Rother Local Plan 2020-2040 (Regulation 18)

Comment

Representation ID: 24737

Received: 31/05/2024

Respondent: Sedlescombe Parish Council

How are Rother going to deliver affordable housing. The availability of affordable housing continues to decrease. It would be beneficial to have a more specific target that clearly addresses the housing crisis head-on. What is the exact definition of affordable housing given the average wages in Rother.

Comment

Representation ID: 24738

Received: 31/05/2024

Respondent: Sedlescombe Parish Council

There’s no mention of co-design or co-development in the objectives, but this may be addressed in the specific plans and strategies that will help to achieve the objectives.

Comment

Representation ID: 24739

Received: 31/05/2024

Respondent: Sedlescombe Parish Council

in objective 4, no mention is made of the housing needs of younger people.

Comment

Representation ID: 24740

Received: 31/05/2024

Respondent: Sedlescombe Parish Council

Under objective 8, there needs to be greater coordination between the transport providers and there should be specific mention of rail. It important that when residents want to travel to Brighton, London, Eastbourne, or further afield they know that the the bus will be on time and that it will connect with train services otherwise it’s always easier to go by car.

Comment

Representation ID: 24741

Received: 31/05/2024

Respondent: Sedlescombe Parish Council

The wording of objective 4 as it implies that protection of the National Landscape is subservient to sustainable development. Preserving the National Landscape should be sacrosanct and policies ensures that development occurs which is sensitive to those conservation needs.

Comment

Representation ID: 24742

Received: 31/05/2024

Respondent: Sedlescombe Parish Council

Please check whether BREEAM is actually available for conversions. It may only be available for larger developments.
Setting of local energy efficiency standards which are above the National Minimum Standards is supported. Measures such as solar PV and heat pumps need to be explicitly included in all planning applications unless good reasons can be supplied as to why they are inappropriate for any given development

Comment

Representation ID: 24743

Received: 31/05/2024

Respondent: Sedlescombe Parish Council

It is important to achieve higher standards but what standards is this question asking about?
High standards must balance with escalating costs in an impoverished area

Comment

Representation ID: 24744

Received: 31/05/2024

Respondent: Sedlescombe Parish Council

Consider the cost to developers of the additional requirements and how this may suppress building through increases costs?

Comment

Representation ID: 24745

Received: 31/05/2024

Respondent: Sedlescombe Parish Council

Agree
Older buildings may not be able to achieve this. Where will the funding come from to retro fit homes.
There will be many older buildings (and listed) in this area for which the refurbishment standards will be impossible to achieve
Retrofit is a good example of renew & recycle.

Comment

Representation ID: 24746

Received: 31/05/2024

Respondent: Sedlescombe Parish Council

lack of data re construction waste increases delays