Object
Proposed Submission Development and Site Allocations (DaSA) Local Plan
Representation ID: 24352
Received: 07/12/2018
Respondent: John Jempson & Son Ltd
Agent: MDA Associates
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
John Jempson & Son Ltd are bringing forward redevelopment proposals for all three of their major sites in Rye. To allow the consolidation of their business onto one site at Harbour Road all three sites MUST come forward together and be economically viable if all the existing employment is to be maintained. In order to accommodate this relocation, their site on Harbour Road, needs to be expanded as shown on the attached plan. This can happen without having a significant impact on the surrounding environmental designations.
There needs to be an element of flexibility in the definition of the Employment Area boundary to accommodate development proposals in the future.
Therefore, we propose an amendment to the boundary defined on Figure 56 as shown on the attached plan (plan attached: www.rother.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=31160). This is a significantly reduced area from that which was originally put forward as Site RH6. The site is reduced to create an area where the environmental impacts arising can be mitigated through an ecological management plan but still allow expansion of the site to provide for the relocation of Jempson from Rye town centre and new accommodation for their tenants.
Chapter 11, Policy RHA2
Harbour Road Employment Area, Rye
The Proposed Amendment to Figure 56
John Jempson & Son Ltd are bringing forward re-development proposals for all three of their major sites in Rye that together will provide much needed new housing and modern employment facilities. However to allow the consolidation of their business onto one site at Harbour Road it is necessary that all three sites MUST come forward together and be economically viable if all the existing employment is to be maintained. In order to accommodate this relocation of their business and tenants from Rye town centre, their site on Harbour Road, as
shown on Figure 56, needs to be expanded as shown on the attached plan. This can happen without having a significant impact on the surrounding environmental designations.
Background Information
The Employment Sites Review noted that the Harbour Road Employment Area has an important strategic role to play being the main economic hub for the eastern half of the District. This strategic role has to be balanced against the need to not adversely impact on the surrounding environmental constraints.
However this area also has the most intensification potential to deliver more jobs locally (para 5.37e), therefore there needs to be an element of flexibility in the definition of the Employment Area boundary to accommodate development proposals in the future.
An example of where this has already occurred in the Harbour Road EA is the amendment made to take account of the development at Site RH2, The Saltings. Here it was recognised that given the significant contribution to local jobs the environmental impacts arising could be mitigated.
Therefore, we propose an amendment to the boundary defined on Figure 56 as shown on the attached plan. (plan attached: www.rother.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=31160) This is a significantly reduced area from that which was originally put forward as Site RH6 (land south of the former Spun Concrete site) and assessed in the Sustainability Appraisal (Volume 3, Appendix 4, Page 133, Site RH6). In response to the comments made the site is reduced to create an area where the environmental impacts arising can be mitigated through an ecological management plan but will still allow an expansion of the site to provide for the relocation requirements for Jempson from Rye town centre, as well as providing new accommodation for their tenants.