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Whitehall Homes are putting together plans for housing on two fields adjacent to Heathfield Gardens. (This site was allocated for residential development in our Salehurst & Robertsbridge Neigbourhood Development Plan). They have asked the Parish Council to publicise an event they are holding to show local residents their proposed development ahead of submitting a formal planning application:
Residents are invited to view and discuss the proposals at Robertsbridge Youth Centre with representatives from Whitehall Homes on Thursday 17th October 4.30-7.30pm and Friday 18th October 3-6pm.
Station Road will be closed tomorrow, Wednesday 2nd October, from 9.30am to 2.30pm, from the junction with the High Street to just past Bakery Place / the Club frontage, for excavation works. It will then be closed again from 7pm, overnight, for resurfacing. The rest of Station Road will be accessible from the Brightling Road end.
These are essential, emergency works, required to alleviate water ingress in some properties, following the recent resurfacing. Apologies for the inconvenience and short notice, but it is to take advantage of the break in heavy rain!
Unfortunately, this does mean that STATION ROAD CAR PARK will not be accessible from 9.30 am Wednesday 2nd October until 8am Thursday 3rd October. Cars can be left in there if they won't be needed, but otherwise will need to be removed.
The A21 Trunk Road (Scotney Castle to Baldslow) (50 miles per hour, 40 miles per hour, and 30 miles per hour speed limits) Order 2024'
Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
Copies of this draft order that National Highways proposes to make, together with plans illustrating the proposal are available for inspection by the public at the Parish office during the objection period for 21 days from 27th September to 18 October 2024. This order has been drafted to reconfigure and consolidate the speed limit legislation on the A21 from Scotney Castle to Baldslow to address safety issues and requests from the public, and to improve enforcement by reducing the number of individual orders.
Update Thursday 19th September 2024
DRUM ROLL...Weather permitting the resurfacing works in Robertsbridge should be completed as planned as far as the entrance to Bishops Lane on Brightling Road tomorrow night, Friday 20th September.
From 7pm to 6am this Friday night and Saturday night the whole of Station Road and Brightling Road as far as the entrance to Bishops Lane will be shut for finishing off and lining works. CARS MUST NOT BE PARKED ALONG STATION ROAD AND BRIGHTLING ROAD OVERNIGHT ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
Thank you everyone for your cooperation.
UPDATE Friday 30th August 5.30pm
A quick update on the Station Road / Brightling Road resurfacing...Resurfacing has finished in Station Road Robertsbridge with access to the station from the High Street. For the next couple of hours this evening the workers will continue to prepare the road between the level crossing and Mill Rise for tarmac tomorrow. They plan to maintain access in and out of Mill Rise at all times tomorrow.
On Sunday and next week work will continue up Brightling Road so there will be noise over the weekend. Anyone who normally parks on the road will need to move their cars ahead of tarmacing- please speak to the workers if you have any queries about this.
There will be a Planning Committee Meeting on Monday 2nd September 2024 at Robertsbridge Youth Centre at 7.30pm.
The press and public are welcome to attend and up to 15 minutes will be allowed at the start of the meeting for public comments and questions. The agenda for the meeting will be available on the 'Council Meetings' page three days prior. Click here to see the notice.
UPDATE Tuesday 27th August 12 noon
As previously advised resurfacing is taking place along a long stretch of Station Road from near 11 Station Road (just beyond Willow Bank) up to the level crossing today and tomorrow, 27th and 28th August.
Thank you to everyone for your cooperation and patience during the ongoing works. Highways have asked us to remind everyone that any tampering of traffic management signs, barriers etc causes risk to safety and can mean that traffic management needs to be kept in place for longer than planned to fix areas that have been driven over too soon. Highways do not leave closures in place unnecessarily and even after resurfacing there is a period of time when materials cure to ensure they are long lasting.
UPDATE Tuesday 20th August 2024, 5pm:
The latest phase plan for Station Road and Brightling Road is shown opposite. This takes into account the delay to laying the tarmac in Station Road. The length of the works has now been extended to 15th September with works from 5th September taking place overnight.
As previously advised vehicular access is currently available to Oldwood Surgery (Doctors), the Village Hall and Culverwells with caution, across the excavated road. Access only - no through road. Vehicular access to the Station and Aviamax is currently from Brightling Road, and currently pedestrian only access to The Ostrich.
Further information can be found on the East Sussex Highways website under planned works. You can also report any problems on the same website.
The Parish Council is sorry to see Cllr Clive Cooke go - he resigned on 16th August for personal reasons. Clive was on the Planning Committee and we thank him for his contribution to this and the Council over the last five years.
We therefore now have a vacancy for one more Councillor: please click to see the Notice of Vacancy. Enquiries welcomed.
UPDATE Friday 16th August 2024, 9pm:
Final surfacing on Station Road has been completed as far as Willowbank / Gray-Nicolls, which are accessible from the High Street end, including the car park, The Club, Moat Osteopath, Post Office (Village Stores).
Excavation work has now progressed to just beyond the Ostrich. The plan is currently to do the final surfacing (tarmac) from no. 11 right up to near the level crossing in one hit, on Wednesday 28th August.
Vehicular access is currently available to Oldwood Surgery (Doctors), the Village Hall and Culverwells with caution, across the excavated road. Access only - no through road.
Vehicular access to the Station, Aviamax and the Ostrich is currently from Brightling Road.
Work is expected to start on Brightling Road (above the railway line) on 27th August. Access to the whole of Station Road up to the Station will then be from Station Road (High Street end), but confirmation / updates will be provided as things progress.
Further information can be found on the East Sussex Highways website under planned works. You can also report any problems on the same website.
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