Object
Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035
Representation ID: 1641
Received: 07/02/2019
Respondent: Mrs Christina Procter
Bosham has capacity and facilities to add further housing; for example far better transport facilities than Chidham/Hambrook which have been allocated twice as much. French Gardens site north of the railway can accommodate up to 200 houses, is next to larger train station, two different bus routes, two primary schools and several shops. Precedent already set by allowing houses on Highgrove, with French Gardens being an even better site as it limits coalesance and less flooding issues.
There are several allocations on your sustainability appraisal which satisfy the need far more in line with your aims than the one you have settled on. Bosham in particular has a train station close to a potential site (old French Gardens) which would allow for up to 200 houses. Bosham Train station, unlile Nutbourne or Southbourne, has a ticket office and thus ability to become a more utilised facility if demand required it to be. In this area, there are several convenience stores, two different buses (one has just had it's route extended), Drs surgery and two seperate primary schools approximately 1 mile away in either direction. It therefore seems untenable and simply wrong to place further burden elsewhere. Utilising the partially brownfield site at the French Gardens also has no detriment to landscape quality and outside the AONB. Furthermore it has better transport and access than the Highgtove site which has already been allocated 50 houses, thus setting precedent for houses in the adjacent area. It is also less prone to flooding and helps retain the settlement's character without sprawling towards Fishbourne.