1. Bosham could take significantly more housing than 250 based on its transport links and range of amenities compared to Hambrook, Chidham and various other Parishes. The Manhood Peninsula is also not a good place to put more houses without building a tramline or new railway branch line. The French Gardens site could take up to 150 houses to alleviate the constraints on the High Grove site and other parishes.
2. The proposed allocation should be split between High Grove and the French Gardens to minimise the impact of the High Grove site. The French Gardens was rated higher by residents, is lower grade agricultural soil, had an equal sustainability assessment to High Grove and was rejected on subjective grounds which are not backed up sociologically. A small number would have virtually no impact but it is also suitable for up to 150 houses.
3. I am hereby resubmitting the entire 6 HA French Gardens site for development if it is required and would like to commit to 100% Zero Carbon Homes in collaboration with ZEDFactory. As part of the site is Previously developed this would sit well with existing policies concerning sustainability, pollution, the environment, rural development, transport links and so on..


Site AL7 : I object to the sole inclusion of High Grove Farm for the proposed allocation of 250 additional houses in Bosham Parish.
The Bosham Neighbourhood Plan clearly states that residents would prefer housing to be sited over a number of sites and to avoid development if at all possible to the East or West. CDC's own sustainability assessment on the sites in Bosham demonstrated that the French Gardens site could take some of the housing allocated to the parish. As the site is in direct view of the SDNP and AONB the density should be kept to a minimum especially given the needs for balancing ponds, a school, allotments, play areas and so on. Therefore the housing should be split between High Grove and French Gardens Site which would help alleviate many of the constraints that are currently identified at High Grove site such as flooding, setting, density, traffic and so on. The French Gardens site was the site most favoured by residents outside of the AONB during the Neighbourhood Plan site allocation consultation (and that was for 150 houses).
I would also like to add that the whole French Gardens site is still available as defined in the 2016 SHLAA despite it not being included in the recent HELAA in its entirety if more housing was required or if the Policy direction changed in Favour of more EW corridor housing.
The French Gardens site is the only site adjacent to a railway station in the District and therefore has the lowest transport impact. It is therefore supported by Policy 1 in favour of sustainability. The fact that the owners would like to build Zero Carbon housing has not been included in the sustainability assessment. A small allocation would be well screened by existing vegetation and it also has existing access and a footpath to the village.