Comment

Representation ID: 18926

Received: 19/02/2007

Respondent: Rother Voluntary Action

Acknowledgement required that top-down planning only is dead and that diverse communities need to be empowered and enabled to articulate their needs. Again the emphasis of this theme in the draft is on affordable housing. The Core Strategy should focus on building a community infrastructure that will continue to provide answers to this question. Housing is only one issue of many. Without job no house is affordable and without skills no job is attainable without suitable community infrastructure e.g., childcare, job choice is restricted.