We fully support the approach set out in regard to Longer Term Growth Requirements.

It is crucially important that the Council plans for strategic growth opportunities as early as is practicable, to ensure that they are deliverable and can fully provide infrastructure which is necessary (social, economic and environmental) to mitigate the impacts which would be created by the development itself but also to provide the opportunity to redress existing deficiencies and provide betterment more generally.

We have proposed the Broadbridge land which is comprised of a parcel north of the railway line and bounded by the A27, north of Bosham train station. This provides an exciting opportunity to deliver 3000 homes and associated uses in a highly accessible location close to a public transport hub with the critical mass to deliver significant improvements to the local highway network. The associated uses comprise employment, village parade, open space and specialist housing.

This will be underpinned by substantial infrastructure (green infrastructure, policy compliant affordable housing, transport infrastructure, schools, community facilities and habitat mitigation) which delivers a scheme that is very well considered and is demonstrably deliverable. The promoter is content for this to be expressly identified in the Local Plan Review as a Longer Term Growth Requirement. The promoter is also content to enter dialogue with the Council to review the proposal to shape it to meet local requirements but also potentially to consider how it might be accelerated to secure delivery within this Plan period.