Support Option 1b for the Baldslow link and include as residential housing land the land between Option 1b and The Ridge West. See attached plan from report to Lead Cabinet Member for Transport & Environment, 25.02.08.

Hastings Borough Council (HBC) and Rother District Council (RDC) have both responded expressing a general concern that it is essential that the Bexhill and Hastings Link Road and the Baldslow scheme should be brought forward on a similar timescale in order to maximise the improved access between Hastings and Bexhill. HBC strongly favours Options 1A and 1B, with 1B preferred, as 1A does not fully address improvements needed to the A21 route. RDC similarly favour Option 1B although feel that the justification for encroachment on the High Weald of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and impact on the residents of the Holiday Park should be more closely appraised.