Have your say on the Rother Local Plan

Rother District Council is consulting on the Rother Local Plan 2025-2042 – Development Strategy and Site Allocations.

The Local Plan contains the vision, strategic objectives and policies to steer development decisions across the Rother district. It is the starting point for all decisions about new development.

The consultation document is part of the draft Rother Local Plan. It includes a proposed Development Strategy for Rother district for the period 2025 – 2042, together with site allocation policies, and some area-specific policies.

Once adopted, the new Local Plan will update and replace Rother’s Core Strategy (2014) and Development and Site Allocations (2019) Plans. The Local Plan will be supported at the local level by Neighbourhood Plans, which give communities the power to develop a shared vision for their local area and set specific policies within the context of the Local Plan’s strategic policies. Planning applications that comply with relevant policies in the Development Plan (including the adopted Local Plan and ‘made’ Neighbourhood Plans), will be granted planning permission unless there are material considerations that indicate otherwise.

Read the consultation documents and respond at https://rother.oc2.uk/document/184 by 23 March 2026.