8.5
Object
Chichester Local Plan 2021 - 2039: Proposed Submission
Representation ID: 3833
Received: 23/02/2023
Respondent: Mrs Clare Gordon-Pullar
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
Chichester residents have already rejected Highways Agency proposals for the A27 which included building a new link road to the Fishbourne roundabout / making changes to roundabouts.
This consultation refers to proposed changes but with no description so consultees are not able to make representations.
A left turn at the Stockbridge roundabout is used to justify the new relief road as traffic couldn't cross the A27. It forces traffic to travel to the nearest roundabout to turn round to return in the opposite direction and causing congestion at roundabouts and roads.
It will turn residential streets into rat runs.
The proposed changes to junctions on the A27 and proposed new road building should be explained in the Local Plan and consultees given the opportunity to understand what these proposals actually mean and then comment on them.
Chichester residents have already rejected Highways Agency proposals for the A27 which included building a new link road to the Fishbourne roundabout / making changes to roundabouts.
This consultation refers to proposed changes but with no description so consultees are not able to make representations.
A left turn at the Stockbridge roundabout is used to justify the new relief road as traffic couldn't cross the A27. It forces traffic to travel to the nearest roundabout to turn round to return in the opposite direction and causing congestion at roundabouts and roads.
It will turn residential streets into rat runs.
Object
Chichester Local Plan 2021 - 2039: Proposed Submission
Representation ID: 3845
Received: 24/02/2023
Respondent: The Bosham Association
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
The local plan cannot guarantee any major road improvements to mitigate congestion and building housing on the scale proposed in the local plan is guaranteed to exacerbate the congestion and pollution levels in the Chichester District. Currently every major junction is well over capacity at peak times and has been since the last local plan was produced in 2014. The roads are becoming unusable and adding 10000 houses to the district with no mitigation is against the wishes of the residents who have made Chichester District Council aware of the problem.
There should be a moratorium on building in the area until there is a definitive plan for upgrading the strategic road network.
Policy A11 and Policy A12 should be removed from the plan because most of this traffic will access the strategic road network via the Fishbourne Roundabout which is the most heavily congested and the roundabout identified in the Chichester District Council Local Plan Transport Assessment as being the most in need of measures to improve congestion delays.
The local plan cannot guarantee any major road improvements to mitigate congestion and building housing on the scale proposed in the local plan is guaranteed to exacerbate the congestion and pollution levels in the Chichester District. Currently every major junction is well over capacity at peak times and has been since the last local plan was produced in 2014. The roads are becoming unusable and adding 10000 houses to the district with no mitigation is against the wishes of the residents who have made Chichester District Council aware of the problem.
Object
Chichester Local Plan 2021 - 2039: Proposed Submission
Representation ID: 3919
Received: 08/03/2023
Respondent: lavant parish council
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
This "kicks the can down the road". RIS3 funding remains most uncertain as RIS2 funding was rejected by CDC/WSCC and the A27 at Chichester remains a pipeline project.
Evidence that all funding avenues have been explored to enable a holistic solution for A27 junction improvements to be implemented is unclear. In particular is there funding available via the Major Roads Network package? This is presumably available for the A259 Bognor Road junction? Before CDC/ WSCC jeopardised access to MRN funds by removing the A286 south on unproven grounds this would have facilitated the required Stockbridge Link Road .
CDC in collaboration with WSCC and National Highways need to have a convincing plan that the A27 junction upgrade cannot be funded in its entirety
This "kicks the can down the road". RIS3 funding remains most uncertain as RIS2 funding was rejected by CDC/WSCC and the A27 at Chichester remains a pipeline project.
Evidence that all funding avenues have been explored to enable a holistic solution for A27 junction improvements to be implemented is unclear. In particular is there funding available via the Major Roads Network package? This is presumably available for the A259 Bognor Road junction? Before CDC/ WSCC jeopardised access to MRN funds by removing the A286 south on unproven grounds this would have facilitated the required Stockbridge Link Road .
Object
Chichester Local Plan 2021 - 2039: Proposed Submission
Representation ID: 4271
Received: 15/03/2023
Respondent: The Goodwood Estates Company Limited
Agent: HMPC Ltd
Legally compliant? Yes
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Yes
Issues arising from inadequacies of the A27 and its local and national importance are acknowledged. Proposals to improve connectivity to and upgrading of that route are supported. Route improvement through the Government’s RIS3 programme is to be welcomed. It is not for the local plan to make proposal for this national route but it can examine and make proposals for the local network connecting to it. Failure to invest in the local road network gives rise to many examples of movement restriction and capacity limitations, that in turn are manifest in added congestion on and around the existing A27.
While options for improvements to the A27 are not a matter for this local plan, undoubtedly comment will be raised about by-pass options and requests for the consequential safeguarding of land to facilitate construction. The planning authority will be well aware of the Estate’s objection to any proposal for an A27 northern by-pass, a consequence which will result in the loss of the Goodwood Motor Circuit and airfield, with serious and direct adverse impacts for other Goodwood business sectors, and with it, loss of a significant and irreplaceable quantum of Goodwood income to the significant detriment to the district and regional economy. References to the A27 in the plan as published are acceptable. However, should it seek to accommodate A27 by-pass options it will be unsound.
Issues arising from inadequacies of the A27 and its local and national importance are acknowledged. Proposals to improve connectivity to and upgrading of that route are supported. Route improvement through the Government’s RIS3 programme is to be welcomed. It is not for the local plan to make proposal for this national route but it can examine and make proposals for the local network connecting to it. Failure to invest in the local road network gives rise to many examples of movement restriction and capacity limitations, that in turn are manifest in added congestion on and around the existing A27.
Object
Chichester Local Plan 2021 - 2039: Proposed Submission
Representation ID: 4535
Received: 16/03/2023
Respondent: David Ball
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
No further development along the A27 East West corridor including the proposed allocation of land north of Apuldram Lane to the A27 until a further public consultation is undertaken including options for a by pass to the North of the city.
No further development along the A27 East West corridor including the proposed allocation of land north of Apuldram Lane to the A27 until a a further public consultation is undertaken including options for a by pass to the North of the city.
No further development along the A27 East West corridor including the proposed allocation of land north of Apuldram Lane to the A27 until a a further public consultation is undertaken including options for a by pass to the North of the city.
Object
Chichester Local Plan 2021 - 2039: Proposed Submission
Representation ID: 5905
Received: 17/03/2023
Respondent: GoVia Thameslink Railway
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? Not specified
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
8.5 Development should not be built that requires additional road capacity accept as a last resort.
See attached.