Please find below my reasons for objecting to the new draft CDC Local Plan which is in its first consultation phase:

The NPPF requires that Local Plans and Planning Application deliver sustainable developments. I do not believe that the suggested development of a further 125 houses in Loxwood for the period 2019 to 2035 is sustainable in a village that will, if this proposal goes ahead mean more than 200 houses will be added to a small village in less than 20 years.

I do not believe the suggested developments are sustainable, mainly because the Loxwood sewerage system is at capacity and Southern Water have no plans in the foreseeable future to upgrade this system. On our latest development in the village, the Developer has had to install sewerage holding tanks that will have to be emptied by a tanker. Is this progress??

Loxwood also has very little demand for open market housing, most houses are bought by people moving from elsewhere for a variety of reasons.

These two issues do not meet the tests of sustainability defined in the draft Local Plan.

I note that Loxwood has been allocated 125 new houses. Kirdford, Plaistow and Ifold have not been allocated any new houses and Wisborough Green just 25 houses. As far as I am aware, no Parish Consultation has taken place about site allocation and no effort has been made to share the housing burden across the three Parishes. I believe this means that CDC has not followed National Planning guidance in developing its draft Local Plan.