The decision to allocate 50 houses was contentious, to expand this to 250 is illogical.
Every planning application in the Bosham/Chichester Harbour area is quite rightly subject to great scrutiny: The population wish to preserve or improve this special area. This doesn't mean no development but it does mean planned and sensitive development.
This development is not sensitive:
1. It is part of lazy planning that allows infill and ribbon development. Citizens want defined communities. The development from Littlehampton to Brighton is an example which we do not want to emulate.
2. Chichester Harbour is already threatened by sewage discharges. Is there MANDATED provision to stop this and increase the capacity of the sewage system?
3. The whole area is sensitive to flooding. Rising sea levels are a threat. How will this housing cope with a rising sea level and water table?
4. How will the overcrowded and already inadequate transport system cope with the extra traffic?
5. How will it cope without further huge environmental disruption and damage?