Object

Chichester Local Plan 2021 - 2039: Proposed Submission

Representation ID: 3839

Received: 24/02/2023

Respondent: The Bosham Association

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

Representation Summary:

There is no longer a requirement to meet mandatory housing targets set by the government. 73% of the District is classified as SDNP, a further 3.5% occupied by the AONB. This land is protected against development. Housing proposed will have an adverse effect on the water quality of Chichester Harbour. The strategic road network has no capacity. CDC would be justified in taking the government-allocated figure for housing and reducing it by 76.5%. building 23.5% of the housing allocation to equate to the percentage of land available. The government target was 638 houses per year from 2021-2039 or 11,484 houses. This would equate to 2,699 houses, not the 10,354 proposed. Neighbourhood Plans seem to have been ignored.

Change suggested by respondent:

Change the allocated number of houses in the plan to 2,699 (23.5% of the government allocation)
Use neighbourhood plans to decide on which developments will be used.

The government document online relating to the change in mandatory house building targets states, 'The Bill will strengthen opportunities for people to influence planning decisions that affect their immediate area. We will give increased weight to neighbourhood plans to ensure the efforts of local communities to produce them bear fruit, introduce Neighbourhood Priorities Statements as a means for communities to formally input into the preparation of local plans, and allow residents to bring forward the development they want to see on their street through innovative new ‘street votes.’ The wider review of the Framework next year will support this.’
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/levelling-up-and-regeneration-bill-reforms-to-nationalplanning-policy/levelling-up-and-regeneration-bill-reforms-to-national-planning-policy

There is large scale opposition to the continued development in the area and the squeezing of houses allocated into a small space. Local people's views need to be taken into account.

Full text:

There is no longer a requirement to meet mandatory housing targets set by the government. 73% of the Chichester District is classified as SDNP, a further 3.5% occupied by the AONB. This land is protected against development. Chichester District Council would be justified in taking the government-allocated figure for housing and reducing it by 76.5%. building 23.5% of the housing allocation to equate to the percentage of land available. The government target was 638 houses per year from 2021-2039 or 11,484 houses. This would equate to 2,699 houses, not the 10,354 proposed. Neighbourhood Plans seem to have been ignored.