In March 2004 the draft 'Rother Community Plan' was distributed to 41,089 households in the Rother area. Unlike for the community consultation there were no set questions for residents to reply to but a more general request for feedback on the proposed priority action areas.
The "Tell us what you think" booklet (displayed right) was circulated to 10,000 households with a further 6,000 being made available to libraries, schools, information centres, community centres and leisure centres to name a few.