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Please let us keep our green spaces and don’t allow the building in hellingly!

Submitted on Tuesday 14th October 2025

Rejected on Monday 17th November 2025

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)

Petition Action

Please let us keep our green spaces and don’t allow the building in hellingly!

Petition Details

There is a building proposal Planning ref: WD/2025/6509/SO of 300 houses to be put in place instead of a beautiful field which is used regularly for dog walkers with a stunning view, with lots of wild life in the area.
Our community would appreciate the proposal being refused to save our village.

Additional Information

This development must not go ahead. It would devastate Hellingly, known for its beauty, wildlife, and community spaces. The village can't handle more traffic, and current data ignores the wildlife future and current residents from nearby developments. Local services—schools, hospitals, dentists—are already overwhelmed. The Cuckmere River floods more due to overbuilding. The view and character of the area will be ruined by this intrusive, inappropriate development. With views of the downs ruined


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.

Decisions about local planning decisions are a matter for the relevant local authority, not the UK Government or Parliament.

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