I would like to object to the proposal to build an additional 500 dwellings in the villages of Chidham and Hambrook. This represents an increase of over 50% and would completely change the nature of the location and would inevitably take good agricultural land and destroy areas designated as AONBs. Additional housing is required everywhere and appropriate land in C&H should be used for that purpose. There are brownfield sites in the villages which have been refused planning permission in the past in favour of greenfield sites to the detriment of everyone living here and the nation's food supply. I hope such decisions will not be repeated.
500 new dwellings means many more adults and children - certainly 1000 maybe 2000 - all needing medical facilities, schooling and recreational facilities and jobs. It will probably mean an additional 1000 cars using the roads and parking at their destination unless public transport is improved by increasing the number of journeys, reducing the cost to passengers and becoming reliable. The A259 and Emsworth Common Road will be the main routes out and will require upgrading, bearing in mind C&H is not the only village where additional housing is planned, and then everything will come to a stop eastwards at the A27....
I feel that C&H target for new build should not be greater than 200 for this period of planning and preferably less as there has already been 150 new dwellings build in the last 4 years.