* The loss of so much green field land in development is concerning. Once it is gone it is gone for ever. Clearly, Rother is required to meet targets for new housing and presumably there are insufficient brown field sites to do this. However, it seems important to take only those green field sites where there is no viable alternative and which will best meet the needs of new and existing residents.

* I do not agree with the designation of the land off Spindlewood Drive as a preferred site. The need for extra housing to be built here has not been adequately demonstrated. The site at Spindlewood Drive is a greenfield site. Substantial development on a greenfield site in Little Common is already planned for Barnhorn Green and another 67 houses are now proposed for that development. Further loss of greenfield land off Spindlewood Drive seems unnecessary since houses could be built at Northeye (a brown field site). This together with further planned developments on Barnhorn Road not included in this proposal (31 houses next to Ashridge Court, 10 flats replacing nos 45 and 47 Barnhorn Road and the 17 flats to be built in Little Common centre) make a total of new dwellings that exceeds the 160 planned for the land off Spindlewood Drive.

* The lack of infrastructure to support the number of new residents in little Common and the increased pressure on the A259 around Little Common are also cause for concern. Traffic congestion varies but there are times when delays are considerable. Further housing development in Little Common will add to the volume of traffic if for no other reason than that new residents will use cars to travel to work, secondary schools and retail outlets.

* The expansion of housing at N BAR link road (policy BEX3, options 2 or 3) which could provide an additional 215 houses is part of a community development with supporting infrastructure centred on the building of new roads. As such, and given its location, it would provide better access to existing and planned infrastructure and to work opportunities, particularly to the proposed business and commercial development in that area. It is, therefore, despite also being a green field site, a more suitable site than the land off Spindlewood Drive for additional housing development.

* There does not seem to be any mention of a policy to bring empty housing back in to use in Rother. Figures for 2014 -2015 show 230 houses in Bexhill (516 over the whole of Rother) as standing empty for 6 months or more. These properties alone could replace a substantial housing development. Does the council intend to find ways to bring this empty housing back into use.