AL13- Southbourne
Southbourne level crossing causes a huge traffic problem as the gates are closed which is quite frequent. Any developments north of that crossing will only exacerbate the problem. Roads to the north of the village are narrow country lanes and cannot sustain any further traffic flow being already heavily utilised. South of the gates is also a problem because of vehicles parked on either side of Stein Road and this is compounded when the gates open.
The propsed plans show that there will be an increase in commercial premises, this again increases traffic especially vans and lorries. With all the current developments in progress I question whether the infrastructure is sufficient? Further development can only make this worse. For example in heavy rain stein road cannot take the surface water now.
No consideration appears to have been made with regard to Doctors surgery and how that is impacted by future development.
This all seems to be village creep along the A259, Southbourne itself is already made up of 3 villages (Southbourne, Breach, Prinsted)

What improvements or changes would you suggest?
The main improvement required is to sort out the traffic problems caused by the level crossing. This would probably require a road bridge across the railway line.