the Commission has cut its numbers sharply, and each time we tracked down a case officer that person seemed to […]