Comment

Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035

Representation ID: 1427

Received: 06/02/2019

Respondent: Annabelle Scofield

Representation Summary:

Concerns over 125 houses at Loxwood:
- traffic impact
- no public transport
- flood risk

Full text:

I am writing to voice concern re the possible plan to build a further 125 homes in Loxwood on top of the 60 homes already planned.

There is nothing sound about this plan, the roads in the area are massively busy already so to add another 200 odd cars to roads that are very congested and so adding to more air pollution and congestion makes no sense. There is no useful transport system in Loxwood only one bus a day going out, so people living in the area will need to use their cars to go to work.

There is a flood risk in the village already so any more building would exacerbate this and lead to worse flooding in the future.

It seems that the CDC has not adhered to national planning guidance re the existing Local Plan for this and surrounding villages.

All in all this cannot be allowed to proceed as this many houses does not meet the sustainability tests in so many ways, so this in no way is a sound plan.