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East Sussex County Council Planning Meeting 22.11.06
[This item from notes produced is included at the discretion of the website editor.]
Councillor Veronica Humphrey addressed the meeting as follows:-
"ALTHOUGH I AM NOT REFERRING TO PARTICULAR PLANNING ISSUES I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS IN SUPPORT OF THIS APPLICATION.
THE BACKGROUND OF MY INVOLVEMENT STEMS FROM 2002 WHEN OUR HOME APPEARED TO BE UNDER THREAT OF CLOSURE.
REALIZING THE DEPTH OF FEELING REGARDING HARVARD HOUSE I LED A CAMPAIGN TO RETAIN OUR HOME IN RINGMER.
THE SUCCESS OR OTHERWISE OF MY CAMPAIGN IS NOT RELEVANT – I AM MERELY USING THE BACKGROUND IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO QUOTE FIGURES OF SUPPORT.
593 PEOPLE SIGNED MY PETITION WHICH WAS PRESENTED TO COUNTY COUNCIL. 225 PEOPLE WROTE TO ME PERSONALLY OUTLINING THEIR OWN FEELINGS OF VALUE FOR OUR HOME.
AT THE REQUEST OF PARISH COUNCIL A SOCIAL SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE ATTENDED A MEETING ON 9TH JANUARY 2003 IN OUR VILLAGE HALL. DESPITE A BITTERLY COLD JANUARY EVENING AROUND 100 PEOPLE TURNED UP – IN MY OPINION JUST SHOWING HOW VALUED HARVARD HOUSE IS.
WHEN RINGMER PARISH COUNCIL CONDUCTED THEIR VILLAGE ACTION PLAN SURVEY FROM 1,316 REPLIES 1,231 PEOPLE WISHED TO RETAIN OUR HOME. WITH SUCH AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY AS THIS WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL THAT IT IS TO REMAIN IN OUR VILLAGE.
I AM A COMMITTEE MEMBER OF THE FRIENDS OF HARVARD HOUSE AND THEY HAVE WRITTEN WITH THEIR SUPPORT FOR THIS OUTLINE APPLICATION.
RINGMER PARISH COUNCIL HAVE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE OUTLINE PLANS AND FULLY SUPPORT IT.
ON BEHALF OF THE MANY PEOPLE I REPRESENT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY WE VERY MUCH WELCOME THE PLANS AND SINCERELY HOPE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO APPROVE THEM."
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