Object
Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035
Representation ID: 157
Received: 15/01/2019
Respondent: West Wittering Parish Council
No evidence that jobs have been created by building more market homes
The Parish Council challenges 3.13 - Local industries such as horticulture, agriculture, fishing and tourism will flourish with a particular focus on local food production. An 'enterprise' culture, building on high levels of entrepreneurship and self-employment, will be developed further by, for example, improving links with academic institutions in Chichester. There is no evidence that these industries will flourish if more housing is provided. If any jobs have been created and this needs to be evidenced, they tend to be seasonal and low paid and taken up by students or temporary migrant workers. Additional homes on green fields detract from the reason tourists visit the area. Countryside needs to remain for the tourist trade to prosper as people do not visit the area to look at housing estates.