Comment

Development and Site Allocations (DaSA) Local Plan - Options and Preferred Options

Representation ID: 23088

Received: 12/02/2017

Respondent: Mr Kenneth Saunders

Representation Summary:

The infrastructure of Little Common would need to be expanded to cope with such an increase.

There does not seem to be any joined up thinking in any of this or planning ahead. At the very least this site should not be approved until the effect of Barnhorn Green is seen on the roads in the area particularly Barnhorn Road and Little Common roundabout as well as other infrastructure.

In view of this we believe that other sites around North Bexhill would give people better access to roads and services.

Full text:

We have already addressed many of the issues in relation to BX9 under Question 27 and would like our comments there taken into account here. This question seems to relate particularly to Spindlewood BX116 but cannot be looked at in isolation to Barnhorn Green and Northeye (BX101) and BX120. The infrastructure of Little Common would need to be expanded to cope with such an increase e.g. school places (Little Common School is already near capacity), Doctors and Health services, Chemist etc. (we have already lost the proposed school site on Barnhorn Green to further housing as East Sussex said they had no plans to build at the present time). There does not seem to be any joined up thinking in any of this or planning ahead. At the very least this site should not be approved until the effect of Barnhorn Green is seen on the roads in the area particularly Barnhorn Road and Little Common roundabout as well as the local school and Doctors and other infrastructure. In view of this we believe that other sites around the North Bexhill Access and link road would give people better access to roads and services or at the least delay decisions until the effect Barnhorn Green has on Barnhorn Road (See example of congestion under Question 27).