Policy BEX9

I do not agree with the requirements of Policy BEX9 for reason as follows -

1. The vehicle access to/from the proposed site from Spindlewood Drive via Meads Road and/or Maple Walk is wholly inadequate in terms of carriage way width, junction layout, visibility and lines of sight. These facts are true today in an undeveloped format.

2. If development is permitted the traffic flows onto Barnhorn Road from Cooden Sea Road through little common roundabout will be excessive.

3. By reason of point 2 the congestion of traffic, especially at peak times, will be slow moving with potential of increase noxious vehicle emissions. The age profile of Little Common gives serious concerns to the health of the elderly living in properties close to the A259 and to pupils attending the local primary school.

4. No consideration has been made in relation to the negative effect on vehicle congestion which will relate to the, already approved ,mass development of Barnhorn Green.

5. Cumulative developments of Barnhorn Green, as amended, proposed flats, subject to approval x 2, in Cooden Sea Road have not been considered when proposing bex9....why?

6. Without investment in infrastructure - school places, doctors surgery capacity, free car parking for employees and customers of local shops little common will simply be overwhelmed.

7. Alternative sites for large scale development are identified in the consultation document and these must be considered far more suitable by any right minded unbiased individual

8. The land, currently forming part of a working farm, has sustained a diverse range of flora and fauna (foxes, badgers, birds, slow worms, stoats, grass snakes and bats all of which visit our garden from the fields). Development of this scale will seriously disturb the balance of nature.

9. The land is current outside of the RDC development boundary. The purpose of such boundary was to define developed land. This can and must not be redefined simply because it suits planners, developers and capital grasping land owners.

10. Further use of greenfield sites seems pointless. Bexhill contains large areas of brownfields which would be better suited to development. I accept this may cause developers more problems as contaminated and developed land clearance is a far more costly option. Not my problem.

11. If RDC are hell bent on pursuing BEX9 I would propose a moratorium for, say, 10 years. This will allow the full cumulative effects of the local developments (Barnhorn Green etc.) To be fully factored in. Traffic flows and air quality will be factually recorded. School and medical services will be fully tested. This will replace the hypothetical with fact.