* In the preamble to OSS2, it is stated that regard must be had to potential Link Road slippage (Para 7.64). Para 7.65 comments that in response to slippage, higher levels of growth at Battle and Rye would be unsustainable. What if funding for the Link Road was refused? Whether the Link road is delayed or cancelled, it is doubtful whether Battle and Rye will reach their capacity for development if the levels of growth indicated in the Plan are achieved. The challenge for the Council is to find ways of unlocking further potential within Battle. One approach may indeed be to take a less restrictive view on where peripheral development could occur (such as in sector 1 along the North Trade Road), as suggested in the Battle Town Study Main Report (Para 5.2 Page 83), and to present initiatives in the Plan that will add to the town's capacity to accommodate growth.