The village of Loxwood has previously embraced the due planning process by establishing an approved Neighbourhood Plan in conjunction with Chichester DC. The projected housing allocation in that Plan has now been overridden by the current Chichester DC draft Local Plan, which requires a significant increase in that allocation.

I wish to object to the draft Chichester DC Local Plan on the basis of soundness and process in accordance with the National Planning Policy Framework.

In terms of soundness, Loxwood is not a sustainable location for the proposed housing allocation. It fails on numerous environmental, employment and infrastructure issues.

In terms of process, Chichester DC have produced a biased, developer led, allocation of proposed housing sites and have failed to undertake a credible consultative study to establish the most suitable new housing sites, based on National Planning Policy Framework guidelines.