In general agreement with the draft statement and in particular with paras 6.1 and 6.2 of the draft with reference to local context:
Para 4.1 deliverability, paras 4.2 and 4.3 and locational sustainability, para 4.6
Para 8 includes the need to maximise energy supplies and this should be met by making the provision of solar roof panels obligatory for all new developments and for which government funding towards the cost may be available.
In my earlier representations to the Local Plan made in February 2019 I stressed the need to rebalance the population mix to nearer the national average, and therefore to achieve this, to restrict for the time being the percentage of market housing provided.
The government has just announced that it is providing an infrastructure fund which includes money for housing. At the same time the Local Government Association has proposed that Local Authorities should be allowed to be directly responsible for providing affordable accommodation and this could help to cut the Housing Benefit bill.
I recommend that this could be a way forward using these initiatives; for the Chichester District Council to
assume that the numbers of additional housing [unclear text] demanded could be provided within the time [unclear text] required.