I have now reviewed the document Housing Background Paper - particularly appendix 1 and understand how the 12478 is arrived at. I not that the target CDC is expected to meet is 12350. Therefore, removing Birdham 125 from the plan will not put the target number at jeopardy.

Birdham Neighbourhood Plan makes much of the need to retain the open character of the area is we are to protect our greatest asset, Tourism. The site identified incidentally something that should have been left to Birdham to decide when it updates its NP, will remove the view a large significant area of open countryside and fostering a more urban landscape to the detriment of our flourishing tourist industry.