Support
Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035
Representation ID: 2814
Received: 07/02/2019
Respondent: Sussex Wildlife Trust
Representation Summary:
We support the inclusion of a lighting policy and welcome the acknowledgement in section 7.142 that wildlife can be impacted by lighting schemes. However we do not feel that this is clearly translated into policy and as a result it may not be effective. The NPPF clear states in paragraph 180c planning policies and decisions should 'limit the impact of light pollution from artificial light on local amenity, intrinsically dark landscapes and nature conservation'. Therefore we propose amendments to policy DM23 bullet point 3:
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