I have recently read your consultation document for proposed sites for house building in Rother.

I was particularly concerned that Catsfield have a disproportionate number of proposed houses to be built. If you build the proposed number of houses in this small village you will have increased its population by almost a quarter if only two people move into each new built house.

This village will not be able to cope with such a sudden and increased population and retain its existing character. This village has an outstanding sense of community and this will be endangered by this sudden increase in numbers. If you increase our numbers so radically you will damage this village and the very thing that makes it so special.

I am aware you have no choice under the new climate but to build houses but surely we should have a number we can cope with and more in keeping with the size of the existing village. Our village seems to have been allocated more than is appropriate to a village of this size and more than other villages in Rother.

Your strategy will over load us and have a lasting and damaging effect on this village.

I would also draw your attention to the fact this area esp behind the White Heart is often under water in the winter and acts as a flood plain for the village.