Comment

Representation ID: 26555

Received: 22/07/2024

Respondent: Marine Management Organisation

The full submission (as attached) suggests policies from the South Inshore and Offshore Marine Plan
that we believe are most relevant to the Draft Rother Local Plan 2020-2040.
These suggested policies have been identified based on the activities and content within
the document entitled above. They are provided only as a recommendation, and we would
suggest your own interpretation of the South Marine Plan is completed.

Within your Draft Rother Local Plan 2020-2040, there is a brief mention of the Marine
Management Organisation in paragraph 1.20 but no mention of the relevant South Inshore
and Offshore Marine Plan or the Marine Policy Statement. Under the Marine and Coastal
Access Act, any authorisation or enforcement decisions must be made in accordance with
the marine plan. Any other decisions which may impact the marine area must have regard
to the marine plan. Highlighting the South Inshore and Offshore Marine Plan within your
plan would show you have regard to the marine plans.

Comment

Representation ID: 28240

Received: 23/07/2024

Respondent: Environment Agency

We are encouraged to note your intentions to prepare a comprehensive evidence base to inform the new Local Plan policies, and to make relevant evidence base documents available as part of consultation exercises, to set out justification for draft policies and help inform representations.

We look forward to working with you to update the evidence base to ensure that all decisions are informed and justified, in line with the ‘tests of soundness’ set out in the NPPF (Paragraph 35).

We are keen to share environmental evidence and data to inform Local Plan policies and planning decisions; data – including maps of Flood Zones, Source Protection Zones and so on – is available to download from the Defra Data Services Platform.

We should be consulted on any addendum to the Strategic Flood Risk Assessment and are involved where a Level 2 Assessment is necessary.

Please see full text in attached submission.