We have lived in Loxwood for nearly 15 years, in a house and road of 24 properties that was built 17 years ago, therefore we are not adverse to new homes. We moved here from a large, growing Surrey town to live in a small, quiet village. We understand the need for more housing and have indeed witnessed much local development whilst living here, including Hall Hurst Close (30 dwellings) , Loxwood Green on the nursery site (43 houses) and the current plan of the development of 19 houses in the field beside the Medical Practice.

I strongly object to a further 125 houses being suggested for our village when nearly all other villages (apart from Birdham with 125 and Wisborough Green with just 25) have been assigned NONE. How can this be correct? It is completely disproportionate and unfair!

We recently became very concerned about an incident relating to a sewage spill from the new Loxwood Green development. We now understand there is a 'temporary' measure with a buried cesspit under the communal green as the existing sewers and drains would have been unable to cope. The whole village smelled strongly of TCP over a few days recently, (so of course we were all breathing in the chemicals), apparently after some raw sewage spilled out of this tank! This is a very unsatisfactory situation and before any further development is planned, a permanent solution should be found for the 'temporary' one and any builders wanting to develop land in Loxwood should be liaising with Southern Water and ensure the sewers and drains are capable of dealing with the higher demands new homes bring, at their expense.

I don't understand why the plan talks about employment opportunities in the village, these are extremely limited. We have a shop, butchers, hairdressers and a pub. What are they thinking of? The Joust held on two weekends a year where perhaps there are a few opportunities for car parking marshals?

Public transport is minimal and really needs to be improved if even more houses are to be considered. We have recently submitted our views via the bus survey, let's hope this brings some much needed changes.