Object

Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035

Representation ID: 152

Received: 05/02/2019

Respondent: Mrs Paula Fountain

Representation Summary:

Too many houses for size of village. Unjustified increase from previous Local Plan (to 2029) of 25.

Unsustainable in constrained village with sites of natural and historic interest.

Catastrophic impact on traffic congestion on B2145 with no A27 mitigations actually implemented (Council's existing plans not yet funded or implemented)

Full text:

200 extra houses in Hunston is unsustainable as clearly identified in the sustainability report. Negative impacts on traffic congestion, waste water, biodiversity, historic sites, flood risk, air pollution, loss of grade 1/2 arable land (which has been farmed for past 20 years and has never been grazing land).

Too many extra houses on Manhood Peninsula which is a cul-de-sac with no completion of any road improvement plans.

No logic to increase other than allocation number matches the land made available by landowners who have no consideration for the impact on the village.

Reconsider other sites which have previously been rejected on the basis of of 'segregated from settlement' as developments above a certain size can be sustainable on a standalone basis with good access to schools, road network, bus routes and cycle paths. This will be preferred to development in the village centre.

There are many other undesignated sites along Manhood Peninsula which would provide better opportunities for larger scale development (all in one rather than spoiling a number of smaller village) and have the same access to bus routes, road network and allow the provision of new services (due to scale) and avoid the negative impact on existing dwellings and landscapes in existing villages.