Object
Main Modifications to the Proposed Submission Core Strategy
Representation ID: 21376
Received: 26/09/2013
Respondent: Miss Judith Rogers
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Affordable housing as proposed will not alleviate local housing needs as many locals will not be able to afford to buy them. Has any consultation be done with local people to assess their wage levels etc?
RDC should produce evidence that the level of house building will help local econimic growth.
A total housing cap is required to ensure confidence in the system and stop it being open to abuse and manipulation.
Supporting Evidence: http://www.rother.gov.uk/media.cfm?mediaid=20595
Mod 7.6: Main modification not Sound.
Please see evidence e-mail submitted under 7.4 from Keiran O'Leary from RDC. The affodable housing proposed is not going to alleviate the local housing need as most people will still not be able to afford their own home.
Where is the evidence to back the claim that more housing will generate economic growth? The construction industry may benefit, but as a large number of people working in this industry are not local i.e Eastern European, this will not help the local economy. The more houses built in this area for commuters and second homes will also take money out of the area.
A total cap for housing should be submitted by the council, it cannot be left open-ended otherwise there will be no confidence in the system and it will be open to abuse an manipulation.
Further supporting evidence was submitted alongside the representation and can be accessed using the following link:
http://www.rother.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=20595