With reference to paragraph 5.66 the proposal that the approximate development level for Rye in the twenty year period 2006-26 should be confined to 450 dwellings is inadequate (see comments under Box 3). It is less than the commitment led Option 4 figure of 475 (paragraph 5.36) and less than the District-wide distribution options in Section 5 that suggest approximately 500 dwellings (paragraph 8.26).
The Strategy does not contain the evidence referred to in paragraph 8.25 on which the case for the lower figure of 450 dwellings is advanced. There is no evidence to support the proposal not to provide for a range of housing numbers at Rye "subject to detailed investigation of potential sites" as the Strategy provides for with dwelling numbers at Bexhill, the Hastings Fringes and Rye, or as the Strategy proposes with employment provision at Rye.