Support

Representation ID: 19548

Received: 25/02/2009

Respondent: Trustees of the Glyndebourne 1991 L & P Trust

Agent: Mr. Dale Mayhew

Strong support is given to the identification of Robertsbridge as a Rural Service Centre, having regard to the existing high level of services and facilities in the settlement, together with its relatively high levels of accessibility by public transport, in particular the railway station on the Hastings to London line.
Box 17 identifies Robertsbridge as suitable for 46 dwellings from current unimplemented allocations, with a further 10-55 additional dwellings over the Plan period. The allocation is strongly supported.
This reflects the acknowledgement in the Council's RSS of the Rural Service Village role of the settlement, its existing level of services and the guidance in PPS7 to focus of
most additional housing development in rural areas on service villages to maintain vitality and viability of existing levels of services and infrastructure and to encourage sustainable patterns of transport use.