Object

Sustainability Appraisal - Local Plan Preferred Approach

Representation ID: 3554

Received: 07/02/2019

Respondent: Mr Thomas Procter

Representation Summary:

The allocations AL7 should be split between High Grove and the French Gardens site which has lower transport impact and is equally or more sustainable than the High Grove site. I have included an illustrative plan of how 25 houses would look.

Full text:

Site AL7 : I object to the sole inclusion of High Grove Farm for the proposed allocation of 250 additional houses in Bosham Parish.
The Bosham Neighbourhood Plan clearly states that residents would prefer housing to be sited over a number of sites and to avoid development if at all possible to the East or West. CDC's own sustainability assessment on the sites in Bosham demonstrated that the French Gardens site could take some of the housing allocated to the parish. As the site is in direct view of the SDNP and AONB the density should be kept to a minimum especially given the needs for balancing ponds, a school, allotments, play areas and so on. Therefore the housing should be split between High Grove and French Gardens Site which would help alleviate many of the constraints that are currently identified at High Grove site such as flooding, setting, density, traffic and so on. The French Gardens site was the site most favoured by residents outside of the AONB during the Neighbourhood Plan site allocation consultation (and that was for 150 houses).
I would also like to add that the whole French Gardens site is still available as defined in the 2016 SHLAA despite it not being included in the recent HELAA in its entirety if more housing was required or if the Policy direction changed in Favour of more EW corridor housing.
The French Gardens site is the only site adjacent to a railway station in the District and therefore has the lowest transport impact. It is therefore supported by Policy 1 in favour of sustainability. The fact that the owners would like to build Zero Carbon housing has not been included in the sustainability assessment. A small allocation would be well screened by existing vegetation and it also has existing access and a footpath to the village.