Object

Main Modifications to the Proposed Submission Core Strategy

Representation ID: 21334

Received: 08/09/2013

Respondent: Mr Stephen Rose

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Representation Summary:

Keep the station in the local plan. Build the light rail network as originally promised. Effect this ecological and prosperity plan for the region by attracting more people and less cars to the local shopping facilities at Glyne Gap at the same time helping reduce local traffic on Bexhill Road, the only type of plan which will do this.

Full text:

This railway station was promised as part of a 'String of Pearls' light rail network to connect Ore with Bexhill, including another station where Poundstretcher etc is on Bexhill Road, with, as far as I remember, abuot 4 trains an hour. This was during the redevelopment plan of the region, consulted with Seaspace at a large amount of government funding, to devise a sustainable and ecological way forward for the region. To now denounce this and in effect 'pretend it never happened' by removing it from the local plan, is an absolute disgrace and flies in the face of all the promises, made with the local population, shops and ecology in mind, which, at the time attracted a lot of local support and goodwill. Now it is obvious that these promises were made simply to justify all the consultancy fees, that Rother/HBC never had any intention of building this much needed light rail network which, apart form anything, would have helped the people living on Bexhill Road by reducing local traffic - something which no link road will ever do. It is also denying suitable and what hopefully would have been cheap and frequent transport to good shopping areas for people who don't have cars apart from encouraging people with cars not to use them. Not only should this clause not be removed from the local plan but Rother should be made to stick to their original plan and build this station along with the light rail network as originally devised.