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Representation ID: 19536

Received: 25/02/2009

Respondent: Trustees of the Glyndebourne 1991 L & P Trust

Agent: Mr. Dale Mayhew

The preferred strategy for Overall Spatial Development includes giving particular attention to meeting local needs and supporting vibrant and mixed rural communities, including limiting growth for a number of villages that contain a range of services, where new development will support such services.
It is acknowledged within the Core Strategy Consultation Document that the district is a predominantly rural area. Given this, the importance of maintaining services and infrastructure in villages is fundamental to the quality of life of a significant proportion of the District's residents. Associated with this, is an average fall in household size. The consequence of this is likely to be a reduction in services and facilities in villages which do not experience housing growth over the plan period. It is therefore of importance that the Overall Spatial Development strategy acknowledges the need for growth in those villages which contain a range of services and therefore positively contribute to residents of the village and its hinterland, in order to maintain and enhance the levels of services, and so sustainability of the rural areas of the District.