I am writing to express anxieties about the above for the following reasons:

1.Flooding is a constant in our area...I live in Bosham but this applies to the wider area too... and likely to get worse because of climate change. The National Policy Planning Framework states that "development in areas of risk is inappropriate and should be avoided." Surely only safe sites should therefore be considered?

2. New houses must get much closer to being carbon neutral, energy efficient etc. Proposed construction does not seem to be in line with this. Why not?

3. Wildlife corridors and linkage between the SDNP and CHAONB must be maintained, including our five chalk streams. The Newells Lane one does not appear in this paper, nor do sufficient buffer zones around others?
This rides roughshod over ecological and environmental priorities.

4. Also from the crucial environmental perspective, the paper seems to ignore the requirement that all future development must be nutrient neutral. Habitats and wildlife are already suffering badly in this respect.

5. Good infrastructure must be in place before development begins. This seems to be ignored?

I believe that all these points make the statement unsustainable. I know housing is sorely needed, but with commitment and imagination, this can and must be achieved in line with the above. PLEASE look at it again and make it fit for purpose.