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Representation ID: 19470

Received: 24/02/2009

Respondent: Environment Agency

The Preferred Strategy for Rye and Rye Harbour on page 66 c) (i) states by 2020 all of Rye will be defended to the recognised standard of 1 in 200 Year flood event. We consider that this is a reasonable statement however, the standard of defence does not automatically allow for further development and a Sequential Test as defined in PPS25 must be undertaken for sites within Flood Zones 2 and 3 to demonstrate that no reasonably developable sites are available on sites in areas at lower risk of flooding.