Object
Chichester Local Plan 2021 - 2039: Proposed Submission
Representation ID: 4466
Received: 14/03/2023
Respondent: Ms Lindsay Davey
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
I consider this policy not to be sound. The A27, its junctions and surrounding/connecting roads are already congested and will become more so with the proposed increase in the population and hence car owners/users.
The plan gives no defined or confirmed road infrastructure development nor funding/investment to enable action to reduce the detrimental impact of the proposed massive increase in populus in Tangmere and its surrounding area.
To 'monitor and manage' is not appropriate to deal with the predicted issue of congestion.
Air pollution and noise pollution will increase.
Tangmere is the largest planned high order settlement hubs (13% of total Local Plan housing - see p284 housing trajectory) and has no close proximity rail station., unlike proposed developments at Southbourne, Nutbourne and Fishbourne.
The 'monitor and manage' strategy needs to be removed and become 'predict and provide' the emphasis being on the 'provide' being secured, which would assist in easing the predicted road congestion issues.
A railway station needs to be developed and built for the Tangmere area to improve easy access to rail travel for the increased population and this encourage alternative travel usage.
To reduce the massive number of proposed new housing units to be built in and around the Tangmere area where there are already severe known traffic congestion issues, particularly at junctions and roundabouts that feed in and out and around Chichester and its surrounds.
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