The Interactive Policies Map can be used to identify planning policies within Rother District. It should always be used in conjunction with the written versions and PDF maps of the Local Plan Core Strategy, the Development and Site Allocation (DaSA) Local Plan, the Rother District Local Plan (RDLP) 2006 and Neighbourhood Plans where relevant.

To access the Interactive Policies Map, please click the button below.

The Interactive Policies Map contains policies from the following plans:

• DaSA Local Plan 2019
• Rother District Local Plan 2006 (saved policies)
• Battle Civil Parish Neighbourhood Plan
• Burwash Neighbourhood Plan
• Crowhurst Neighbourhood Plan
• Peasmarsh Neighbourhood Plan
• Rye Neighbourhood Plan
• Salehurst & Robertsbridge Neighbourhood Plan
• Sedlescombe Neighbourhood Plan
• Ticehurst Neighbourhood Plan

For interactive flood mapping, please visit the Flood Map for Planning service on data.gov.uk.

For the Waste and Minerals Policies Map, please visit the East Sussex County Council website.

Disclaimer

This service is provided for information purposes only. Whilst the District Council takes great care to ensure that the information provided on this site is accurate, we cannot accept any liability or responsibility should you rely on the information provided and ultimately find it to have been incorrect.

If there are any queries over the interpretation of policies in the Local Plan or the Policies Map please contact the Planning Policy Team at planning.strategy@rother.gov.uk.

Data

Please note that the following data is not currently shown on the Interactive Policies Map. For the most up-to-date information, please refer to the following sources for current designations relating to;

• High Weald National Landscape, Special Protection Areas, Special Areas of Conservation, RAMSAR Sites, Sites of Special Scientific Interest and Ancient Woodlands are mapped on Defra’s MAGIC Maps.
• Local Wildlife Sites information can be accessed from the Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre.
• Conservation Areas designated by Rother District Council as a result of Section 70 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990. The latest maps can be found on the Conservation Area page.

Current Map Limitations

Please note that, currently, feature information can only be retrieved for the top feature that is clicked. Where multiple features overlap, please be sure to refer to the Legend and click on each feature where they do not overlap to retrieve the feature information. For Boundary Features such as Development Boundaries, Catchments, Cultural Areas, Enhancement Areas, Strategic Gaps and SARMS, please be sure to click on the boundary line to retrieve the feature information.

Contains OS data © Crown copyright 2025 OS100018643. Any Ordnance Survey mapping data included within this website is provided by Rother District Council under licence from Ordnance Survey in order to fulfil its public function to publicise various information within the Rother District Council area. Persons viewing this mapping should contact Ordnance Survey copyright for advice where they wish to licence or use Ordnance Survey mapping for their own purposes.