Do you want to see electric car charging points installed in Rother District Council (RDC) car parks in Rye? Or do you want to see trees protected and more trees planted around the town? If so, RDC is asking for your input and have launched their draft environmental strategy covering the years 2020-2030.
Their Environment Strategy and Action Plan has three broad policy themes:
1. Clean growth – ensuring the impact of development is not detrimental to the environment, and that they consider the environment through their planning policies and economic regeneration initiatives.
2. Healthy places – putting in place policies and encouraging initiatives which have a positive impact on the environment and the district.
3. Sustainable services – leading by example and ensuring that minimum impact on the environment is core to the council’s operations and services provision.
RDC have encapsulated their vision into one paragraph: ‘The air will be cleaner as the need to travel will be reduced and those of us that do travel will travel by bike, public transport, electric vehicle, or on foot. The natural and built environment will be enhanced and protected for current and future communities.
‘The council will be a carbon neutral organisation; the district will be tackling and adapting to climate change. More energy will come from renewable or low-carbon sources, such as solar. Fewer people will live in fuel poverty. Waste will be reduced. The district will be resilient to the impacts of climate change including heatwaves, droughts and flooding. We will each use less water. Everyone will play their role in reducing their impact on the environment.’
RDC recognise that many of the changes required are outside of their control. Where this is the case, they have committed to work with partners to develop a district-wide action plan, or lobby the appropriate authorities where necessary.
This strategy, and its delivery plan, aim for both the council and district to be carbon neutral by 2030, 20 years ahead of the national UK target. This is a huge challenge for the council and can’t be achieved without your input so have your say here.
The deadline for you to submit your comments is still currently May 18, but this may be extended. The previously arranged public events have been cancelled due to the ongoing Covid-19 lock-down and Rother will be confirming if these events will be rescheduled.
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I think in large cities this is a good idea but in Rye absolutely pointless.
Unfortunately Rye is a through route for most south coast traffic. What’s the point of old woman and her lap dog going electric to Jempsons when she is surrounded by diesel articulated lorries. I’m sure Boris and co will say trucks will become electric too but I’m wondering if we fill a long distance delivery truck with batteries their payload will halve or quarter OR their weight increases. Have we thought about strengthening our bridges?
Whether you believe in global warming or not, the real question should be should we even care. We can’t lower the population because otherwise no one pays the pensions of the old so I’m guessing we all have to stay at home.
Maybe it’s time for a pandemic or two.
“Zeus” is contributing comments on various topics. Everyone else uses their real name. Rye is a small place where many of us know each other. Why hide behind a pseudonym?
Patrick. My name is Zeus. I live in Rye. I love Rye. When the pubs reopen I’ll be more than happy to have a pint and a chinwag with anyone who pleases. Often find me at the dartboard in the Cinque Ports.
Why publish allowing pseudonyms or a single name. No proper newspaper or website (BBC) would allow this, not least as their lawyers would point out what serious risk they are taking as publishers disregarding libel legislation.
The Guardian website does not ask for a real name, just a username which can be pretty much anything you like. Does Mr Stuart not regard the Guardian as a proper newspaper?
Looking at the comments on a current story on the BBC News website the contributors have published names such as “Hobiecat”, “remembermyname13”, “RedCard” and “Bilbo Baggins”. Probably not the contributors’ real names.
Why bring libel legislation in to the argument? Comments here seem to be moderated before publication and you have to supply an email address so you can always be contacted by Rye News in case of a question pre or post publication.
There seems to be a push for people’s real names on this small site in this small town. Why I wonder. There is a strange aggression in the demands to know who’s behind a post when it’s nobody’s business. I subscribe to the Times and use the name Bodwik and nobody demands to know my real name. This is the internet, we can all call ourselves whatever we want. Stop fixating on knowing who’s posting and just post your own comments or reply to others comments with a proper counter argument.
Again.
My real name is Zeus. It’s not a stage name or anything as daft as that. I’m in my 40s so don’t do any of the Brazilian footballer garbage. My mother was a bit eccentric I guess. If people have tried to look me up on Facebook or Twitter they won’t find me on there. Reason, I always get banned for saying what I see rather than bleat the narrative.
The ‘discussion’ is a non argument. I’m not going to change my name to suit the plain named.
But I agree, using your real name would be better if society was kind, but it isn’t. I don’t care though as I’m 6ft 2, 18stone and hard-nosed and will always stand up to what I say no matter the protestations from cry babies.
My posts of late have been a swing bridge idea for Rye harbour to Camber and an airing of disappointment of yesterday’s shop in Jempsons due to relaxed Corona distancing.
Sorry, Zeus, and not just because you’re 18 stone! I really thought it was a made-up name. In my old-fashioned view, too many of the twitterati hide their identities behind a nickname or username. Keep posting, I find your comments stimulating.
Interesting that the potential for discussion of a greener future for Rother all too easily got sidetracked by a pseudonym!
May it be that Rother does have a greener future and it is up to all of us (voters) to ensure it happens: read the draft strategy and send comments direct to RDC ….