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Rother Local Plan 2025-2042 – Development Strategy and Site Allocations
Q54
Representation ID: 29862
Received: 20/03/2026
Respondent: Burwash Common and Weald Residents Association
BWC1. (1) A pristine, greenfield site in the High Weald NL. To allow it to be developed for housing would be environmental vandalism. (2) Designated as an 'Area that Could become Important for Biodiversity (ACIB). If developed, that opportunity is lost - so much for 'Green to the Core'! (3) The site is well outside the Burwash Common development boundary. There is no justification for extending urbanisation so far to the west. The green gaps between settlements must be protected. (4) Approval for development here opens up all the sites to the east up to Linkway field, which has already been rejected for housing. The arguments that apply to Linkway field apply in spades here. (5) There are safety issues over access, especially if BWC2 immediately opposite is also developed. (6) The site is not sustainable in planning terms; any development will inevitably be car-led.
BWC1. (1) A pristine, greenfield site in the High Weald NL. To allow it to be developed for housing would be environmental vandalism. (2) Designated as an 'Area that Could become Important for Biodiversity (ACIB). If developed, that opportunity is lost - so much for 'Green to the Core'! (3) The site is well outside the Burwash Common development boundary. There is no justification for extending urbanisation so far to the west. The green gaps between settlements must be protected. (4) Approval for development here opens up all the sites to the east up to Linkway field, which has already been rejected for housing. The arguments that apply to Linkway field apply in spades here. (5) There are safety issues over access, especially if BWC2 immediately opposite is also developed. (6) The site is not sustainable in planning terms; any development will inevitably be car-led.
