Support
Chichester Local Plan 2021 - 2039: Proposed Submission
Representation ID: 5630
Received: 17/03/2023
Respondent: West Sussex County Council
Agent: Henry Adams LLP
Support allocation of Land South of Bognor Road for commercial development. Technical work and accompanying Vision Document demonstrate site is capable of delivering 28,000sqm of commercial development during course of plan period. Some concern about ability to provide 5 no. plots for Travelling Showpeople and storage area given constraints on site and need for enhancement in terms of, in particular, biodiversity net gain and drainage.
More flexibility to be written into policy:
Provide up to 5 no. plots, with need to be determined at time of submission of planning application and dependent on land required to satisfy biodiversity net gain and/or drainage requirements associated with commercial development;
More flexibility for amount of storage area associated with travelling showpeople plots. Flexibility and requirement for an assessment in accordance with Policy H13 should be included in policy wording;
A timescale for marketing of travelling showpeople plots following which it should revert to part of the commercial site.
Request more precise wording is included in criteria 10 and 11 so that expectations are clear.
See attachments.