With regard to Policy S31 of the CDC Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035, careful consideration should be given to strategic and non-strategic housing allocations being proposed for the catchment area serviced by the Brewhurst Mill foul water pumping station at Loxwood.

Foul water drainage for the Ifold settlement is already operating at full capacity as a result of incremental development of over 100 'Windfall' units since year 2000, causing occasional raw sewerage being deposited onto residents properties, generally due to hydraulic back pressure occurring at access manholes during heavy rainfall on numerous locations throughout the village.

These problems are exacerbated by the fact that foul water from Plaistow and Durfold Wood are channelled through the inferior Ifold sewerage system before progressing to the Loxwood pumping station forming a confluence with Loxwood waste water at Brewhurst Mill pumping station.

There is no surface water drainage system in place in this area, allowing significant inundation and infiltration to overwhelm the system.

Southern Water have consistently intimated that Ifold is at capacity and that no further development should take place until the foul water system is suitably upgraded.