Bexhill Town Profile - Rother District Council

Figure 9: Characteristics of the main areas of search around Bexhill
North of Bexhill West of Bexhill North West of
Hastings
Environmental designations:
AONB is some distance to the
north but is visible from higher
ground. A Flood Zone
overlays the Combe Haven
SSSI to the north east.
Several woods are SNCIs,
including Cole Wood.
Environmental designations:
The Pevensey Levels, which is
Flood Zone 3, a SSSI and
Ramsar site, limits westward
growth. There are SNCIs and
an SSSI in the High Woods
area.
Environmental
designations: The AONB
quite tightly surrounds the
north west edge of
Hastings. Marline Wood
in Hastings is an area of
SSSI. Beauport Park is
classed as a SNCI.
Upper Wilting
Farm
Environmental
designations: The
Combe Haven
SSSI/ floodplain
limit southern and
western extents of
development, the
southern edge of
the AONB is just to
the north.
Other designations: To
the east is the Strategic
Gap, which is overlain and
extended westwards along the
Combe Valley by the
Countryside Park. Several
areas of ancient woodland.
Other designations: No
Strategic gaps; Broad Oak park
and golf course highlighted in
PPG17 audit.
Other designations:
Strategic Gap to south of
Battle Road covers whole
area in Rother up to the
Hastings boundary
Other designations:
The whole area lies
within the Strategic
Gap
Topography and
landscape: Rolling, well
wooded countryside
around the upper
Combe Valley.
Topography and landscape:
Patchwork of small fields
divided by tree-lined
hedgerows, falling away to
marshland.
Topography and
landscape: Small
scale fields, mostly
under grass, divided
by small woods.
Commercially
managed woodland
of Beauport Park to north.
Land slopes
southwards from
ridge toward Marline
Valley.
Topography and
landscape:
Farmland on
elevated position
above the Combe
Haven.
Access: The main road
access is by the A269
Ninfield Road but may
also connect to the
‘country avenue’
around the NE Bexhill
allocation north of
Sidley.
Access: There is direct access
to the A259 trunk road. Further
north, access is only via narrow
lanes. Pear Tree Lane off the
A269 links to west Bexhill.
There is a station at Cooden.
Access: The main roads
which serve North West
Hastings are the B2159
and A2100. Direct access
to Queensway would be
across the Marline Valley.
Access: The area is
directly served by
Crowhurst Road.
Future access may
be via Queensway
and the Link Road.
It is astride the
London railway line
and a new station
may be possible.
Source: Urban Options Paper November 2008
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