Plans have been revealed for six new homes and a new access road on the outskirts of Rye. The development, which has already attracted local criticism, is planned for the Udimore Road opposite Cadborough Farm. Online consultation about the proposed development has just closed, with a decision expected from Rother District Council by the end of July.
The site, which is on the right as you leave Rye past the mini-roundabout leading to Valley Park, was the subject of a previous application in 2018. BP had hoped to build a petrol station on the land, however this was refused planning permission after many local objections. More recently plans for new houses across the Udimore Road at Cadbrough Farm were also refused in 2020.
Details of the current application, at what they call Cadborough Gate, have been prepared by Orme Architecture on behalf of Clifton Homes. They are currently seeking approval for the access road, however the plans also include details for the six houses they hope will be built. The planning application says the developers will make sure the buildings “are delivered with a consistent design approach to ensure that the site’s development is sympathetic to the character of the local area.” Four of the houses would be single storey, and all six would be red brick with timber cladding and red tiled roofs.
Online opposition to the proposals includes statements from Rye Town Council and Rye Conservation Society. Both organisations object to the plans due to fears they will impact both the nearby High Weald area of natural beauty and town boundary, and because the site is not in the Rye Neighbourhood Plan.
You can view the application here.
Image Credits: James Stewart .
We need another petrol station in rye as we have two cars and as fuel is a lot cheaper in Hastings this encourages us to food shop in Hastings or Ashford , when we moved down here 45 years ago there were 5 garages in Rye 1 in camber , no we don’t go Peasmarsh way a lot but it is a good place to fill up , 26 pubs also
I was born in Peasmarsh and there were two pubs in the village when I was a child. I haven’t been back for several years, but I’m surprised at how it has grown.
The application is for Housing ( not a Petrol garage Stewart! ) and by sound of it not ” affordable” or ” social” so will not address the local shortage for low income families . We live in Valley Park so near this site .
Its currently agricultural land and should stay that way .
Didn’t they say that about Valley Park before it was built?
Let’s always not forget Valley Park was built on a greenfield site, when a brownfield site on harbour road,was rejected, this land adjacent to valley park was included in the sale of the Valley park site, as the old saying goes, you reap what you sow.
Yet again no affordable homes these will no doubt be holiday homes not for local families or younger ones trying to get onto the property ladder. It’s always what suits Rother pockets rather than local people needs.
No point in building another petrol station, the internal combustion engine is a dying technology – you might as well build stabling for horses (although, come to think of it, that’s a much better idea….).
A petrol station would be more convenient for those in residence in rye . The skinner petrol station @ cost cutters is expensive. Also it’s a hazardous location where it’s situated; blocking commuter traffic.
This story has nothing to do with petrol stations. As Nick points out, petrol/diesel vehicles are being replaced by electric technology. There is absolutely no need for any additional petrol stations in Rye. The main question for Rother’s planners is when to call a halt to what seem like ceaseless attempts to ignore Rye’s development boundary. This housing development proposal sits outside the town’s development boundary and should be refused. The development boundary runs across the mini-roundabout shown in the photo. Rye’s topography and exposure to flooding on the low-lying areas mean that developers are seeking to build along the Udimore and Playden/Rye Foreign escarpments. But these proposals risk adding to the current distortion of Rye’s shape, as starfish-like arms of development already extend outwards along the two escarpments, Winchelsea Road and Rye Harbour Road, where industrial expansion continues apace. If development is allowed further along the Udimore escarpment, it will adversely affect Rye’s character as a small historic town. ‘Objective 1’ of the Rye Neighbourhood Plan is “Rye must continue to feel ‘compact’” and its avowed aim is to prevent urban sprawl. If planning rules continue to be blatantly flaunted, East Sussex will end up as nothing more than a conurbation of concrete and brick. Rye residents and the visitors the town depends on want to see a small, historic town — not a vast, amorphous urban sprawl.
Talking about Rye harbour road this is Ryes industrial heartland, and may the expansion continue, to give local people the chance to earn decent wages,away from the minimum rate,that seems the norm,in the tourist industry,in Rye.
Well said John. I remember recommending Rye to some London friends and they visited for a weekend. They were fairly wealthy so stayed at the George and had a lovely time (this was some years ago). I spoke to them after they returned to good old SW19. “It was lovely,” they said: “Just a shame you can’t do something about that dreadful industrial bit that spoils the view from the church.” I told them that is what what makes Rye special – It is actually a working town, not some dreadful Cotswold village that is completely full of retirees.