Support
Proposed Submission Core Strategy
Representation ID: 20834
Received: 03/10/2011
Respondent: Environment Agency
RY1 Policy Framework for Rye and Rye Harbour
Habitat creation and green infrastructure to complement aspirations for green tourism expansion particularly in the Rye area should also be considered in this policy.
As such we suggest the following minor change to Policy RY1 (ix):
Proposals for development and change in Rye and Rye Harbour Village will:
(ix) Include green tourism initiatives, new habitat creation and green infrastructure linkages, where feasible, and the careful management of Rye Harbour Nature Reserve that protects and enhances the integrity of the internationally important ecological interests.
We note that EN3 (ii) refers to Appendix 4 that has some more detail on what is expected to be addressed under each of the headings (a) to (h) of the policy.
We support the general principles outlined in the Appendix 4(h), however we note that it references back to Chapter 13 Sustainable Resource Management, so subject to Policy SRM2 being amended as suggested above, clearly this part of Policy EN3's effectiveness, in our opinion, will be dependent on our proposed minor changes to SRM2 being incorporated.