Support

Representation ID: 19360

Received: 16/02/2009

Respondent: Natural England

Agent: Natural England

Natural England welcomes in principle Rother's approach to distributing development according to a service centre hierarchy, with development focused primarily in Bexhill, lesser in Rye and Battle, and maintaining 'development boundaries' around rural villages.

We commend Rother's joint vision for Bexhill and Hastings with Hastings Council, recognising that development in these towns needs to be consistent and complimentary (para. 6.11).

We also welcome Rother's explicit inclusion of landscape, environment, biodiversity, and resource efficiency potential as criteria for determining development site allocations (Box 6(c and e)).