Any changes in Military Road invariably cause a stir and a plan to build a garage with a loft studio on an empty site near the Globe has proved no exception.
Rye News has reported on this before but on Thursday, November 11, at a meeting of Rother District Council the development was approved by a majority of 8 to 2.
There has been considerable opposition to this project and while it is understandable that local residents do not want further building along their road, it must be remembered that this is not a truly "greenfield" site and that a somewhat larger structure did once occupy this spot.
Much more of a problem, however, would seem to be the congestion in the road caused by parked vehicles that clearly belong neither to residents nor to patrons of the Globe but have simply been displaced from the town centre by the arrival of the new parking controls that have been in place for the last year.
This congestion had been anticipated and is therefore no surprise, but the town was promised a review of CPE (civil parking enforcement) by ESCC leader Keith Glazier after its first year of operation. We await that review and any comments from Cllr Glazier.
