I am writing to raise a number of objections to the proposed building of 1250 homes(minimum) in the Southbourne area.

1. The village is already at saturation levels with traffic and particularly in Stein Road when the railway gates are closed.The traffic backs up to the A259 to the south and often as far up to beyond the shops going north.
2. The A259 is extremely busy during rush hours at present and therefore another potential 1250 cars minimum would add extreme pressure on the already crowded road.
3. The strain on any Doctors Surgery would be enormous in the area. It is already very difficult to get a GP appointment, and people often have to wait 3/4 weeks to see a GP, There is a shortage of GPs and with Brexit not far away, there will indeed be shortfall of Doctors coming from other EU countries.
4. The housing that is at present in the process of construction, is not affordable to local people, in fact what is happening is there is an influx of people from other areas coming in to Southbourne.
5. Chichester District Planning Authority should stipulate that any new housing MUST be carbon neutral and new housing must include Solar heating panels on roofing. We need to preserve as much energy as possible for future generations.
6, Instead of building on arable land which will be needed in the future as Britain leaves the EU and the food shortages predicted in years to come, a policy to build any new housing on brownfield or existing sites sites should be implemented.