Object

Chichester Local Plan 2021 - 2039: Proposed Submission

Representation ID: 4673

Received: 16/03/2023

Respondent: Mr Graham Tarrant

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Representation Summary:

Policy A15 is misleading/incorrect - Loxwood is no longer a service village by your own definition.
The bus service is merely a box-ticking excise, the time table ensures it is of no use for main employment areas of Horsham or Guildford.
There is nothing in A15 to increase capacity of school and health centre, which are both currently full.
Existing sewage and waste water problems have been ignored by CDC on recent Loxwood developments and the wording in A15 is nowhere near strong enough to ensure this is not glossed over again going forward.

Change suggested by respondent:

The plan needs to recognise that Loxwood is not a suitable neighbourhood for an additional 220 dwellings.
The plan needs to recognise the wishes of the 2020 Loxwood Neighbourhood plan
The plan needs to recognise that resolving the EXISTING serious capacity problems of sewage and waste water MUST be a pre-cursor to ANY further development. The current statements in A15 are far too "wishy-washy".

Full text:

Policy A15 is misleading/incorrect - Loxwood is no longer a service village by your own definition.
The bus service is merely a box-ticking excise, the time table ensures it is of no use for main employment areas of Horsham or Guildford.
There is nothing in A15 to increase capacity of school and health centre, which are both currently full.
Existing sewage and waste water problems have been ignored by CDC on recent Loxwood developments and the wording in A15 is nowhere near strong enough to ensure this is not glossed over again going forward.