We are writing to you to voice our very strong objections to the proposed plan for 125 new houses for Loxwood.

This must be one of the unfairest proposals ever surely. Along with Birdham, it seems to be proposed that Loxwood should bear the brunt of the housing requirements of the government for this area. Other villages nearby have escaped with no development being proposed at all, so why has Loxwood been picked on? It surely must be driven by greed of landowners and developers and not by common sense.

We believe that the plan is not sustainable in any case for a variety of reasons.

* There is little opportunity for employment in this area meaning that any new residents would be taking to what is already an overused and overcrowded road meaning more pollution and danger to residents in order to get to their place of employment. There is one bus a day to Guildford so that means of transport is not an option.
* Loxwood is in a flood risk area so the arrival of thousands of tons of concrete is not going to contribute to the facilitation of water draining away.
* We are aware that Southern Water have no immediate plans to update their infrastructure. Already the new housing estate being constructed is having to rely on holding tanks for its sewage which will mean heavy tankers having to come to the village on a regular basis. This will doubtless have to be repeated for any future developments, adding to the heavy traffic already passing through the village.
* Probably any new housing would be purchased by people moving to the area rather than local people, so why is there the need for additional housing?
We believe the burden of providing extra housing should be divided out more fairly across the area and not placed solely on one village with inadequate drainage, virtually no public transport and an already busy road and no obvious need for such a large increase in its population. We further believe that Chichester Council has not followed national planning guidelines in developing its draft Local Plan and should have a serious re-think.

We hope you will give our letter due consideration and come to a different conclusion about Loxwood's housing requirements.