Rother Local Plan 2020-2040 (Regulation 18)

Comment

Representation ID: 27423

Received: 22/07/2024

Respondent: Catsfield Parish Council

Exception sites could be an option for delivering small scale affordable housing in partnership with Parish Councils. It is important that Parish Councils retain the veto on development of exception sites.

Comment

Representation ID: 27425

Received: 22/07/2024

Respondent: Catsfield Parish Council

This is a vague question. We need both and the plan needs to deliver both.

Comment

Representation ID: 27426

Received: 22/07/2024

Respondent: Catsfield Parish Council

Yes, agree NP may include affordable only developments

Comment

Representation ID: 27427

Received: 22/07/2024

Respondent: Catsfield Parish Council

We do not agree with criteria (iv) in item 8.51 the Parish Council represents the wishes of local people. That is a democratic principle. Allowing other groups or individuals to override the views of the locally elected Council is not acceptable.

Comment

Representation ID: 27428

Received: 22/07/2024

Respondent: Catsfield Parish Council

Yes, broadly agree with this policy

Comment

Representation ID: 27429

Received: 22/07/2024

Respondent: Catsfield Parish Council

Yes, broadly agree

Comment

Representation ID: 27430

Received: 22/07/2024

Respondent: Catsfield Parish Council

New development should be required to fit in with existing housing. For example, we have seen new additions in streets that “light up like Xmas trees” with external lighting, compared to very limited external lights on existing houses. Streets go from Dark to Light, even if they stay within the limits of dark sky definitions. This needs tighter control on brightness.
Any development requiring significant new street lighting should not be allowed. Again, the reference is to match into the existing light levels.

Comment

Representation ID: 27467

Received: 22/07/2024

Respondent: Catsfield Parish Council

Comments included within the response from Catsfield Parish Council from Dr John Feltwell Tree Warden to Catsfield Parish Council:
1. There is always a need to respect the AONL in the parish, i.e. to resist all building, unless it is replacement.
2. All trees in the parish, whether in the AONL or outside have equal importance must be conserved at all times.
3. The Management Plan for the AONL (inc its pending update), from the AONL Unit, must be followed at all times.

Comment

Representation ID: 27468

Received: 22/07/2024

Respondent: Catsfield Parish Council

Comments included within the response from Catsfield Parish Council from Dr John Feltwell Tree Warden to Catsfield Parish Council:
4. The Catsfield Biodiversity Audit (116pp) (copy on CPC website) must be consulted on all developments.
6. All TPOs (Tree Preservation Orders) in the parish must be protected from development.
7. The Normanhurst TPO is especially vulnerable to adverse impact from development as it is a finite natural asset for the community.
9. The Brassey Estate (Normanhurst) must be shown on Rother on-line maps as an historic arboretum with regional and national important specimens.
11. Development in any of the parish's TPOs must be rigorously opposed. This is important, as Rother permitted destruction of a TPO to make way for four houses opposite The Plough in Crowhurst in 2023. NOTE. Planning trumps TPOs.

Comment

Representation ID: 27469

Received: 22/07/2024

Respondent: Catsfield Parish Council

Comments included within the response from Catsfield Parish Council from Dr John Feltwell Tree Warden to Catsfield Parish Council:
5. The Village NP must be consulted at all times, when complete.