LETTER: Bad outweighs the good of plan
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Speaking as a long time resident of Burgess HIll perhaps the proposed developments for a part of Burgess Hill town centre are not all glittering.
To look at these proposals objectively:
What the community will lose:
Our cultural centre - Martlets Hall - with no replacement (in spite of over 6,000 signatures requesting a replacement before the hall is demolished).
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Heights Gym facilities
Public toilets (no replacements )
Car parking spaces
What the community will gain:
A 10 screen cinema (jeopardizing the future of our popular Orion Cinema)
146 flats (but no affordable housing - MSDC require a 30 per cent social housing from any development, but not for this?)
Small, retail units but no anchor store
More restaurants (are more needed?)
Overall many of the residents of Burgess Hill think that the disadvantages of the New River Retail proposals far outweigh the advantages.
Janice Henwood
Burgess HIll Town Councillor, Oakwood Road, Burgess Hill
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