When we moved to Fishbourne seven years ago we were told by the developers that this estate - Tapestry, now Cuckoo Fields and Fraser Row, was a haven set against a backdrop of the West Sussex Countryside. What a joke. In seven years Clay Lane has become a rat run - recently we nearly had a bad accident exiting from the estate onto Clay Lane as an idiot in a high powered car overtook two cars going westward, the driver had virtually no vision of the road ahead as there is a slight curve in the road, he must have been travelling at well over the 30mph speed limit on this road!

The building at Bethwins will substantially increase the traffic in Clay Lane as many drivers will NOT use the Fishbourne Roundabout (A27). Add to that the increase in traffic due to the development of Whitehouse Farm will also seriously add to the traffic problems in Fishbourne. At the crossing of Clay Lane and Salthill Road there have already been accidents.

Blackboy Lane is a disgrace, it was never designed for the amount of traffic that will reduce the soakaway area considerably, possibly causing flooding in Blackboy Lane.

Fishbourne primary school is already at its maximum level, also there are no shops in Fishbourne and now they are talking of doing away with the 56 bus.

Fishbourne already has the highest dependency of cars in the local area, take away the bus and there will be more cars on the roads.

In the year 2008 Fishbourne was named West Sussex village of the year. Now with the extreme amount of building along the A259 towards Emsworth, Fishbourne is a convenient way into Chichester avoiding the A27 Roundabout, putting more stress on Blackboy Lane, Clay Lane and Salthill Road. We do Not require or Need any more traffic especially by building more houses anywhere in Fishbourne