Comment
Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035
Representation ID: 104
Received: 10/01/2019
Respondent: Dr Carolyn Cobbold
The coastal communities of the peninsula provide a small scale seaside village quality that offers a valuable and unique tourism attraction on the south coast. Therefore development in these communities needs to be carefully designed and limited in numbers to prevent over-suburbanisation.The Plan must also recognise that the peninsula geography means access to and from the coast will always be restricted and subject to severe congestion during busy tourism days between April and October (and possibly more if the tourism season extends).Any additional housing on the Manhood will worsen this unresolvable situation so must be considered with caution.
The coastal communities of the peninsula provide a small scale seaside village quality that offers a valuable and unique tourism attraction on the south coast. Therefore development in these communities needs to be carefully designed and limited in numbers to prevent over-suburbanisation.The Plan must also recognise that the peninsula geography means access to and from the coast will always be restricted and subject to severe congestion during busy tourism days between April and October (and possibly more if the tourism season extends).Any additional housing on the Manhood will worsen this unresolvable situation so must be considered with caution.