Further housing growth in Birdham.

Gladman strongly disagree with the Council providing no new housing allocations in Birdham which is a Tier 3 Service Village. In the Preferred Approach consultation document, Birdham was allocated to deliver 125 new homes over the local plan period and now it is allocated to deliver 0 homes over the plan period.

There have been a few planning applications submitted for residential development in Birdham over the past few years. Gladman’s planning application at land off Main Road, Birdham is waiting to be reported to Chichester’s Planning Committee. The application site is highly sustainable and logical site in the district which is not currently subject to an adopted allocation or a draft allocation. In light of this conclusion, it seems illogical that the Council will not allocate any further housing growth to a highly sustainable settlement which can accommodate additional housing growth. This will ultimately result in affordability rising across the district and most notably in the northern area of the district.