Support
Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035
Representation ID: 2553
Received: 07/02/2019
Respondent: Chichester Harbour Trust
We strongly support the inclusion of this policy and would welcome its further development to ensure its effectiveness. We support the policy responses from Chichester Harbour Conservancy and from Southbourne Parish Council in this regard.
We feel that with further development, the inclusion of this policy may go some way towards mitigating some of the potential impacts of the local plan housing allocations on the AONB.
We object to the allocation site at Highgrove Farm, Bosham with approximately 13 ha of open countryside allocated to a minimum of 250 houses.
This development in the countryside directly conflicts with policy S24 Countryside and Policy S26 the Natural Environment; which clearly states there should be no adverse impact on the openness of views in and around the coast, designated environmental areas (i.e. the AONB) and the setting of the South Downs National Park. The proposed development at Highgrove Farm directly contradicts these policies.
We strongly believe that this development would cause irretrievable harm to the landscape character, setting and context of Chichester Harbour AONB and the intervisibility with the South Downs National Park. We feel that the measures proposed within the policy would not be able to sufficiently mitigate for the damage this development would cause.