Our concerns regard proposals for development of land to the north of /Bexhill.

Firstly as a resident and land owner in Watermill lane.

As with anything concerning the new road in progress and proposed future development any information has been very quiet and very poorly publicised especially for those concerned.

No provisions for anyone not being computer literate have been made and yes there are many people out there who this affects.

So few people know what is going on. A properly well-advertised consultation should be given.

Three options, one preferred, all with a large number of housing (no schools, doctors).

The maps all very confusing, probably done on purpose

Although it was as I understood no development beyond the road a proposed business park on options two & three.

Option two has a road to housing estate and traveller park off the new road which then leads to cut through to Sidley!

All three options have a traveller park.

I most adamantly oppose this for these reasons:

In 2007 / 2008 we had a series of very unpleasant experiences with travellers living in that area.

We have a footpath that runs across the back of our caravan park this was used by the travellers for access for theft.

Bearing in mind the already many problems caused at the Acton Farm area just off the new link road where the public has access we fear that we will have no privacy for our customers or safety from such happening again.

Proposed access roads are marked on the plan PROPOSED !! the one for the travellers sight is already in.

We propose that the existing footpath be re routed along the new road and no longer on our property.

Already on the plans you have removed a footpath from Watermill lane to Ninfield road.

Also provision for horses has seemed to not be mentioned. We will not go away we need safe access.

Although a new country park has been provided we still have to get to it and crossing has to be safe.

Alternatively we will ride the distance from Watermill lane to Buckholt as I take it there will be no restriction by law for horses.

The potential pedestrian link between the two should include horses.

The caravan park has been in our family since 1980 in its third generation we have spent much money on improvements and drawn our customers from the people who like a peaceful time in the quiet rural countryside. This is all about to change. We have no control over it and will have to totally redevelop it to suit a completely different customer, ones that like Constant road noise, we are not sure that this will work so our future cannot rely on getting through the period when development takes place which we are presuming is over a period of several years we have no other means of revenue.

Can you provide compensation for this period. We are already experiencing noise pollution and road access difficulty, saying you are keeping access is not acceptable if a customer has a £20,000 caravan to squeeze through the space of a family car and cover it in mud !!

(Already being experienced with the removal of trees in Watermill Lane)
Also the document holiday sites, it is a great possibility that the whole very popular area of our caravan and mostly camping area will be unusable in the future due to the impact of noise therefore we may need to take steps to move and alter the whole of the caravan park using an area that at the moment is not within our licence.

We have very little suitable land left and the most obvious is that of which the previously mentioned footpath runs straight through.

We would then come under scrutiny from these proposals extra expense loss of revenue.

It will be interesting to see if any consideration is given to a long standing Bexhill business that has benefited many small businesses by its regular custom to the area.

We await your response.

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