As two people in our 90s, my wife and I object most strongly to your draft Local Plan as it affects Loxwood, on grounds of lack of soundness and of the process adopted by your department,

With regard to the former the proposed developments are not sustainable because:-

1) The village infrastructure is inadequate, particularly the wastewater system which is up to full capacity with no prospect of improvement (the Loxwood Green development has to rely on holding tanks that need emptying by tanker.); there is virtually no public transport. only a derisory Bus service; the A281 is overloaded, especially in rush-hours on the approaches to Guildford.

2) Loxwood does not have any significant employment opportunities so residents must commute to work by road. There is little demand for open-market housing and the need for local and affordable housing would easily be met by the present Neighbourhood Plan.

As regards the process by which you have arrived at the Draft Local Plan we submit that the figure of 125 new houses is unfair and vastly excessive and the allocation has been driven by developers instead of the planning authority. Kirdford and Plaistow/lfold have not been allocated any new houses and Wisborough Green only 25.

No parish consultations took place about site allocations and CDC has not followed national guidance in developing the draft local plan.