I’m really concerned about development, flooding and the Pevensey Levels

I am very concerned with the number of developments being approved by Wealden District Council on green land and flood plains.

I am very concerned with a development that is due to be decided by the planning committee on Old Marshfoot Farm.

The farmland is prone to flooding and is next to the Pevensey Levels.

The developers have said they will leave 8ft distance from the border of the levels.

But they want to put a waste water treatment in the southern end of the land where it will have potential to cause pollution on the levels.

We already have a standstill of traffic trying to get in and out of the town and surrounding areas our pollution levels are high.

In a recent newspaper article I read about the levels being in a poor state: we need to protect this area. There has already been a sewage break on to the levels which could lead to more if the developments in Hailsham continue. I am also concerned for the wildlife. Our wildlife is at risk through developing there natural surroundings and forcing them in to built up areas.

Our local plan was rejected by the inspector who said the council had failed on the neighbouring towns not being able to fulfil their housing needs and Wealden should accommodate this.

The council puts too much emphasis on the protection of Ashdown Forrest but does not use the same emphasis on the Pevensey Levels.

The council says that it has a quota to build thousands of houses a year but they are building on floodplains and farmland that could be used to produce fresh local produce. The council has also declared a climate emergency and yet they are still destroying trees and green spaces.

None of the homes are carbon-friendly and people who have moved in to these homes have received letters from the housing developers saying that their houses are not fire-safe and they developers have said they need to rectify this issue..