Planning Policy:

It seems the rationale for building 200 houses in Hunston is that land could be made available. The Housing needs for Hunston are in fact much lower

Hunston doesn't want the housing development and no consideration seems to have been given to the village's needs. Instead CDC has invited land owners to submit plans, with no consultation with the village whatsoever.

The Housing Economic Needs Availability Assessment (HELAA) published in August 2018, allocated 176 houses to Hunston and 375 to Mundham. In October, CDC planners announce that 200 houses will be allocated to Hunston and 50 to Mundham. This reversal of the HELAA, with no rationale given is unacceptable.

The Sustainability Appraisal of the Site Allocation: DPD January 2018 states that there "are multiple options for Hunston - for a relatively small amount of housing to meet a local housing need". What has changed? Where is the analysis of local housing need?

The CDC Landscape Capacity Study November 2018 identifies at section CH30 that sub-area CH30 is medium capacity but it is recommended that only a small amount of development may be accommodated around the existing settlement and provided it is informed by further landscape and visual impact assessment and sensitively integrated into the landscape.
Once again what has changed? The development on land proposed by the Church Commissioners is not a small development.

Housing:

200 houses would increase the size of Hunston by 35%. This isn't development, its social change.

The suggested sites are currently arable land, using both for grazing cattle and crop production. In our small island, we cannot afford to give up productive land.

Hunston is a semi-rural village, this development would change its identity to a dormitory for Chichester

This development would be the start of joining Hunston to Mundham meaning that both would lose their identity

Traffic:

The problem of the A27 remains unresolved at present. Currently it is increasingly grid-locked and access from the B2145 becomes more and more difficult.

Building 250 houses in Selsey, 200 houses in Hunston and 400 houses in Pagham will result in around 1700 more cars using the B2166 from Pagham and the B2145 from Selsey.

At present, the B2145 is the fourth busiest B-road in the UK. How can planners contemplate adding 900 cars to the B2145 and 800 cars to the B2166, all meeting at the roundabout north of Hunston?

The population of the Manhood Peninsula doubles in the summer, the current road infrastructure cannot cope, building more houses will result in permanent traffic jams and increased pollution

Local Plan P.130 states that the following should be considered: "Providing adequate mitigation for potential off-site traffic impacts upon the B2145". As CDC seem to have no effective engagement with Highways, and no recognition of the traffic pressures on Hunston, this seems like wishful thinking.

Chichester Free School has created serious traffic problems in the afternoons, when children are being collected. Adding 1700 cars will mean traffic becoming increasingly delayed along the A27 as well as the B2166 and B2145

Air Pollution:

This increase in traffic and housing will result in increased air pollution, damaging people's health and breaking environmental guidelines

Infrastructure:

Parts of Hunston are already in a Flood Risk Area. The water table is high and 200 more houses will only increase the flooding risk.

There are no indications that the current sewage, drainage and water utilities will be able to cope with this development

Services - Schools:

Currently Mundham, Sidlesham and Chichester Free School are full at entry level. The Free School has a county wide catchment, so there is no guarantee of places for any children from the new housing proposal. As a result, children will need to be driven to schools further away, resulting in yet more traffic problems

Medical Services:

There are two GP surgeries on the Manhood Peninsula, one in Selsey and one in Witterings. All residents in Hunston use GP surgeries in Chichester. Where will 200 new families register?

Environment: Ancient Woodland:

The Local Plan on P.130 states that the following should be considered:
"Protecting existing views and particularly those of Chichester Cathedral spire and Hunston Copse"

Current residents of Southover Way and Meadow Close will lose their existing views of Hunston Copse with the proposed new housing.

The proposed 15 metre margin to protect Hunston Copse is woefully inadequate

Environment: Wildlife
Hunston Copse and surrounding fields support a wide range of wildlife from water voles, adders, grass snakes and slow worms to hares, deer, foxes. People move to Hunston for green spaces, not to have them taken away.