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Chichester Local Plan 2021 - 2039: Proposed Submission

Representation ID: 4859

Received: 17/03/2023

Respondent: Willowfield Farm

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Yes

Representation Summary:

I believe that this policy rules out exception sites from coming forward. The local plan is supposed to cater for both existing and future need across the whole district, but if there is existing need within a Parish that is not being built either due to future loading of district houses or because applications are not being built out or even coming forward then exception sites should be allowed. I do not believe this is how the NPPF is intended to be interpreted.

Change suggested by respondent:

1. Should be modified to remove 'or future' as a future plan may not deal with existing (today) need with in a Parish such a Bosham where no affordable units have been built in over 10 years. The other constraints 2-7 would stop a large exception site coming forward anyway so we are only talking 5-25 units ish.
9. Similarly this seems to suggest that if homes are being planned elsewhere then exception sites cannot be built. i do not feel that is correct.

Full text:

I believe that this policy rules out exception sites from coming forward. The local plan is supposed to cater for both existing and future need across the whole district, but if there is existing need within a Parish that is not being built either due to future loading of district houses or because applications are not being built out or even coming forward then exception sites should be allowed. I do not believe this is how the NPPF is intended to be interpreted.