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Rother Local Plan 2020-2040 (Regulation 18)
7. How important is it for Rother to seek to set high standards?
Representation ID: 24993
Received: 04/07/2024
Respondent: Ramblers
As a charity working to protect and enhance the areas where we all love to walk, The Ramblers fully support the Plan´s overall priority of being Green To The Core. It is crucial that Rother Council sets and maintains the highest of standards, ensuring that all planning decisions mitigate and adapt to the Climate Emergency.
As a charity working to protect and enhance the areas where we all love to walk, The Ramblers fully support the Plan´s overall priority of being Green To The Core. It is crucial that Rother Council sets and maintains the highest of standards, ensuring that all planning decisions mitigate and adapt to the Climate Emergency.
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Rother Local Plan 2020-2040 (Regulation 18)
34. Are there any alternatives or additional points the Council should be considering?
Representation ID: 24994
Received: 04/07/2024
Respondent: Ramblers
As a charity which opens the way for everyone to enjoy the pleasures and benefits of walking, Ramblers urge Rother Council to ensure that wherever Walking, Wheeling and Cycling routes interact with busy roads, localized widening of at least 2 metres – optimally 4 metres - is prioritized and guaranteed in order to make walking and wheeling the natural and safe choice for short journeys.
Clearly signposted, Filtered Permeability for Walking, Wheeling and Cycling must be provided between every new development and the closest transport node/s.
Specific examples: the entire pavement approach to and surround of Little Common roundabout, Bexhill; Barnhorn Road between Rosewood Park Estate and Little Common, Bexhill; Powdermill Lane between Catsfield and Battle rail station.
As a charity which opens the way for everyone to enjoy the pleasures and benefits of walking, Ramblers urge Rother Council to ensure that wherever Walking, Wheeling and Cycling routes interact with busy roads, localized widening of at least 2 metres – optimally 4 metres - is prioritized and guaranteed in order to make walking and wheeling the natural and safe choice for short journeys.
Clearly signposted, Filtered Permeability for Walking, Wheeling and Cycling must be provided between every new development and the closest transport node/s.
Specific examples: the entire pavement approach to and surround of Little Common roundabout, Bexhill; Barnhorn Road between Rosewood Park Estate and Little Common, Bexhill; Powdermill Lane between Catsfield and Battle rail station.
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Rother Local Plan 2020-2040 (Regulation 18)
72. What are your views on the vision for Rother's countryside?
Representation ID: 24995
Received: 04/07/2024
Respondent: Ramblers
As a charity working to protect and enhance the areas where we all love to walk, Ramblers support the vision for Rother´s countryside.
As a charity working to protect and enhance the areas where we all love to walk, Ramblers support the vision for Rother´s countryside.
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Rother Local Plan 2020-2040 (Regulation 18)
73. Are there any alternatives or additional points the Council should be considering?
Representation ID: 24996
Received: 04/07/2024
Respondent: Ramblers
p.432 of the Draft Planning document states that ´No Monitoring is Proposed´for the Vision of the Countryside. Ramblers urge that specific methods of measuring and monitoring are incorporated into this vision.
The proposed Vision states that ´New development will be strictly limited to that which supports local agricultural, economic, tourism or housing needs (especially for affordable housing) and maintains or improves the rural character.´
These criteria are measurable. They can and must be monitored in order to protect the Rother countryside and to support Rother´s proposed policies GTC7: Local Nature Recovery Areas, GTC8: Biodiversity Net Gain and HWB1: Supporting Health and Wellbeing - the importance of nature as essential to our continued wellbeing and the impact of restricted access to it.
p.432 of the Draft Planning document states that ´No Monitoring is Proposed´for the Vision of the Countryside. Ramblers urge that specific methods of measuring and monitoring are incorporated into this vision.
The proposed Vision states that ´New development will be strictly limited to that which supports local agricultural, economic, tourism or housing needs (especially for affordable housing) and maintains or improves the rural character.´
These criteria are measurable. They can and must be monitored in order to protect the Rother countryside and to support Rother´s proposed policies GTC7: Local Nature Recovery Areas, GTC8: Biodiversity Net Gain and HWB1: Supporting Health and Wellbeing - the importance of nature as essential to our continued wellbeing and the impact of restricted access to it.
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Rother Local Plan 2020-2040 (Regulation 18)
92. What are your views on the Council's proposed policy on supporting health and wellbeing?
Representation ID: 24997
Received: 04/07/2024
Respondent: Ramblers
As a charity working to ensure that everyone enjoys the pleasures and benefits of walking, Ramblers urge Rother Council to provide safe, smooth, step-free Walking, Wheeling and Cycling routes for all communities, with particular priority given to Deprived Urban and Rural Areas. All such routes should optimally be four metres wide.
As a charity working to ensure that everyone enjoys the pleasures and benefits of walking, Ramblers urge Rother Council to provide safe, smooth, step-free Walking, Wheeling and Cycling routes for all communities, with particular priority given to Deprived Urban and Rural Areas. All such routes should optimally be four metres wide.
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Rother Local Plan 2020-2040 (Regulation 18)
6.40
Representation ID: 24998
Received: 04/07/2024
Respondent: Ramblers
Ramblers propose that point 6.40 is amended so that it reads "In addition to this, no Public Right Of Way should be removed and a development should only seek to directly alter a Public Right of Way, if there is an overriding benefit TO THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY in doing so"
Ramblers propose that point 6.40 is amended so that it reads "In addition to this, no Public Right Of Way should be removed and a development should only seek to directly alter a Public Right of Way, if there is an overriding benefit TO THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY in doing so"
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Rother Local Plan 2020-2040 (Regulation 18)
104. What are your views on the Council's proposed policy on public rights of way?
Representation ID: 24999
Received: 04/07/2024
Respondent: Ramblers
As a charity which opens the way for everyone to enjoy the pleasures and benefits of walking, and which protects and enhances the areas where we all love to walk, Ramblers welcome the proposed policy on Public Rights of Way.
PRoW are regularly threatened by building developments. Not only large developments can damage a PRoW - sometimes a single dwelling, new outbuilding or access route can impinge on a PRoW in a negative way.
Ramblers recommend that all planning applications are required to demonstrate explicitly how they will meet the Council´s policy where a PRoW runs through the application site, and/or where a PRoW runs in close proximity. Too frequently applications do not even acknowledge the existence of a PRoW - these in particular are plans to watch out for. There needs to be a robust checking process in place both during the initial application phase and in subsequent phases.
As a charity which opens the way for everyone to enjoy the pleasures and benefits of walking, and which protects and enhances the areas where we all love to walk, Ramblers welcome the proposed policy on Public Rights of Way.
PRoW are regularly threatened by building developments. Not only large developments can damage a PRoW - sometimes a single dwelling, new outbuilding or access route can impinge on a PRoW in a negative way.
Ramblers recommend that all planning applications are required to demonstrate explicitly how they will meet the Council´s policy where a PRoW runs through the application site, and/or where a PRoW runs in close proximity. Too frequently applications do not even acknowledge the existence of a PRoW - these in particular are plans to watch out for. There needs to be a robust checking process in place both during the initial application phase and in subsequent phases.
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Rother Local Plan 2020-2040 (Regulation 18)
105. Are there any alternative or additional points the Council should be considering?
Representation ID: 25000
Received: 04/07/2024
Respondent: Ramblers
Developers need to be held to account during planning and construction to ensure that Public Rights of Way are prioritized, available and safe to use. Everything agreed at the planning stage must happen in practice.
Re-routeing Public Rights of Way onto estate roads and estate pathways is not acceptable.
Safe crossing over busy roads, and the provision of safe Walking, Wheeling and Cycling routes alongside busy roads, must always be provided – thus improving connectivity from one PRoW to the next.
Where a field or site boundary is crossed, gates should be installed rather than stiles, to maximize step-free access.
Provision of a protective width of four metres for PRoW should be required by all developers/applicants.
More resources are needed to protect and prioritize Rother´s PRoW.
PRoW are a precious asset, forming an integral part of Rother´s identity, ensuring connectivity, and safeguarding the Health and Wellbeing of all communities.
Developers need to be held to account during planning and construction to ensure that Public Rights of Way are prioritized, available and safe to use. Everything agreed at the planning stage must happen in practice.
Re-routeing Public Rights of Way onto estate roads and estate pathways is not acceptable.
Safe crossing over busy roads, and the provision of safe Walking, Wheeling and Cycling routes alongside busy roads, must always be provided – thus improving connectivity from one PRoW to the next.
Where a field or site boundary is crossed, gates should be installed rather than stiles, to maximize step-free access.
Provision of a protective width of four metres for PRoW should be required by all developers/applicants.
More resources are needed to protect and prioritize Rother´s PRoW.
PRoW are a precious asset, forming an integral part of Rother´s identity, ensuring connectivity, and safeguarding the Health and Wellbeing of all communities.
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Rother Local Plan 2020-2040 (Regulation 18)
178. What are your views on the Council's proposed policy on rural environments and landscape character?
Representation ID: 25001
Received: 04/07/2024
Respondent: Ramblers
Clause (ix) of the proposed Policy Wording should be amended so that it reads
“(ix) Other key landscape features across the district, including native hedgerows, copses, field patterns, historic field boundaries, ancient routeways AND PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY, ditches and barrows, and ponds and water courses.”
Clause (ix) of the proposed Policy Wording should be amended so that it reads
“(ix) Other key landscape features across the district, including native hedgerows, copses, field patterns, historic field boundaries, ancient routeways AND PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY, ditches and barrows, and ponds and water courses.”
