Core Strategy Consultation on Strategy Directions 2008

Comment

Representation ID: 19109

Received: 11/01/2009

Respondent: Ewhurst Parish Council

Ewhurst Parish Councl can find nothing within the 'Core Strategy: Consultation on Strategic Directions' document to merit concern.

Comment

Representation ID: 19110

Received: 11/01/2009

Respondent: Ewhurst Parish Council

Ewhurst Parish Council would like to see here a reference to the need for work to start on the proposed A21 Baldslow Link Road during, or shortly after, the construction of the Hastings- Bexhill Link Road.

Comment

Representation ID: 19944

Received: 28/01/2009

Respondent: Ewhurst Parish Council

This paragraph suggests that nearly 90% of residents do their main food shopping out of town. Does this figure relate to those living within the Parish of Rye (or Rye and Rye Harbour) only or does it include those living in the 'Rye Catchment Area' which is believed to include the residents of surrounding villages (including Camber) - some of whom may live closer to Hastings or Tenterden? If the answer is 'yes' then the statistic cited is misleading.

Comment

Representation ID: 19945

Received: 28/01/2009

Respondent: Ewhurst Parish Council

Add: '(including consideration of some form of pedestrianisation of the High Street between certain hours)'

Comment

Representation ID: 19946

Received: 28/01/2009

Respondent: Ewhurst Parish Council

There are more up to date figures available than those derived from the 2001 Census.

Comment

Representation ID: 19947

Received: 28/01/2009

Respondent: Ewhurst Parish Council

Prefer insertion of reference to the need to maintain and protect the historic core.
There are a number of strategic sites in Rye - notably the former Freda Gardham and Tilling Green school sites and land north of the railway line (including the former Rye College lower school site) - which are considered to be publicly-owned assets.
The document should recognise the need for an overall strategy prior to the disposal of these sites and how the town's need for community faciliteis could be fulfilled.

Comment

Representation ID: 19948

Received: 28/01/2009

Respondent: Ewhurst Parish Council

The document should provide for an embargo on development on - or close to - land adjacent to the railway line that might impinge on improvement of the line in respect of electrification and dualing.

Comment

Representation ID: 19949

Received: 28/01/2009

Respondent: Ewhurst Parish Council

The document should recognise the need for dual tracking and electrification of the Marshlink railway line between Hastings and Ashford.

Comment

Representation ID: 19950

Received: 28/01/2009

Respondent: Ewhurst Parish Council

Document should recognise the need for an appropriate traffic management strategy to protect the fabric and character of the historic core. There is a need to restrict the tonnage of vehicles using cobbled areas in order to protect surfaces. Rye is one of the few medieval towns with unrestricted access for trucks of up to 7.5 tonnes.
The document should recognise that, as a town dependent on tourism, there is a need to provide/maintain no fewer than four public conveniences.

Comment

Representation ID: 19951

Received: 28/01/2009

Respondent: Ewhurst Parish Council

The document should recognise the need for the Core Strategy to focus on culture and its importance for the public realm - and also its economic importance in relation to the development and maintenance of tourism.
The document should recognise the value of long-term cultural institutions - for example, museums and galleries - and the importance of their role in the tourist economy.
The document should recognise the economic and social advantages of the development of a cultural centre for Rye as a central focal point for physical and cultural activities (as achieved in Aldeburgh, Chichester - encompassing a theatre, cinema and meeting hall).