Battle Neighbourhood Plan need your help to scope future retail and employment planning needs

As many of you in Battle will be aware, Battle Town Council is preparing a Neighbourhood Plan to allocate sites for dwellings, up until 2028.

As part of this plan, the matter of retail and employment opportunities has also to be addressed, and sites allocated for those as well, to comply with local and national planning policies

Similar requests apply to both retail and employment, viz: submissions from businesses, landowners, agents, managers and local interest groups to consider potential opportunities that can be implemented over the period up to 2028.

So, outline plans and suggestions that can be put to the local planning authority, Rother District Council, are welcome.

All of these will be treated with confidentially.

If you wish to make a submission to us, we would like you to include the following information, which can then be included in the Plan .

Please identify the sector to which you are responding: if both, please make a separate response for each.

Type of business – food, household supplies, office, clothing etc.

Location of the site, with address, map and postcode.

Current use of the site for retail or employment.

Any known or anticipated constraints to developing retail activity or employment.

The scale of the proposed retail or employment activity, such as number of staff, floor space, working hours, parking requirements, delivery of supplies etc.

Please respond by 5pm on Tuesday 30th June, in confidence, by email to [email protected]

Under COVID-19 restrictions, we are only able to receive information by email.

Further information can be found on our website “battleneighbourhoodplan.co.uk”, on Battle Town Council website, and on “facebook.com/BattleNeighbourhoodPlan”

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