I would like to offer my whole hearted support to the new houses proposed in Beckley, East Sussex. Although I do not live there (my parents live at Church Farm Bungalow, High Street, Beckley, East Sussex. TN31 6RS) - we are a family with 3 children, who are still saving to buy a house. Even with a considerably large disposit saved, we are still unable to purchase a house/property that would suit our needs.

The huge number of people who seem to be against these plans, are already home owners, who have often given hand outs to their own children to enable them to purchase properties, therefore offering a leg up.

For everyone else, those houses are important for the development of the village. Many years ago, Beckley was a vibrant village with many fantastic amenities for the villagers - all have shut. All that is on offer now is the village hall, school & green. More houses in the long term may offer opportunities for entrepreneurs, making the currently rather dead village into a vibrant opportunity rich place to live again.

I feel there is a lot of bullying by older residents, who in fairness are not going to be around to support the economy of the village for much longer, Beckley needs to attract new young families who are wanting to contribute to the economy and social development of such a village. It is very selfish and short sighted of the older generation to take advantage of their copious spare time to rally against the housing development. When the younger families are obviously very busy with their children and jobs.

Please, please push this plan ahead & consider the huge statistical imbalance of any peoples representing the opposition - I feel this is not a fair representation for the time restrained young families who do not have parents that give huge deposits to get them on the property ladder.