Essentially, the document does not plan for the necessary infrastructure to be in place before development begins.
• As a nation we require greater food security and reduction in food miles. It is wrong to turn over good farming land. Two of CDC land allocation proposals (Highgrove Farm and Apuldram/Donnington) breach this principle.
• The Harbour’s wetlands are of international importance because of their biodiversity and high capacity to absorb CO2. Rising sea levels plus development will result in serious coastal squeeze.
• It takes no account of climate change and the Environmental Agency’s own prediction as to flooding levels in our area. Indeed, the NPPF states that development in areas of risk is inappropriate and should be avoided.
• It proposes construction of houses in an unsustainable manner. CDC should ensure that future building must get much closer to being carbon neutral.
• Parliament has urged local authorities to take into account in future planning that, because of the risk to our coastal settlements, our coastal settlements will face a significant flood risk by 2065.
Suffice it to say that others have lucidly objected to this emerging CDC policy and are alarmed at this apparent deafness of the views of the electorate. We all deserve to be taken seriously.