Q: Dear Sir, New developments are on the increase in the area and are generally not adopted by the Council. Residents have to pay a Service charge in order to provide maintenance of the infrastructure. Such as roadways, street lighting and…

A: Council tax is a statutory tax collected by local councils and not a payment for specific services. Although Council tax is collected locally, it is based on national legislation set by the Government. Therefore, local councils do not have the…

Q: What is the maximum number of dogs one person can walk together in Rother please?

A: There are no controls regarding the number of dogs one person can walk.

Q: How can your dog control consultation be valid and meaningful when the terminology used on your website to describe the proposals is misleading? Your Head of Environmental Services has said that the meaning of “in use” in the statement “The…

A: This is a meaningful consultation – members will make a decision on whether to impose controls on some or all sports pitches. Depending on what this decision is, then further thought will be given to definitions or specific sites.

Q: After moving from Eastbourne to Bexhill I was astonished that there are no recycling bins and dog waste bins on the seafront. Why? (12/03/2023)

A: Thank you for your enquiry. It is no longer a requirement to have separate dog and litter bins. All our litter bins are able to accept dog waste too, and all of the litter bins along the seafront have a…

Q: Does the cabinet believe that we have a crisis in the way the highways network, verges, open spaces and trunk roads are managed across East Sussex. I understand that responsibility is split across multiple agencies, teams, districts and county and…

A: You are quite correct that responsibility for the issues you raise falls under different organisations, National Highways for trunk roads, East Sussex County Council for all other roads and verges along with Rother District Council (and in some cases Town…

Q: Hello Doug, We do hope you can help or pass to the relevant departments, as it appears everyone else is ignoring us. We live in Fryatts Way (TN39 4LW). There is a development happening across the road from us by…

A: This site was issued planning permission (RR/2020/565/P) on the 6th April 2022, with conditions imposed. The complaints received relate to the condition of the road left with mud on them in breach of Condition 5(g). A planning enforcement case was…

Q: What is Rother’s timetable for completing each stage of the new local plan. (27/01/2023)

A: The latest position on our emerging Local Plan is set out here – Local Plan Review – Rother District Council. We expect to undertake consultation (Regulation 18) this summer. We have not updated the timetable for the next stages of…

Q: Hello Mr Oliver, in view of RDC declaring a Climate Emergency, and having the highest CO2 emissions in East Sussex. Could you please explain the Councils position on the following questions please? With 38,800 households in RDC and a Government…

A: The Council is committed to climate action but has no funding mechanism for this proposal. The Council is working on measures to support residents who cannot afford to make material changes to their homes. These residents will then benefit from…

Q: I’m writing to ask if your council has declared a climate emergency? And if so, would the council be willing to adopt a ‘Low Carbon Advertising and Sponsorship Policy’ to meet this aim? Advertising fuels the climate crisis by creating…

A: We encourage suggestions to make our practices more environmentally friendly and welcome the enquiry. RDC does not, however, currently control any advertising sites in the district but should we acquire any in the future, advertising policy will support our wider…

Q: Is there chance that refuse collection operatives could stop leaving the bins blocking the pavement? I have contacted Customer Services several times about the issue but no change. It can’t be hard to put the bins back in the original…

A: This will be raised with Biffa as a general issue but it would be really helpful if you could take photos showing container presentation point and then container return point, date and type of collection i.e. refuse or recycling garden…