Rother Local Plan 2025-2042 – Development Strategy and Site Allocations

LOCAL PLAN REPRESENTATIONS IN RELATION TO LAND SOUTH OF BARNHORN ROAD,
BEXHILL – DRAFT ALLOCATION BX22

These representations are submitted by Bidwells LLP on behalf of Richborough, the promoter of Land
South of Barnhorn Road, Bexhill (the site). Richborough is promoting the site through the emerging Rother
Local Plan process.

Richborough’s objective is to bring forward a comprehensively planned, residential-led development that
responds positively to the site’s opportunities and constraints. This submission is accompanied by a Vision
Document showing how the site could be developed (enclosed). This explains how a high-quality urban
extension to West Bexhill can be delivered, supported by strong walking, cycling and public transport
connections, landscape and ecological enhancement, and the infrastructure necessary to support a
sustainable new community. The Vision Document also demonstrates that development can be structured
in a way that retains and enhances important landscape features, respects the setting of nearby heritage
assets, and responds appropriately to the relationship with the Pevensey Levels.

The purpose of these representations is therefore to respond to the draft allocation and associated policy
framework, and to explain how Richborough propose to deliver development on the site in a manner
consistent with the emerging Local Plan objectives. In doing so, the representations are intended to assist
the Council in refining the allocation, confirming its deliverability, and ensuring that the site can make an
effective contribution towards meeting housing and wider development needs in Bexhill and across the
district.

Please see attached representations and site Vision Document.