Pre-consultation evidence 2016-7

Introduction to the Reports

ABNC knows that decision-makers should have regard to evidence. 

We produced two pre-consultation evidence reports, a first report in September 2016 and a Supplement to that report in March 2017.  

To produce these we commissioned professional ecological surveys and reports.  Our volunteers also identified key features of the landscape's historic environment and community life relevant to planning.  We have considered what evidence is relevant to planning criteria including the West Sussex County Council's Landscape Strategy and the South Downs National Park's Special Qualities.

It does not appear that Highways England took account of ABNC's evidence in selecting options for the public consultation.  

(For ABNC's response to the Autumn 2017 Public Consultation, click here.)

March 2017 Supplementary
ABNC Evidence Report  

1.  Summary:  the new Evidence and the September 2016 Report
 

2.  The new Ecological Evidence (independent reports from MAVES)

2.1   An ecological Survey of the Mid Arun Valley and the potential impacts of the A27 Arundel Bypass 'Binsted Option', supplement, March 2017, by Jacqueline Thompson

2.2   Binsted Woods Bat Trapping Survey by Daniel Whitby of Animal Ecology & Wildlife Consultants (AEWC), 2016 & ongoing

2.3   An entomological Survey within the Parish of Binsted, by Mike Edwards, 2016 &  ongoing

2.4   Beetle Survey of Lake Copse and two adjacent Hedgerows, by Dr Katherine Grove, 2016

3.  The new Heritage Evidence

3.1 'Identifying the Hundred meeting place at Binsted near Arundel', by Emma Tristram,
      article to be published in 2017 by Sussex Archaeological Collections

4.  The new Community Evidence

4.1   Community action press reports: The new Village Waymarker Sculpture in Binsted

4.2   Community action press reports:  The Arundel Bypass

4.3    The Binsted Arts Festival 2017

ABNC Evidence Report September 2016

Reasons for rejecting the Arundel Bypass route through Binsted

at the Options Identification Stage

The Planning Case

Chapter 1: Planning Policies contravened by the Binsted Option

• West Sussex County Council’s ‘Strategy for the West Sussex Landscape’
• The planning policies of the South Downs National Park

The Supporting Evidence

Chapter 2: Binsted’s Natural Environment

2.1: Environmental Impact Report:   'A Survey of the Mid Arun Valley
       and the potential impacts of the Arundel Bypass Binsted Option’

2.2: Mid Arun Valley Environmental Survey: the website www.maves.org.uk

Chapter 3: Binsted’s Cultural Heritage

3.1: New Historical Discoveries at Binsted: Binsted Woods in their Landscape

3.2: Report on the Binsted Arts Weekend, 10-12 June 2016

3.3: The Art and Literature of Binsted Woods: guided walk, 2016

3.4: Binsted Arts Festival publications:

• The Binsted Arts Weekend programme of events, 2016
• The Binsted Arts Weekend Poetry Competition Anthology, 2016 (online version)

Chapter 4: Binsted’s Community

4.1: The Binsted village website, www.binsted.org

4.2: Community publications:

• ‘Binsted, the Heart of our Horizon’, by Matilda Tristram, 2016
• ‘Binsted and Beyond’, Millennium book published 2002

Chapter 5: Wider Community Supporting the Protection of Binsted

• Letter from Walberton Parish Council
• The ABNC Petition with over 1390 signatures
• Websites of groups concerned about the bypass and the area south-west of Arundel:
       Arundel Bypass Neighbourhood Committee
       Tortington Local Community
       Arundel A27 Forum
   

Appendix: Orientation map showing the South Downs National Park boundary