We do understand development and additional housing within the Bexhill area is needed but believe that the proposed development of the site Spindlewood/Maple Walk (BEX09/BX116) to be unsuitable for the proposed 160 dwellings This is a large number of properties to be sited in the area of Little Common, given Little Common does not have the infrastructure to accommodate that number of new houses/dwellings and families.

There are already proposed additional new developments in and around Little Common, which could add up to 465 dwellings. This includes Barnhorn Green (BX120 - 342 properties ), the old NatWest Bank in Cooden Sea Road - 8 properties, potentially the closed Co-Op also Cooden Sea Road - 9 properties, 45 & 47 Barnhorn Road - 8 dwellings. Other proposed areas are, land next to Ashridge Court Care Home in Barnhorn Road - 32 properties & Sidley Sports ground in Glovers Lane - 65 proposed properties.

Little Common will simple not be able to cope with this high level of additional properties/people/cars. There are few jobs in and around Little Common, people with jobs outside the area will need to drive towards Eastbourne, Bexhill or Hastings at the very nearest. This will put increase level of transport already on our immediate roads with noise and air pollution increasing. The queue of traffic along the Barnhorn road at peak times is already extremely busy and the line of traffic queuing to pass through Little Common can be outside of the Bexhill boundary. Little Common surgery is near to full and already under pressure with appointments at times to obtain. Little Common School is full all the time and with no secondary school. There is limited shopping with in area, All the additional journeys to work, schools & shopping will put increase pressure on the roads. The new developments will increase traffic considerably. The increase in traffic will be harmful with additional air and noise pollution to the environment and people living within this area,

The access road into the proposed development BEX09/BX116, Meads Road is a narrow road made up of large concrete slabs already beginning to show some disrepair. Meads Road is not suitable for not only the prospect of large industrial lorries but the increase in traffic from the proposed BEX116 site, With an increase of 160 dwellings this could increase the traffic to 700 plus journeys through Meads Road. Maple Walk going South out of Spindlewwod Drive is as the title says " WALK" There is no path for the safety of the pedestrians, many people use Maple Walk to walk with some safety down the Cooden Beach onwards to the seafront and station. Maple Walk is an un-adopted road, it is not fair to expect the residents of Maple Walk to incur the additional traffic use and the costs of repairs to the road surface.

There are more appropriate sites to consider for development. The North Bexhill Access Road the site ref BX124 this will provide better access to St. Leonards, Hastings and Bexhill. There would be better access to Schools, shopping at Ravenside and a choice of doctors surgeries and within easy reach of Conquest Hospital. Trains from Bexhill & Hastings give a better service than from Cooden Beach.

Alternative sites - brown sites, projected small and large developments and windfalls should be taken into account over the next 5 years to see how they affect the environment and how the local infrastructure copes with the increase of traffic, noise and air pollution within the Little Common area before the proposed development of Spindlewood/Maple Walk progresses further.