Hempy,
You're obviously a blowin from The East. You meant to type "Peppa", I hope. And perhaps you could advise what type you fly, and what height you would normally be at 30DME? I suspect you wouldn't much higher than that, unless of course you're a wimp and can't land your light twin on 24...
For a landing on 24 from MEL, I would have thought the Peppa STAR was a pretty bloody good one. Don't blame the boys in ATC for creating E airspace at Peppa: Dick and his sycophants know/knew it all, remember, and didn't tell anyone what they were going to do. I know for a fact that ATC at PER told them about the 'chutists at Brooklands, but nothing was done. 'Coz in the states, class E always goes from 36-90DME, doesn't it??