I strongly object to Chichester District Council ("CDC") Local Plan proposal.

As a resident of Loxwood since 2014, I have seen continual pressure on the village and surrounding area to take more housing. Now CDC is requiring Loxwood to take a further 125 houses between 2019 and 2035. Allowing for some further housing on small windfall sites, it will mean more than 200 houses will be added to the village in less than 20 years.

I have two key points I want to raise as my objection to this Local Plan proposal by CDC.

Firstly the content of the Local Plan is not sound.

National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) part 2 requires that Local Plans and planning applications deliver sustainable development. However this is not the case in Loxwood. Why ?

* Southern Water has stated that Loxwood Sewage Infrastructure has no more capacity AND does not have plans to upgrade the infrastructure in its 2020-2025 spending plans ! We already will be affected by the extent of new housing at Alford and the even bigger new town to be developed at Dunsfold !

* Loxwood has no viable public transport system. Only one bus a day to Guildford !

* Loxwood does not have any employment opportunities, residents have to commute to work by road !

* Parts of Loxwood are already prone to fluvial and surface water flooding !

* Loxwood has little demand for open market housing. Most houses are bought by people moving from elsewhere for a variety of reasons

125 new houses do NOT meet the sustainability tests defined in the draft Local Plan and therefore the plan can not be considered to be Sound as defined in the NPPF.

My second objection is that CDC has NOT followed proper and prescribed due process.

National planning guidance makes it quite clear that district councils should carry out "desktop" studies of potential housing sites and then consult !

However CDC has allocated 125 houses driven by developers who proposed sites when CDC asked for them ! Kirdford and Plaistow/Ifold have not been allocated any new houses and Wisborough Green just 25 houses !!

In the existing Local Plan, Loxwood, Kirdford and Plaistow/Ifold we're allocated 60 houses each. No parish consultation took place about site allocations and no effort has been made to share the housing burden across the three parishes defined by CDC as "Service Villages".

I would like to record my strong frustrations and anger with how CDC has approached this matter. There should be an immediate and total stop in any further planning proposals for housing to the area until proper process and checks have been undertaken.