Additional traffic generated short and long term on chapel lane as well as the junction on winchelsea road will increase safety concerns amongst the community.

This junction is already busy with traffic and parked cars, particularly during school
Drop off and pick up time. Additional traffic will endanger residents as well as parents and children of Guestling primary school.

The main road is incredibly dangerous and fast. I know because I live on the main road. The chapel lane junction is very busy and congested for a small village. This will be exacerbated and will increase risk during construction period specifically.

I am also concerned about the erosion of our roads as well as our historic village

Q25.

Local housing needs necessitate that some development will be required within the High Weald National Landscape area and it is appropriate that any such development within this area is well-related to existing built-up areas and services. References to 'major development' within the policy are not well defined and lack the additional context provided within footnote 64 of the NPPF and could therefore mislead decision-makers into thinking this should apply to any 'major applications'. The policy as worded is therefore contrary to paragraph 16 of the NPPF which requires that policies are "clearly written and unambiguous, so it is evident how a decision maker should react to development proposals".

Reference to the High Weald Design Guide is supported and the proposed development concept at the Wild Meadows site has been considered in line with this Design Guide.

The proposed development reflects the positive characteristics of the built environment throughout the High Weald and makes effective and efficient use of the development site. The key principles that have determined the overall design and layout include:

• Prioritising walking and cycling routes within the site and ensuring permeability for those walking past, through and around the site, including improved access to both local facilities in Guestling Green (and those within the proposed development) and the surrounding countryside;
• Incorporating a central green public space that is addressed by the buildings around it;
• Meaningful public realm throughout the rest of the site with soft edges to streets, new tree planting and a rural character that reflects the character of the wider area;
• Residential layout that defines the streets within the site and provides strong street frontages offering both discernible building lines and architectural variety;
• An appropriate unit mix that reflects the local housing need for smaller dwellings and affordable housing;
• Parking integrated into the design and layout, with a mix of parking solutions to ensure that parking is discretely located where possible and not overly dominant at street level

Q51, 53

The Council's authority monitoring reports show that the Council have delivered between 98- 283 homes a year since 2011/12. Although completions have been rising over time, the scale of delivery falls significantly short of identified local housing needs (733 homes a year), as well as the agreed housing trajectory within the adopted Core Strategy (335 homes a year) and the proposed spatial development strategy for the Rother Local Plan 2020 - 2050 (258 to 364 homes a year).

The Council's existing housing policies and allocations are therefore significantly under-delivering on the agreed minimum housing requirements for the District and local need has grown since the adoption of the previous Core Strategy. Housing delivery will only improve consistently through the adoption of a new Local Plan with additional housing allocations and a revised policy framework that provides a more aspirational framework for housing delivery.
Without deliberate policy interventions to improve delivery, local supply and affordability issues will continue to worsen.

We therefore welcome the Council's intention to allocate additional sites for development and adopted a new Local Plan. It is essential that the new Plan does not impose constraints to development that suppress housing delivery unnecessarily. It is therefore essential that the local planning authority scrutinise its own evidence on supply and capacity to determine whether these figures are robust and whether there are further sources of supply that could
be relied upon or identified sites are capable of delivery additional housing.

It is noted that the housing requirement identified in the draft Plan currently is a supply-led figure that would not come close to meeting the identified local housing needs of the area and therefore all efforts must be made to find additional sources of supply.

The Wild Meadows site is one such location where the identified capacity of the site is being unnecessarily suppress within the Regulation 18 Plan. The site has been assessed as capable of delivering 14 new dwellings, but the Council's own minimum density target (25 dwellings per hectare (dph) in village locations) suggests that any allocation of this site should be seeking to
achieve a minimum of 28 new homes.

We have previously submitted a development concept that shows 29 new homes within the site alongside new community infrastructure including public greenspace and equipped playspace, and have provided a copy of this concept plan as part of this consultation response.

As mandatory housing targets have been re-established by central Government and national policy is likely to shift in favour of housing delivery (particularly on sites that can be delivered within the first five years of the Plan), there is a clear policy shift towards additional housing delivery. The delivery of at least 28 new homes on the Wild Meadows site would not only
deliver additional housing overall in the short term, but would also double the number of affordable homes that would be delivered on this site compared to the 14 unit estimate currently shown.

Q 59, 60, 61

We support the strategy for sustainable villages within this area and the concept plans for the proposed residential development at Wild Meadows already seek to enhance the public realm and provide new community facilities in Guestling Green, in accordance with this vision.

Guestling Green is an appropriate location for new housing growth and the allocation of the Wild Meadows site would deliver an appropriate scale of development that is commensurate to the size of the settlement. We believe that additional homes could be delivered on the Wild Meadows site in accordance with the Council's own minimum density target.

Q76

We welcome the recognition of Guestling as an appropriate location for growth.

Guestling Green provides an important local Primary School that serves the wider rural area, and the village also provides opportunities for development that can deliver new family housing, affordable homes and community infrastructure that will ultimately improve the overall sustainability of the settlement.

As set out in our response to other questions, the Wild Meadows site has the capacity to deliver new community infrastructure, including public amenity greenspace and equipped playspace that would provide a benefit to the entire settlement. The Wild Meadows site can also deliver 29 new homes at the Council's minimum density target (25 dwellings per hectare), which would
deliver a wide range of market and affordable homes and new family housing within walking distance of the Primary School.

The development can therefore improve the sustainability and viability of the settlement through appropriate growth and a gentle residential density. The settlement has been identified as a potential growth location in the past but the tightly drawn development boundary has prevented new development from coming forward and therefore the new Local Plan needs to be proactive in allocating the Wild Meadows site to ensure that the appropriate scale of growth and delivery of new community infrastructure can be achieved.

The scale of development proposed at Wild Meadows is commensurate to the size of the settlement and provides an excellent opportunity to sustain the settlement and address local
housing needs over the Plan period.

Q77.

We have serious concerns that the Council's intention to build a stepped housing trajectory into their strategy reflects a lack of aspiration to urgently address the under-delivery occurring within the District.

If delivery rates do not improve in the short term then the scale of unmet need will only worsen and the challenge to improve delivery at a later date will be potentially unachievable.

We are concerned that the Council is over-optimistic about its ability to achieve higher rates of delivery without immediate interventions and a step-change in the approach to housing delivery within this Local Plan.

One way to ensure that housing delivery if maximised throughout the Plan period is to review the potential capacity of sites identified as suitable for development and to ensure that the recommended minimum density targets are achieved on all these future allocations.

Please see attached comments from Burwash Parish Council.

Please see attached the full submission regarding Land at Breadsell Farm covering background information to the site as well as detailed responses to questions 27, 28, 32, 51, 52, 54, 55, 60, 61, 77 and 90.

Just a few questions on the feasibility of any housing plans for Westfield.

1) Has anyone who actually knows this village and the surrounding area been to have a look at the logistics of any new houses being built.

2) What will be done about the lack of pavements, pedestrian crossings and parking in the area. People collecting children from the school park on double yellow lines and close to junctions so no one can see to get out safely.

3) Will the school be extended, it's too small to take extra pupils.

4) The doctor's surgery is struggling to provide adequate appointments for the people living in the village now, let alone when more houses are built. What are the plans for the surgery itself and the parking, there are not enough places to park now, there will be cars parked on the main A28 very soon.

5) Public transport is appling, one bus an hour to Hastings, one bus every two hours to Tenterden and Ashford. No buses go anywhere else.

6) There are no job opportunities in the Westfield area.

7) There is nothing for young people to do.

Please see attached document for the full submission from Westfield Parish Council.

See attached document for the representation.

See attached representation

Please see attached full representation on the draft Local Plan in relation to HELAA site ICK0017.

Representation by Stantec on behalf of Welbeck Strategic Land III Limited in support of Land East of Waites Lane, Fairlight Cove - HELAA site ID FAI0001.

Submission also responds to questions 59, 60, 61, 76, 27 and 191 in the Regulation 18 draft Local Plan.

Please see attached submission for full comments.

See attached documents which comprise the submission for the Regulation 18 Local Plan and HELAA site ICK0002: Seven Acres, Watermill Lane, Icklesham.

i am a resident of Marsham brook lane,Pett Level and every one knows last year on January 16 2023 most of the residents got flooded out with sewage from southern waters inadequate treatment plants
so any proposal to build more properties would be totally madness until southern water can 100% guarantee there treatment plants can deal with sewage and waste water and properties down stream will never flood again . The untreated waste is causing major problems to the fish stocks in the military canal and the sea fishing industry at rye ,people unknown swim at the famous Camber sands beach which is polluted from southern water treatment plants upstream of the harbour which all so takes fairlight waste .
Finally any person who passes any more development must be made accountable now and years to come