Core Strategy Issues & Options

Comment

Representation ID: 18630

Received: 31/01/2007

Respondent: Rye Conservation Society

Rother in Profile does not identify existing and proposed SSSIs which are a significant constraint upon future development and should be recognised here and in the Core Strategy.

Comment

Representation ID: 18631

Received: 31/01/2007

Respondent: Rye Conservation Society

The natural and built environment are separate issues which require separate analysis and policy formulation.

Comment

Representation ID: 18632

Received: 31/01/2007

Respondent: Rye Conservation Society

The natural environment and the built environment are underplayed in Section 10. The Local Plan principles (i) to (xiv) should be included in the LDF with SSSIs added to principle (vi). There is no reference to historic towns and conservation areas; there should be specific inclusion of best practice conservation area management principles in the LDF.
The need for measures to address environmental issues such as water and energy conservation and waste recycling are not adequately featured in the strategy principles, though their importance at the national level is acknowledged by citing PPS1 on page 19.

Comment

Representation ID: 18633

Received: 31/01/2007

Respondent: Rye Conservation Society

In respect of Aim 1 of the current Local Plan, the care of the countryside is not the same thing as the enhancement of the environment. More emphasis should be placed on policies designed to increase respect for and enjoyment of the countryside, free from visual clutter of all kinds.

Also, the strengths of cultural heritage must find their full place in the LDF Vision for 2026. Aim 1 gives totally inadequate expression to this objective.

Comment

Representation ID: 18634

Received: 31/01/2007

Respondent: Rye Conservation Society

The 'Drivers for Change’ give insufficient weight to the growing public demand for localisation of services and government within the principle of subsiduarity, promoted by the EU.

Comment

Representation ID: 18635

Received: 31/01/2007

Respondent: Rye Conservation Society

More affordable housing is required to meet the needs of first time buyers in their local communities. However, inward migration should be directed towards large conurbations where employment is more readily available. The guidance in draft PPS3 should find specific expression in the LDF to the effect that new housing in village and market towns should serve only to meet he needs of the local community.

Comment

Representation ID: 18636

Received: 31/01/2007

Respondent: Rye Conservation Society

Sustainable progress requires guiding principles for future development which should be integral to planning, management and promotion.

Tourism should reflect the character of the place it is sited however no element of the environment should automatically be seen as static. Just as tourism should adapt to the environment in certain areas, so elsewhere it may be appropriate to adapt the environment to accommodate tourism.

The response to out-commuting should be dictated by sustainability. Improvements to public transport would permit increased out-commuting to Hastings from Bexhill for example though not many residents would regard such travel to work as out-commuting.

Comment

Representation ID: 18637

Received: 31/01/2007

Respondent: Rye Conservation Society

Poor transport links are major constraints upon growth, particularly the road network north and west of Hastings, and the infrequency of public transport services throughout the District. The LDF should seek to promote the upgrading of rail and bus services throughout the District.

Comment

Representation ID: 18638

Received: 31/01/2007

Respondent: Rye Conservation Society

Locating new housing in/around conurbations provides the best opportunity and cost-effectiveness for managed neighbourhood energy schemes.

The use, maintenance and care of infrastructure and public areas contribute to quality of life. This sense of place engenders public respect for and identification with the built environment and is instrumental in combating vandalism. The Core Strategy should contain commitments to improving the architectural landscape of towns and villages.
Dumping of waste in the countryside should be more actively discouraged.

New building design should achieve and emphasise contextual relationship with existing historic buildings, though not necessarily imitating in pastiche the historic idiom.

Comment

Representation ID: 18639

Received: 31/01/2007

Respondent: Rye Conservation Society

Shopping: support the aim of strengthening the role of town centres, particularly Rye’s High Street shops. Rye’s shopping facilities are adequate.

Recreational facilities: the Town Salts are of the greatest importance to the setting of Rye and inappropriate development in pursuit of improved recreational activity has diminished the quality of the area. The Sports Hall includes little to attract users. The swimming pool has been built to budget cost with provision for, for example, solar panel heating.
Healthcare: we stress the importance of retaining services at the Conquest.