Cllr. Mary Mears

BH2020/02305 - Dental Surgery, 4 New Barn Road

1^st September 2020:

As a ward councillor for Rottingdean Coastal I am writing to support this planning application for the following reasons:

The world is a changing place and in Rottingdean we are seeing a loss of local infrastructure including doctors and dentist surgeries.

The doctors in Rottingdean has closed and patients from Woodingdean, Ovingdean and Rottingdean now have to travel to Saltdean.

The above dentist at 4 New Barn Road is the only dentist in the area, which enables residents to be able to access safely and easily, and I fully support their planning application to enable them to increase their floor space with the proposed first floor extension.

This is so important with other services closing and moving out of the area to ensure that residents including the elderly and disabled can access a dentist, and equally important to support the practice ensuring they have the space they need to enable them to continue.

Should this planning application be minded to grant under delegated powers, I wish this planning application to go to the planning committee and reserve my right to speak.