1 This is blatant urbanisation of a rural area at the Gateway to the Manhood peninsular by the extension of Chichester City, into a parish outside the city boundary. The parish, is within the newly named electoral ward of the Harbour Villages Ward, which should indicate its character. This is contrary to the commitment in para 5.37
2. Removal of the strategic gap between Donnington and Appuldram and merging the two with the "extension to Chichester City" will destroy the identity of 2 communities.Contrary to policy S3
3.The statement at 6.44 is incorrect. Donnington does not rely on Chichester City for everyday facilities, there are perfectly good shops within the Stockbridge area of Donnington and it has its own centre in the Parish Hall.
4.The land is currently mostly valuable agricultural land providing food for the nation, contributing to the agricultural economy and providing employment. It is not clear how the value of land for economic use is assessed and business use valued more greatly that agriculture.
5 The land provides an important hinterland to the Chichester Harbour Area ANOB SSSI, SPA and RAMSAR and is rich in wildlife and ecology.
6.The ditches shown on the map as drains do not actually drain anywhere other than into ther ground. They are more soakaway ditches that receive run off and rise and fall with the water table.
7. There is a large pond/lake adjacent to the Stockbridge settlement area boundary of Donnington. This is spring fed as is Mile Pond (adjacent to the A286) itself, indicating an underground water connection. The pond supports a large variety of wildlife such that it is to be subject to conservation regeneration by the Manhood Wildlife Group within the next 2 years (by 2021) funded by National Lottery funding.
The field immediately to the south of the pond/lake has been maintained as grassland and cut for a single hay crop each year for several years providing a habitat for ground nesting birds, amphibians such as frogs, toads .as well as reptiles such as slow worms and grass snakes which have all been seen here.. Water voles have been seen visiting the pond and a survey a few years again demonstrated vole activity in most of the ditches back to Fishbourne Meadow. The wildlife corridor connecting this Pond/lake with Mile Pond and Fishbourne Meadow must be preserved.
8.The springs, flood plain and underground water courses should not be intercepted by development as they provide an important underground drainage route from the city to the sea.
9. The land of AL6 is up to a metre above the properties in the Stockbridge settlement area increasing flood risk.
10 Being in such close proximity to the Harbour Area ANOB, SSSI, SPA and RAMSAR makes it totally unsuitable for development on such a scale.
11 The need to elevate the proposed Fishbourne/Birdham Road as well as the buildings will destroy the landscape and views of Chichester Cathdral against the downs and the views and landscape towards the ANOB etc.
12 Green tourism is very important to the economy of the Manhood Peninsular and to overdevelop and destroy the landscape and natural environment at the very gateway to the Manhood would be extremely damaging.
13 The LPA has previously followed a policy of keeping an open landscape to the south of the A27 so people passing through would see Chichester City as a jewel situated in a rural landscape, encouraging them back as tourists. The open landscape to the south is a major shop window to the tourist economy of the whole area.
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