I object to the 200 houses that are to be imposed on a small rural service village of Hunston. Hunston can be found within both the Pagham Harbour Buffer Zone and Chichester Harbour Buffer Zone. I object to the building of any houses within at least a field's distance (an acre or more) of Hunston Conservation Area as this would be detrimental to arguably the most attractive part of Hunston, with the most historical interest.
The Conservation area has been left free from development, because of the very serious issues of flooding. In the last 20 years the lane has become a 'river' from run off at least 3 times. I have stood by number 2 Church lane and not been able to walk down the lane towards the B2145. Often, on the way to and from school my children have had to wade through the lake that has formed between Spire Cottage and Number 2 Church Lane. I have also broken down in this pool of water (even in a galaxy the water came up to the sill of the car). A tractor had to pull me out and the engine was ruined. So, I object to any changes made to lane itself, backed with evidence from the Environment Agency which shows that Church Lane is a Level 3 Flood risk from Run Off.
I also object to building works here, as the lane itself is a Conservation Area which should be kept as a pleasant quiet walk, for the enjoyment of residents of Hunston, Ramblers and people with buggies or even disabled access. Any new housing would have a detrimental visual impact on the area, not in keeping with the heritage of Hunston.
I object to any building works to the west of the Conservation Area towards the road. The fields in this area are also designated Flood Risk 3 (which states that no building work should be permitted), because the flooding will only get worse from sea level rising in the future and any access to these fields would have to cross Bremere Rife. Building on these fields west of Hunston Conservation Area would be very detrimental, as they are serious flood risk zones. "The main drainage network through the Manhood Peninsula is via a series of Rifes 3, and the majority of local ditches connect into these Rifes before discharging into the Chichester Harbour, Pagham Harbour, Medmerry re-alignment scheme, or directly to the sea. To the east of the Peninsula the Bremere Rife, Forebridge Rife, Keynor Rife and Pagham Rife4 all drain towards Pagham Harbour, which is gradually silting up and has been the subject of a study by Royal Haskoning in 2005 (see Section 3.3.3.1 for more details). These Rifes drain through a series of small settlements. As the Rifes flow through these settlements there are often significant constrictions to flow (e.g. due to the presence of culverts under driveways and highways). A specific example of this is the culverted sections of the Bremere Rife through Hunston"
www.westsussex.gov.uk/media/5607/manhood_peninsula_swmp_final_report.pdf
The single track is adequate for the small number of residents and the movement of farm vehicles, but not for larger numbers of vehicles. Any building on these fields would have a considerable disruption to Church Lane and any access to these fields would have to pass over Bremere Rife.
Another major objection to building near Hunston Conservation Area is that it is within the Buffer Zone for Pagham Harbour, Medmerry harbour and Chichester Harbour. It has a diverse and stable biodiversity (which may not been recorded until recently). We have grass snakes, adders, common lizard, barn owls, tawny owls, thrush, starling, deer, foxes, hares, badger, buzzards, sparrow hawk, kestrel and Kingfisher. We also have water voles in Bremere rife, the rife that crosses Church Lane and carries on along between the fields and the road. The habitat around the conservation area needs to be protected, otherwise the trauma and subsequent population of this area would have a catastrophic impact on the local environment.
I also object to our only area of Ancient Woodland being built next to. This would have considerable impact on the surrounding landscape and as such a rare habitat in this area have an extremely detrimental impact on Nature Conservation. The copse acts a protective area to wildlife and as a green corridor for wildlife movement across the peninsula.
I believe after these areas have been discounted for building works then it will be very hard to find enough suitable building sites within Hunston.

In summary the fields surrounding Hunston Conservation Area, put forward by CDC for development are unsuitable for development, because there is a flood risk 3 on the land west from the conservation area towards the road and in Church lane itself. There would be no suitable means of access to the site that didn't cross these Flood Risk level 3 zones. Building works around Hunston Conservation Area would have a negative impact on the area, both visually and from noise pollution and disruption from people and an adverse impact on nature and the wildlife living in the area. particularly the wildlife that is protected.
Building next to Hunston Copse would have a very detrimental impact on wildlife in the area. It is a very rare habitat in this part of West Sussex and acts as a roost, nesting area and protection from people.