I strongly disagree that BEX9 / BX116 Spindlewood Drive should be considered as a preferred site for the Bexhill West Housing Options. This area is nowhere near able to handle additional developments on the scale as those detailed on the DaSa Local Plan for numerous reasons;

* Transport infrastructure. Looking at the Spindlewood Drive Transport Note document on your www.rother.gov.uk/dasa Related Documents section, I notice that this was based on a survey done in April 2015. It is now February 2017. Everybody, but everybody, agrees that the volume of traffic has increased at Little Common Roundabout and its approach roads. These figures do not include the Barnhorne Green Development, which we are told is going ahead with over 340 new houses. The effect of this alone will be catastrophic on the area's roads and are obviously not taken into account on your Transport Note facts and figures. The queue on the eastbound A259 Barnhorn Road to Little Common Roundabout approach road, anytime after 2.30pm, is often half a mile long, sometimes more. Not 12 cars at peak time, as stipulated on your report. The westbound A259 approach road is not much better. This volume of traffic is consistent, every day, including weekends. To reiterate, we have yet to see the effects of the extra traffic caused by the new Barnhorn Green development. Also, to go ahead with BEX9/BEX116 development with no direct access to the A259 is lunacy. Most houses have 2 cars, so anywhere from 160 vehicles to possible 250+, making one or more journeys a day, via Spindlewood Drive, into Meads Road, then Cooden Sea Road, or Maple Walk/Maple Avenue into Cooden Sea Road, is madness. All of these roads already have problems through the current traffic volumes causing wear and tear. Some of these roads are unadopted, single lane, without pavements and adequate lighting - who will pay for maintenance of these unadopted roads?

* Schools and other social day to day requirements - I am led to believe that the new Barnhorn Green development will now not be getting its own school. This will mean that existing schools will be required to offer places to children moving into the area. These schools are already close to breaking point so additional housing will simply worsen an already bad situation. The same applies to doctors surgeries.

* Environment - The BEX9/BEX116 site is a popular area for many people walking dogs, children playing etc. It is also a site which is home to Gt Crested Newts, Badgers, Foxes, Bats. Herons have also been seen. Any development will cause major problems for the wildlife. Also, it is liable to flood in severe weather. Are there any plans to conduct a Flood Assessment Survey ?

* Pollution - Air pollution levels are currently close to breaking "safe" levels. The Barnhorn Green development will breach these levels, and BEX9/BEX116 will cause even more cause for concern. What does Rother District Council intend to do about this?

* RDC's figures for the amount of houses to be built do not take in account those that are already approved or going into the request for approval process. In Little Common alone we have 8 flats I believe being developed on the site of the old Natwest Bank in Cooden Sea Road. I'm also led to believe that the old Co-Op site on the corner of Cooden Sea Road and Meads Road may be converted into 7 or 8 flats. Rumour has it that a further 31 dwellings are in the pipeline for Barnhorn Road, near to Ashridge Court Care Home. This will affect traffic flow, parking etc. Little Common will be at breaking point.

In my opinion, BX124 is a much more suitable for new housing. 450 houses are currently proposed. Why not increase it by even more? It has a new road in the area, already being used. In my opinion, this road is underused. It has direct links to Sidley, which has better infrastructure than Little Common, Ravenside shopping Centre, Hastings,St Leonards. It is also a brownfield site, as opposed to Spindlewood.