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Chichester Local Plan 2021 - 2039: Proposed Submission
Representation ID: 5651
Received: 17/03/2023
Respondent: Manhood Peninsular Action Group
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? Not specified
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Is the strategy reasonable and appropriate? By assuming that infrastructure will be funded in line with land release for housing but with no phasing proposed and no commitment to fund by National Highways; despite having £15m already, [and also in relation to waste water treatment improvements from Southern Water] then it does not pass this test. Surely, infrastructure needs should be met before more land is released, but there are no strategic phasing policies for housing. As is set out in Policy H1 6386 houses are already built or committed, that is 62% of the total allocation, and equivalent to 11 years of the annual requirement, meeting more than twice the 5-year land supply requirement.
It is proposed therefore that Policy H2 Strategic Locations/Allocations 2021- 2039 be amended so that the following strategic sites: A2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11 and 13 are only released one year after work commences on the A27 improvements at the Fishbourne and Bognor roundabouts, and, where appropriate, waste water treatment works.
Contributions to the two A27 roundabouts for the uncommitted housing, 3351, about 40% of
total, is assessed at £7,728 per house at current prices. This is 4 times higher than
current level of £1,803. Nowhere does there appear to be an assessment as to whether this
is viable for the land developers and house buyers. Viability is a key test with regard to
deliverability but the Plan is silent on this key issue. So, is the plan deliverable? Does it
further price first-time buyers out of the market. Chichester
has already one of the highest Ratio of Affordability in Sussex .