A greater level of housing needs to be allocated towards Lavant parish, given the capacity of suitable sites.

Lavant 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 zero dwellings to be allocated through the Lavant Neighbourhood Plan. Three sites in the parish have been assessed in the HELAA and subsequently discounted, including Raughmere Farm. Given its proximity adjacent to the northern 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.