Any policy in this area should recognise the reality of the problems of affordability of the housing market in Rother, that particularly in the AONB area, there is pressure caused because of the simple lack of availability as well as pricing. We would wish to see as many affordable dwellings as possible. Zone 1 of your own CIL charging map would seem to be the appropriate proxy for the highest level of contribution of affordable homes, which should all be actual provision of housing, not a financial contribution which may then be used to build affordable homes elsewhere.

Also we would urge for consideration a different threshold; instead of 40% of dwellings, it could be 30% of bedrooms. The reason for this is that in too many examples of developments with a requirement of 40% dwellings as affordable, they are provided by one bedroom flats which is not the type of housing provision required in rural communities, which is in fact two bed-roomed houses.