I am registering my 100% objection to any further building in Fishbourne if it means the destruction of Bethwines. This village is being swamped by new houses and there are few facilities for new families. We do not have a station, but a halt, and two of the main routes are lanes, not highways. I find that many of your comments are contradictory.
You say you wish to protect the rural areas (quote:That the scale, siting, design and materials of the development would have minimal impact on the landscape and rural character of the area), but in the same breath you want to cover the area in concrete.
You say Fishbourne is a service village which is utter nonsense. The school is full to bursting so why on earth do new families need to come in to make sure the school stays open? There is no risk of it being under-subscribed with the population we already have.
Fishbourne, if I'm right, has 900 houses already with the prospect of 1600 on Whitehouse, but that isn't enough for you! This development is already not simply development, it is social change, and turning Fishbourne into a small town with few corresponding amenities. We have a church, a primary school, a dentist, 2 pubs & a small restaurant, a kennels, a beauty salon, a hairdresser (I think she's still there) and a thriving centre for sports and activities. There are also self-employed plumbers, gardeners etc, but the huge majority of people here go elsewhere to work, in a semi-circle from Southampton to Aldershot to London to Brighton and all along the coast back to here. The strain on the roads & public transport systems will be huge.
You say you want to keep pollution to a minimum. How will that be possible with a massive increase in traffic?
You realise the importance of farming and feeding the country yet you are considering turning Bethwines into a housing estate. This option should have been rejected at the start, whether or not a building company bought the option from a lady who was in the early stages of dementia at the time. It is scandalous that this is even still on the table and that the owner is embroiled in court cases with the company & left to her own devices to deal with it, when she should be supported by you.
The so-called 'wildlife corridor' is a nonsense. Are we to teach wildlife to read so that they know where they will be 'allowed' to roam? The deer & rabbits are already losing Whitehouse & now they're supposed to know that they must keep to Clay Lane! Bethwines has deer, rabbits, pheasants, hedgehogs, birds and bats galore. After 50 years in Godwin Way the only animals I have ever seen in the Chi end of Clay Lane are the sheep and cows on the small-holding.
I know farmers who have tried to cultivate the land along Clay Lane but it is impossible to do - as it's Clay! - whereas Bethwines is fertile and very productive. Construction has already started in Clay Lane anyway so the sensible logical thing to do would be to continue. Nobody would be bothered by further building, Fishbourne & Bosham would remain separate, & Blackboy Lane would not need to be turned into a highway.
You have been given the custodianship of this area & trusted by the electorate to promote it, look after it for future generations & create a sustainably developed area for everyone. You would appear on paper to want this, but actions speak louder than words and you do not appear to be respecting your own standards. You cannot roll over and accept diktats handed down by those who do not live here, do not know the area & have no clue about how things work here. And that includes James Brokenshire whose name belies his job title!
Chichester was an adorable market town and people have seen to it that it has changed practically beyond all recognition - so many say 'Chichester is not what it was - such a shame'. Please do not turn all the villages into sprawling housing estates. Please do not be party to the destruction of our area. Tourism brings in millions of £s but people who come here do not come to see vast housing estates, they come for the beauty of the area. We humans are but temporary fixtures and should be safeguarding and caring for the land so that we pass on in good condition what has been ours for our generation to enjoy, not destroy. An area is in the hands of its leaders, it cannot change of its own volition. It is wrong to say Chichester is changing as it cannot, by itself. Chichester is changing because of what we do to it and if you, as its professional guardians, ruin it, then what will your legacy be? Is that how you wish to be remembered? The councillors that allowed building all over the countryside, thus ruining it for the future? I rest my case whilst imploring you to think very carefully before you impose your dreadful planning on the area. Thank you.

I suggest that you go back to the drawing board and listen to what we the tax-paying residents know is best. We will accept some housing but we know where it should go. Outsiders with their clipboards, however well-qualified do not know as they have no local knowledge; for them it all looks good on paper & that is enough. Well it isn't enough and you are the only people who can do anything about this and who can call the shots, so I ask you to listen to us, act on what we know and say and do right by the area. This is not nimbyism, this is despair because I love this area & it breaks my heart to see what those who should know better are doing to it.