Object
Chichester Local Plan 2021 - 2039: Proposed Submission
Representation ID: 4285
Received: 15/03/2023
Respondent: Mr Richard Keates
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
Allocating 220 houses in addition to those on already allocated sites is not sustainable in rural Loxwood.
Transport infrastructure is poor to non existent; there is no sewerage capacity; insufficient schooling and heathcare facilities for the increased population; currently only one shop (a butcher’s).
This housing allocation is significantly higher than the 143 housing sites allocated in the Made / Revised Neighbourhood Plans submitted by the LPC. Villagers need to have confidence that our approved Village Plan is not meaningless and will deliver what we have voted for.
CDC must firmly reject the total housing target that has been imposed on it and not build further in the North area of the plan.
Allocating 220 houses in addition to those on already allocated sites is not sustainable in rural Loxwood.
Transport infrastructure is poor to non existent (narrow country lanes with no realistic alternatives by public transport); there is no sewerage capacity (recent developments have reverted to cesspits - neither an environmentally sound nor modern solution); insufficient schooling and heathcare facilities for the increased population; currently only one shop (a butcher’s).
This housing allocation is significantly higher than the 143 housing sites allocated in the Made / Revised Neighbourhood Plans submitted by the LPC. Villagers need to have confidence that our approved Village Plan is not meaningless and will deliver what we have voted for.