The Local Plan needs to provide a greater level of housing to Fishbourne Parish, given its proximity to Chichester City and available capacity, in order to contribute to meeting the housing need of the District.

Fishbourne is an area that is well located to Chichester City and should therefore be prioritised as a location for development. The emerging Local Plan, at Policy H3, indicates a housing figure of 30 dwellings to be allocated through the Fishbourne Neighbourhood Plan. Five sites in the parish have been assessed in the HELAA and subsequently discounted, including Lawrence Farm. Given its proximity adjacent to the southern edge of Chichester City and its highly sustainable location, Berkeley believes the site should be allocated in the Local Plan or the Parish housing allocation be increased to enable a review of the Neighbourhood Plan to allocate sites to meet the local housing need more fully.