6 months ago I purchased 17 Winchelsea Lane largely because there was a lot of open space around it. I checked that it was outside the Development Area and in an AONB, so I was confident that it's location would not significantly change. I therefore object to this proposal because it is outside the development area and in an AONB. In order to have trust in the planning process a development boundary should mean exactly that and therefore to build outside it and in an AONB should require strong positive reasons over and above the pressure to release more building land. I suggest there are no such srong positive reasons particularly as 36 houses is not a small development and given the area of land will be high density.
I also object because it will be the thin end of the wedge. Any reasons for approving this development would apply equally well to the many other pockets of land behind Winchelsea Lane right down to the Guestling boundary. If the Development Boundary and AONB status can be over-ridden once it can be over-ridden again.
For example the plot behind No 13 Wichelsea Lane has been the subject of an unsuccessful planning application. It is difficult to imagine that a new application would not be made if this proposal is approved, and with every chance of success.
The proposal also gives no details on the nature and location of the proposed access from Winchelsea Lane.