10.44

Policy A11 needs to be removed from the plan. The plan cannot be considered sound if the site inclusion is in conflict with the plan. This site inclusion completely contradicts what is proposed in Policy NE10. The statement suggests that to the east of the site are farm buildings and open countryside but there is no open countryside visible from this side of the A259 as the Ham Farm and Langmead site is shielded by high hedging and the farmland views are lost. The site at Highgrove is the only open farmland with views over the downs between the settlements of Bosham and Fishbourne.

The site is wholly outside the settlement boundary and is therefore defined as 'countryside'. This brings the site's inclusion into conflict with the plan (points 4.50 and 4.52) which suggests that building outside settlement boundaries will be 'limited'.
There is brownfield land within the settlement boundary at Burns Shipyard which could be developed to build more houses than the three multi-million pound houses currently proposed and awaiting a planning decision.
The inclusion of this site will have a detrimental impact on the A259 and on congestion at the already well-over-capacity A27 Fishbourne Roundabout.

Reduce allocation to 220 (plus existing 50) to allow greater visual corridors and tree planting.

The allocation does not give due weight to the setting of the AONB and SDNP. The permanent loss of views from one to the other cannot be mitigated against and is a permament loss to the local community and nation as a whole. If housing is allocated to this site it should be the minimum possible.