This is the outstanding site for development within Bexhill and needs to be progressed to its fullest extent.

The site offers superb advantages over any other site proposed for Bexhill in that it offers

1. A brand new site location in green fields that will have no impact on other local communities

2. Little or no environmental damage as a result

3. A self-contained community with local shops being provided thereby reducing the need for excessive car journeys

4. Access to excellent local infrastructure facilities without needing recourse to the A259 including
a. Local jobs (being provided along the NBAR) as well as easy access to St Leonards, Hastings and Bexhill
b. 2 GP surgeries close by (old Bexhill and Sidley)
c. Local schools via Enterprise Way including a brand new nursey and primary school
d. Large scale shopping centres at Ravenside, St Leonards, Hastings and Bexhill with a 24 hour pharmacy at Ravenside
e. Good train services to London and elsewhere via Bexhill and St Leonards Warrior Square
f. Excellent car access to most locations via Coombe Valley Way including the A21 and the Conquest Hospital

Option 1 (450 properties) does not go far enough therefore and the site should be extended up to Option 3 (665 houses) with commercial building too to maximise job possibilities for the residents.

Ideally, the NBAR should be extended to link up with the A259 at Hooe (The Lamb Inn) to form a Little Common/Bexhill bypass. This would bring major benefits to the whole of Bexhill in that it would

1. Alleviate the congestion along Barnhorn Road and Little Common Road by a significant factor

2. Improve the productivity of locally based firms based in Hastings, Eastbourne and St Leonards with considerably improved journey times between these areas

3. Open up the possibility for further significant mixed development all along the bypass and along the NBAR helping RDC to meet its housing and commercial targets beyond 2028

It should be noted however that such a bypass would not address the issue of Little Common's lack of basic infrastructure.

Conclusion
1. BX124 is a must for large scale development (both commercial and residential) and should thus be pursued to its maximum extent (Option 3)

2. A Bexhill bypass is also a must in the slightly longer term (unless suitable funds can be arranged) to alleviate the significant congestion along the A259 (and just about to get worse due to Barnhorn Green)

3. Large scale developments should thus be avoided around Little Common until and unless the Bexhill bypass is in place and the problems of local infrastructure constraints have been solved around Little Common.