Public transport is not in the control of CDC and therefore it is not possible to guarantee improved and expanded services. The proposed the £7,728 charge per unit towards infrastructure is yet to be confirmed as legally compliant. Thus an even greater reduction in housing numbers to the Chichester area is required.

Over capacity at the Fishbourne roundabout was identified in 2014, there has been a massive increase in housing west of Chichester between 2014 and 2023 but no improvement to the roundabouts have been implemented to date. There is no guarantee that funding to improve the A27 or Fishbourne roundabout will be available within the timescale of the Plan.
Congestion has been a problem since 2014 and this strategy does not offer a solution. There is a clear omission here that funding is not available to facilitate the improvements required to address the current and worsening congestion caused by future development.