Our client has prepared a Vision Document as part of a strategic promotion of the Land on Durbans Road (located on a relatively unconstrained site on the northern edge of Wisborough Green), which is attached in support of this representation. The Vision Document demonstrates there is sufficient capacity to deliver c. 50 additional dwellings within comfortable walking distance, via safe and convenient walking routes, of a range of local amenities. The Council have not fully justified the disproportionate level of housing for Loxwood against that of Wisborough Green and on this basis the draft Plan is at greater risk of being found ‘unsound’.

Our client is fully in agreement with the Council’s Vision and Strategic Objectives, with regard to the dispersal of growth to the more sustainable rural villages. However, the limited housing provision for Wisborough Green of 75 dwellings, against the 220 dwellings proposed for Loxwood (draft Policy H2) is not considered to be reflective of the constraints and sustainability credentials of these settlements.