Object

Representation ID: 4074

Received: 14/03/2023

Respondent: Mrs Sarah Lane

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

The level of 220 houses was announced with no consultation as required. The latest Neighbourhood Plan took a huge amount of work and allocated 125 houses. Since then more have been granted planning permission. Loxwood has no real alternative to cars for transportation. It has no village shop or post office and limited employment: issues with water supply and the disposal of waste water and sewage. As a rural village 220 houses would represent a 50% + increase which cannot fail to change the nature of the village. This allocation appears disproportionate when compared with other areas with better facilities.

Loxwood Parish Council have already produced a Revised Neighbourhood Plan which allocates 126 houses plus 17 carried forward from the Made Neighbourhood Plan giving 143 houses. It has reached Regulation 14 consultation stage and is based upon the Preferred Approach Local Plan consultation. The residents of the Parish and Loxwood Parish Council have satisfied themselves through evidence gathered that 126 homes is a sustainable allocation given the constraints that exist.