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Representation ID: 5139

Received: 16/03/2023

Respondent: South Downs National Park Authority

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

It is noted that a substantial number of new homes are proposed on the A259 corridor between Emsworth and Chichester. This is a sensitive stretch of land in the coastal plain between the coast, the south coast railway and the A27. This corridor provides the connection, including intervisibility, between the protected landscapes of the South Downs National Park and Chichester Harbour AONB, for example views of the channels within the Harbour from the Trundle and Stoke Clump. The amendments to policy set out earlier in this consultation response will help to ensure that development coming forward in this sensitive area positively addresses the South Downs National Park and its setting.
It is noted that several settlements around the South Downs National Park have been given a figure to be identified through either Neighbourhood Development Plans or through a potential future Site Allocations DPD. We particularly note Southbourne (1,050 homes), Wisborough Green (75 homes), (Kirdford (50 homes) and Boxgrove (50 homes). We raise concern about these figures and the challenge neighbourhood planning groups may have as many potential sites in these areas are likely to be in the setting of the South Downs National Park. It will be important that attempts to meet these target figures address the requirements of NPPF paragraph 176 on setting.