The farmland depicted in this picture is threatened by the government proposed Bexhill-Hastings Link Road,
which would cross the Combe Haven Valley, several smaller tributary valleys and
cut through this beautiful view and right past a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Promoted by East Sussex County Council, the road is opposed by the Hastings Alliance,
an umbrella organisation of local and national community and environmental groups, on environmental, economic and transport grounds.
In a report to its own cabinet, East Sussex County Council described Combe Haven as
″probably the finest medium-sized valley in East Sussex, outside of Areas of
Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). It is set within a high-quality landscape
of historic and wildlife interest and contains peaceful and remote countryside.″
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"Would this view be improved by a major road?"
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"Nicer with a road - or as it is?"
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