Comment

Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035

Representation ID: 138

Received: 13/01/2019

Respondent: Mr Vivian Diggens

Representation Summary:

My conclusion is that this development plan for Loxwood is totally unsustainable and unnecessary on following grounds:
- no improvement of local facilities with previous 60 homes
- housing distribution

Full text:

I have lived in Loxwood for over 40 years and have watched our village grow in the number of houses and residents.
Following our last neighborhood plan we had a development boundary and were asked to have some 60 extra houses built in the village, about a 20% increase in size.
This did not include the improvement of any local facilities such as schooling, public transport, road calming, sewage etc. etc.

I now hear another 125 houses are proposed to be built in Loxwood in the near future as we are a 'Service Village'. But we have no more services than we had 40 years ago!

I also here that other service villages are not being asked to take any new homes and those that are have nowhere near 125.

My conclusion is that this development plan for Loxwood is totally unsustainable and unnecessary. Local services will be unable to cope. If only new development was spread evenly across all the villages then local services would be able to cope with only small a investment.