VISION & OBJECTIVES

Vision

The vision for Dormansland Parish in 2044 will have been successfully delivered and as a result:

“The Parish of Dormansland has retained its character and identity as a rural village within the Greenbelt, with a strong sense of community and strengthened relationship to the landscape setting, the safeguarding of important views, open space and amenities and the enhancement of its biodiversity and landscape assets.

Within the Parish, Dormansland and Dormans Park have retained their own distinctive characters. Any new homes have respected this character and helped sustain the demand for community facilities, which in turn have expanded and become more varied to meet the changing needs of residents, with the school, community hall, shop, and recreation amenities all thriving and creating a stronger village centre.

Any new homes are purpose designed to meet local needs including older people who wish to downsize and young families. They provide a balance of dwelling types and ownership structures to serve the community over the long term. These new homes do not detract from the character and setting of the Parish.

The Parish’s natural assets will provide benefits for pedestrian and cycle movements through improved connectivity and additions to the network of footpaths, bridleways and public rights of way. Traffic in the village is better managed and access to Dormans Station now meets everyone’s needs.

The Parish has a supportive working relationship with Lingfield Racecourse and Young Epilepsy, which in turn has led to the Parish benefitting through an increase in visitors, support for local businesses and a greater range of facilities available to local people.

The Parish continues to support local employment and has facilitated new employment opportunities within the Parish for local people and to support local services.It enjoys a positive relationship with the High Weald Partnership and the AONB (National Landscapes) is more accessible to the community for recreation and leisure. The Parish and Partnership have worked together to protect their shared setting and have defined a role for the Parish as a gateway to the AONB (National Landscapes)”.

Objectives

To achieve this vision a number of key objectives have been identified as follows:

Protect the character, qualities and identity of the landscape to manage the impacts of any future growth and maintain the spatial and qualitative relationships between the areas.

Identify and enhance the village centre to protect existing community services and amenities and to support the provision of a wider range of services and amenities to meet Parish needs and reinforce the identity and purpose of the village centre.

Plan for improvement, expansion or redevelopment of other amenities including the Memorial Community Hall and school as part of a long-term plan for improving Parish amenities.

Secure the future of the existing employment uses within the Parish and plan for their growth to serve Parish needs.

Work with Lingfield Racecourse and Young Epilepsy to integrate these objectives with their longer-term plans.

Work with Lingfield Parish Council to develop a shared approach to green infrastructure and biodiversity, and to protect and enhance the wider setting of both parishes.

Plan for increased public access to, and enjoyment of local green spaces, the High Weald AONB (National Landscapes)and the wider parish setting whilst recognising that some areas of significant biodiversity should only have limited public access.

Integrate the existing network of rural lanes, bridleways and footpaths, to improve and extend safe pedestrian and cycling routes.

Identify local green spaces, safeguard and improve their biodiversity and integrate them with the pedestrian and cycle network

Identify local buildings of heritage value

Protect the character of Dormans Park