Resident of West Wittering
This plan is based on a figure of 609 houses per year, an uplift of 40% on the current
annual delivery, which is the maximum allowed, as Chichester District Council have an
Adopted Local Plan. If an Adopted Local Plan had not been in place the HEDNA (GL
Hearn) calculates the District increase in housing for demographic growth to be 517 houses
p.a, based on the 2014 Household Projections. This figure includes the South Down National
Park. There has been an updated 2016 based Household Projection, which decreases the
forecast housing required nationwide over the next 25 years by 24%. This means that the latest
available household growth projection growth over the plan period is likely to be in the order
of 392 houses p.a. The South Downs National Park are planning to supply 84, leaving 308
needed for demographic growth in the Plan area. Even adding the ridiculous 51.5% multiplier
for earning/house price ratio still only gets to 466 houses per year. It is most unlikely that 609
houses are going to be needed every year until 2035. The Plan should be more realistic and
reflect this fact.