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Policy A11 needs to be removed from the plan. 245 houses were not in the neighbourhood plan. There were 50 proposed houses in the neighbourhood plan and planning permission was granted. This permission then expired because the developer land banked the permission in order to try and push further development through using the titled balance argument.

This site is outside of the Bosham settlement boundary and is farmland. It was deemed the least suitable place for development and there are hundreds of local objections to developing this site. 245 houses is a massive increase in the size of the village with very few extra facilities provided for this scale of development. The site has only one entrance and exit by road onto the A259 and this will result in an increase in air pollution as vehicles queue to get into and out of the development at peak times.

220 additional houses should be allocated to HighGrove with 25 allocated to HBO0003. This allows greater biodiversity gain on both sites, it reduces pressure on a singular access point on the A259, reduces the impact of Highgrove on the AONB and SDNP, it is better supported by local residents, it would allow re-investment in the local area creating a more resilient Rural community, rather than just going to shareholders.

Allocating an additional 245 houses to Highgrove is at odds with the Village Plan. It coalesces unnecessarily East-West, it isnt the lowest grade soil, it doesnt respect residents wishes as consulted in the Neighbourhood Plan. It incorrectly draws on erroneous HELAA data.