As stated in my answer to Q27 I see good potential for development of this site, which offers open space and flexibility in its design, and also offers scope for expansion. This derelict brownfield site is just the sort of place we should be seeking to re-develop, it would enhance the immediate local area and save green space where possible. It is true that improved access to the A259 would be needed - a mini-roundabout might be the least disruptive to passing traffic on the A259.

Of the options offered in the DaSA document I would suggest Option 2, Residential-led, but perhaps with some light industry which might offer very local employment opportunities to new residents.

Option 1 would create too much additional day-long traffic on the A259, coming & going in both directions, and doesn't help RDC with its aim of providing more housing.

Options 3 & 4 would not seem to offer much benefit in terms of housing or employment to the RDC population.

Some residential development could be attractive to workers who need to travel west to their work, thus reducing traffic loading in Little Common. Furthermore, if a bypass were ever to be built linking the NBAR to the A259 near the Lamb Inn, as has been widely promoted, one can imagine great scope for further development to the south of such a bypass, linking a Northeye development with a means of bypassing the whole of Bexhill via a link to the NBAR and Bexhill-Hastings Link Road.