Real issues ignored

WHY is Sussex being radically overdeveloped, and why is a national planning policy required?

Because nobody, including the government, is answering fundamental issues, but merely providing technological fixes.

Climate change is not being tackled, with green energy used as a nothing more than a supplement to oil and gas.

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There is no population policy for a wildly overpopulated and fractured country, with no end to immigration and large families still being subsidised.

“Development means growth” is entirely wrong. We need wealth from advance in technology, and not more goods.

“Net gains for nature” is barely possible if land is being taken from nature. It is trying to pack a quart of nature into a pint of space.

“High quality homes” – what standards are there for space in houses, to equate with the old Parker Morris benchmark?

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“Development needs of an area” – excellent, if Sussex can build houses for its own people, and not an open global market.

Sussex is drying out due to erratic weather and warming records. Would we rather have water rationing or petrol rationing?

We are at the tip of the iceberg for high density housing. How soon before vast habitats tower into the sky?

RW Standing

Sea Road

East Preston

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