Comment

Core Strategy Consultation on Strategy Directions 2008

Representation ID: 19807

Received: 30/01/2009

Respondent: East Sussex County Council

Representation Summary:

• All proposed areas would need to be considered in the context of local character and the need for green infrastructure.
• f) refers to identified shortfall of open space in region of Pebsham. There is a further evidence base for this in the Strategic Open Spaces Study, East Sussex County Council,
• The limits to potential development on Hastings fringes and North West of Bexhill would need to be established in the context of landscape character and capacity and the need to define adequate countryside gaps between settlements.
• The allocation area at Upper Wilting has only limited areas where there is a moderate to low landscape capacity for development.
Development of the upper levels need more detailed assessment to judge, their acceptability in landscape terms.