I have to object to most of the plans, particularly the 250 homes proposed for Bethwines Farm in Fishbourne.

Before any further buildings are projects approved or commenced, two important problems need to be addressed first:

1. Infrastructure, particularly sewage: Fishbourne sewage works cannot process more sewage, so it is vital that new sewerage treatment is installed and tested before there is any further increase in its production! Likewise, with more buildings, there will be less natural drainage for rainwater: planning for additional run off must be added to plans. In addition, if all new building included compulsory rainwater harvesting, it would ameliorate some of the problems.
2. The A27: without a firm plan in place for improvements (including other areas away from Chichester), we should not be increasing traffic even more than its current over-capacity. The proposed northern route around Chichester is the only solution that makes any sense: all other proposals are merely short-term and wasteful as within 10 years we will be back having the same arguments that we have been having since the late 1940s. Do it right now! (Building a relief road from the Tesco roundabout to the A286 will make the Tesco roundabout with its terrible accident record, worse not better. It will make residents along the A259 subject to even greater delays and many more will seek alternative routes spreading even more traffic mayhem.)
I also object to the Bethwines Farm proposal as it is too large. Fishbourne needs a natural barrier and Blackboy Lane provides a natural Western boundary. A single row of houses facing Blackboy Lane on its west side would be acceptable though.

With so much new housing, demands for places at Fishbourne Primary School are bound to increase, so I suggest that the field immediately to the east of the school (north of the Roman Palace) should be earmarked for a school extension and not for housing.