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.

The Sustainability Appraisal of Site RH6 (p133) assumes that all of the site is a "greenfield" site. This is not the case and therefore the poor scores shown in the assessment for employment uses does not accurately reflect the position.

A reassessment should be made of Site RH6 based on the attached site plan which shows the existing employment site and some expansion land. This is needed for the relocation and consolidation of Jempson business from Rye town centre to this site, thereby facilitating the much needed re-development of their existing employment sites for housing and maintaining the existing local jobs.

Amendment

Review the SA for Site RH6 based upon the revised site area as shown attached. (map attached: www.rother.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=31160)