7.32
Support
Proposed Submission Core Strategy
Representation ID: 20550
Received: 21/09/2011
Respondent: Croudace Strategic Ltd
Agent: Portchester Planning Consultancy
Locating most new development in settlements with a good range of employment, services and faciltiies is supported.
It is considered that the potential of the Robertsbridge Rural Service Centre is not being fully utilised in the draft Core Strategy and should be re-visisted with a view to increasing the housing allocation.
Locating most new development in settlements that have a good range of employment, services and other facilities is supported.
This is particularly the case in relation to the rural areas.
Policy EC6.2 of PPS4 stresses the role of Local Service Centres. This is particulalry relevent to the northern rural part of Rother District.
Robertsbridge is identified in the Core strategy as a Rural Servcie Centre (Figure 9) and this role is supported.
Robertsbridge has a good range of employment, services and facilities and although being washed-over by the AONB has land available which could be developed without having any material adverse impact on the AONB.
It is considered that the potential of Robertsbridge to accommodate additional development is not being fully utilised in the draft Core Strategy, for example land at Grove Farm.