Rother Local Plan 2020-2040 (Regulation 18)

Comment

Representation ID: 24716

Received: 29/05/2024

Respondent: The Beech Estate

Agent: ASP

Whitelands (HELAA reference BAT0075) should be included within the Development Boundary and allocated.

The HELAA lists the site as ‘potentially available’. We wish to highlight that the land is available and deliverable in the short term.

The land is not located in the countryside to the west of Battle. It actually lies adjacent to a ribbon of residential development, and it is not considered inappropriate in those circumstances to promote the site for residential development.

Development of the site could retain the historic field boundaries.

Historically the site is not a wildflower meadow. Its current appearance results from wildflower seed being distributed 10 years ago. The site's development could deliver biodiversity net gain.

The site is not an unsustainable location. A footpath opposite provides walkable access to Battle in some 10 minutes.

The site is enclosed from the wider countryside to the north and AONB views by woodland.

Comment

Representation ID: 24717

Received: 29/05/2024

Respondent: The Beech Estate

Agent: ASP

HELAA site: Land at Frederick Thatcher Place, North
Trade Road (BAT0013)

A sensitively designed small-scale scheme could be achieved here whilst protecting and enhancing the
woodland alongside achieving biodiversity net gain.

The scheme could be sensitively designed
to avoid harm to the setting of the adjacent listed building.
Historically, the woodland that exists was in fact the orchard for Frederick Thatcher Place (shown on the historic mapping contained in Appendix 2).

The site is connected to the built-up area of Battle, highly sustainable and is suitable and available
for allocation. Footpaths are on both sides of the road immediately outside of the site providing pedestrian routes to the centre of Battle. There exists a bus stop outside of the site which provides services within Battle and connects to Bexhill Town Centre. The council has approved numerous developments in the vicinity of this site and further westwards along North Trade Road.