I continue to be increasingly concerned regarding the proposal by the parish council to include Pottery Fields at NUTBOURNE in their suggested development proposal.

Chidham and Hambrook parish council are quite open that this area cannot sustain further development,it being a narrow strip of land ,sandwiched between the A27 and the coast.

They however feel blackmailed by Planning regulations to offer what is a completely unsustainable local plan...which will lead to further overcrowding,traffic pollution loss of green open spaces of which there are few left, and serIous deterioration of quality of life for existing residents and tax payers.

Pottery Fields was rejected on appeal in 2014 by the government planners,and I and my neighbours were led to believe that this decision woUld be upheld until at least 2025.
We now find the the rules have been changed,and feel this is a completely unjust decision,having invested considerable sums in purchasing property adjacent to what is now proposed as a major development.
Financially,we will all lose considerable equity,but even worse,the quality of life for us ,and all residents locally will be severely affected.

The original refusal by the council and the Government Inspector, was made on the basis of “impact regarding proximity to the Harbour and South Downs AONB” and the connecting views between same.
Also, the need to keep a defined undeveloped space between NUTBOURNE and Southbourne.
Neither of those criteria have changed,and the “pareing down” by 50% of the undeveloped space is entirely cynical....no doubt next year it will be infilled on the basis of pressing need.

Traffic pollution is already a serious problem with long delays both at the “Tesco roundabout “ and at Southbourne . Water quality and nitrates into Chichester Harbour is already a concern.
Simply handing green field sites To Developers is akin to selling off the family silver.
Very soon the quality of life for all residents will be so affected that all the reasons people want to live here will be void
Pottery Fields,is a “natural wildlife corridor” linking the downs and the harbour. It is home to an abundance of wildlife including kestrels and deer. Numerous geese and ducks overfly the area daily and have done probably for hundreds of years. They cannot navigate by maps setting out wildlife corridors by local authorities,no matter how well (or cynically)intentioned.