B01 - Bulverhythe Development Area

Object

Representation ID: 2292

Received: 15/03/2012

This site should be converted for leisure purposes to compliment the Lido development. The site is on the main east west road and unsuitable for housing development which would lead to further traffic congention. The density of dwellings required to accommodate 100 housing units would necessite a reasonably large block or several blocks of flats which would undeveloped seascape character of the area.

Object

Representation ID: 2566

Received: 27/04/2012

BO1

The larger of the two sites to the west should not be used for residential.
There is already a working train shed that is used to service passenger diesel units of Southernrailways and other engines arriving friom Network Rail tracks and in the future the opportunity of using more of this site for freight / train related activities may emerge beyond the life of the proposed plan. Only short term commercial uses are appropriate in line with existing users such as Elva and the existing container storage that has permission. For sustainability reasons do not loose a potential railuse.

Object

Representation ID: 2620

Received: 27/04/2012

Part of the site is a working rail site currently providing employment and provides a vital service to maintaining railway locomotives and stock. Titally unsuitable for housing

Object

Representation ID: 2968

Received: 10/04/2012

Infrastructure not adequate, more traffic, over populated, not enough water as it is, Ridge and Hastings cannot cope with any more traffic, schools, doctors, hospital shortage

Comment

Representation ID: 3069

Received: 05/04/2012

Our vision for the future is the long term continuation of successful trading at this site. In our opinion the designated area for building housing stock of site B01 is flawed by virtue of the high water table that exists and future trends for mean sea levels. over time,this area might see a substantial rise in the high water table and possible erosion of sea defence provisions

Comment

Representation ID: 3264

Received: 24/04/2012

Contaminated Land Issues - assessment likely to be required due to previous uses

Assessment of flood risk should inform the layout of development. Possible development constraints immediately landward of the sea defence embankment (railway line).

Comment

Representation ID: 3303

Received: 26/04/2012

Little Ridge-&-Ashdown and Filsham-&-Bulverhythe are closely located to the A21 and A259 respectively and have been targeted for significant amounts of residential and employment development. It is important therefore, that development within these areas come forward with associated sustainable transport infrastructure to reduce the need to travel by car and the impact on the SRN.

Should these sites be carried forward to the next consultation stage it will be necessary to show how their impact will be mitigated. This is also true with large development sites in Filsham-&-Bulverhythe which are likely to generate traffic on the A259 west of Bexhill.

Comment

Representation ID: 3350

Received: 26/04/2012

This development area comprises two sites. The larger site is accessed from Bulverhythe Road which is already traffic calmed and would make use of an existing access point. It is close to the A259 which is served by bus routes which link the area to the Town Centre, Bexhill and Eastbourne. The smaller site would need to be accessed from Cliftonville Way, which links to Bulverhythe Road. Running along the edge of this site is a section of Cliftonville Road which is considered to be unadopted public highway. On this basis public access rights would need to be maintained or a stopping up order would need to be obtained to remove them as part of the development.

The junction of Bulverhythe Road & A259, Bexhill Road at the western end is via a set of traffic signals and via a give way junction at the eastern end. Any development would need to consider the effect of an altered traffic flow on the traffic signals as well as junction improvements at the eastern end. Being in a Zone 4 area within the ESCC parking standards, adequate provision must be made on site for vehicle as well as cycle parking.

The overriding issue with both areas would be capacity on the A259, Bexhill Road. The road is generally at capacity and is over capacity at peak times. The provision of the Bexhill & Hastings Link Road is therefore essential to allow this site to be developed.

This site would need to contribute towards the installation of bus priority measures on the A259, which are complimentary measures associated with the construction of the Bexhill Hastings Link Road.

Comment

Representation ID: 3390

Received: 27/04/2012

B01
Flood risk - inappropriate density

Object

Representation ID: 3505

Received: 28/02/2012

it should be noted that doubts also exist in respect of the availability of the
Bulverhythe Development Area (Site B01) during the Plan period since some land assembly and relocation of existing uses will be required. In this context it is relevant to note that Hastings Garden Centre is within a single ownership and would be available for development immediately.