Comment

Representation ID: 26422

Received: 17/07/2024

Respondent: Burwash Parish Council

COMMENTS ON INFRASTRUCTURE DELIVERY PLAN RELEVANT TO BURWASH PARISH

• It appears that the only identified infrastructure outlined for Burwash is delivery of a cricket pitch.

• Identified need in the rural Rother area for increased clinical spaces relevant to the delivery of additional services to a wider community.
- Burwash medical practice (Fairfield Surgery) has approx. 4,300 patients on role. The population of Burwash is approx. 2,300 people. The surgery services many more patients than just residents of Burwash parish. Surgery is oversubscribed and lacking space to grow.
- The Parish Council are exploring the opportunity to build a new Community Hub to include new public toilets, community spaces, clinical spaces and additional parking.

Comment

Representation ID: 26423

Received: 17/07/2024

Respondent: Burwash Parish Council

COMMENTS ON INFRASTRUCTURE DELIVERY PLAN RELEVANT TO BURWASH PARISH

• The water treatment plant in Shrub Lane has been poorly maintained and is at threat of failure with any increased development in Strand Meadow / Shrub Lane. This needs to be addressed.
• Burwash Primary School has just received an ‘Outstanding’ rating from Ofsted. This will no doubt mean that the reception class (PAN 25) will be full in the coming years as it’s the only primary in the area to have this rating.
• Leased land at Hornbeam could be developed to include children’s playground.
• Parish Council doesn’t own or lease any other land in Burwash parish. Both Swan Meadow (Ham Lane) and the Pavilion & Playing Fields at Burwash Common are owned / managed by independent charities.

Comment

Representation ID: 26470

Received: 22/07/2024

Respondent: NHS Property Services

General Comments on Evidence Base relating to Healthcare Infrastructure
The provision of adequate healthcare infrastructure is in our view critical to the delivery of sustainable
development. We recommend the Council engage with the NHS, particularly the ICB, on an on-going
basis as part of preparing the Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP). A sound IDP must include sufficient
detail to provide clarity around the healthcare infrastructure required to support growth, and to ensure
that both planning obligations and the capital allocation processes for the CIL effectively support and
result in capital funding towards delivery of the required infrastructure.
Related to this, appropriate healthcare costs should be factored into the Local Plan Viability
Assessment for relevant typologies. Such an approach means that developers are adequately
informed in advance that they may be required to make contributions towards healthcare
infrastructure. A separate cost input for health infrastructure in the plan viability assessment would
ensure that healthcare mitigation is appropriately weighted when evaluating the potential planning
obligations necessary to mitigate the full impact of a development. This is particularly important in
situations where a viability assessment demonstrates that proposals are unable to fund the full range
of infrastructure requirements.