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Representation ID: 3327

Received: 26/04/2012

The option of no boundary is preferred. A development boundary should not be necessary provided local, national and international policies for the protection and enhancement of the natural environment are properly applied. This should include recognition of the important local sites within wider ecological networks as well as local character and distinctiveness.

There could be environmental advantages to not designating a development boundary as this can constrain opportunities to consider sites which have some capacity for development and are outside the development boundary This could potentially ease the pressure away from more sensitive sites within the built up area.

The National Landscape Character Assessment (NE) and the East Sussex County Landscape Assessment, as well as the landscape capacity assessment which has been carried out to inform the SHLAA for potential site allocations around the outskirts of Hastings, are available as tools to help inform decision making. Site based landscape and visual assessments should be undertaken to reduce the risk of inappropriate development occurring in the countryside.

From a historic environment perspective, consideration should be given to each individual site on its merits by consulting the Historic Environment Record and undertaking appropriate assessment on a site by site basis.