Policy AL9: Fishbourne Parish

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Object

Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035

Representation ID: 68

Received: 07/01/2019

Respondent: Mrs Katrina Howarth-Brown

Representation Summary:

I would like to add my objection to the many others who are opposed to the building of houses on Bethwines Farm.
- lack of infrastructure
- flooding
- destruction of wildlife habitats
- sewage
- the number of houses already built
- dependency on cars
- loss of agricultural land

Full text:

I would like to add my objection to the many others who are opposed to the building of houses on Bethwines Farm. Previously the residents of Fishbourne have itemised at least 25 reasons why this land is unsuitable such as lack of infrastructure, flooding, destruction of wildlife habitats, sewage, the number of houses already built etc. I would add to that and say that very recently 2 houses were erected at the end of Blackboy Lane and the chaos caused was massive; on some days, due to the large vehicles blocking the road completely , all one could do was reverse, turn around and try a different road. The cars of the workmen obstructed the road and ruined the verges. Goodness knows what 250 houses would do!

Fishbourne is dependent on cars as it has no local shops and very few buses. Recently the free bus to Tesco has also been stopped. A new estate will bring more traffic - 500 cars or more to travel up and down roads which are already little more than rutted, potholed cart tracks.

With Brexit approaching, we have been warned that the price of foodstuffs is liable to increase sharply, surely it is ridiculous and very short sighted, to then build on land which is good quality, productive, arable land, when the crops produced could be used for locally produced foodstuffs with no air miles , something we have been encouraged to do. Once gone this land can never be recovered.

Inevitably, for small villages, there comes a time when the available land runs out - for Fishbourne, this time is now.

Object

Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035

Representation ID: 70

Received: 07/01/2019

Respondent: Mr. Roger Gould

Representation Summary:

Please explain how you arrive at this housing number - conflicts with NPPF (agricultural land, valued landscapes, communities to decide where development goes)

Full text:

I refer to your attempt to demand arbitrarily 250 more houses for Fishbourne.Please explain in detail how you arrive at this number. To apply a top-down government imposition on the District and then guess what you can get from Parishes is completely unacceptable.It conflicts with the National Planning Policy Framework (2018) which states 'Central to this is the voice of local communities.They should be able to determine not only the right number of homes for their area but how they fit in.'

You must also realise that any proposal to build houses on Bethwines Farm land contravenes NPPF2018 para 170 (a) and (b) relating to the protection of valued landscapes, and best and most versatile agricultural land.

Support

Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035

Representation ID: 75

Received: 08/01/2019

Respondent: Dr Diana Brighouse

Representation Summary:

I would like my strong support for the proposals to build 250 more homes in Fishbourne to be registered.

Full text:

Our family has been resident in Fishbourne for the last ten years and we have been very happy here.

I feel compelled to write about the propaganda that has been disseminated around the village concerning proposed housing development.

Last week I received another 'special issue' of the Fishbourne Village Voice, which, like the previous issue, is dedicated to advising residents about how and why they should object to new housing being built in the village.

I understand the instinctive nimbyism of people who have moved into semi-rural villages expecting them to remain unchanged, but this surely must be acknowledged to be a privileged viewpoint.

Today the newspapers report on the recommendations of a year long housing inquiry, suggesting that the country needs 3 million new homes in the next 20 years. An entire generation of young people in their twenties and thirties face the possibility of life-long house renting. Working households are being forced into bed and breakfast accommodation, and the number of homeless people is rising. Last week CDC regretted the need to send families out of area as there was no suitable accommodation within the CDC area.

I accept that in an ideal world all infrastructure should be in place before houses are built. However, whilst children live in insanitary and unsuitable B&B or private rentals, with huge detriment to their health and education, I do not believe that we can afford this luxury. Likewise, in-fill development is obviously sensible, but looking at the in-fill development in the village along Main Road in the last few years, this has not been in the affordable housing category. Block developments of the type proposed for Bethwines allows for more mixed housing.

The Village Voice raised concerns about access to medical care. Doctors' surgeries are closing their lists because of lack of GPs, not because of an influx of patients. This is a national problem that is not going to be solved overnight for many reasons. Similarly the shortage of teachers - both groups of professionals are leaving their professions due to high stress levels, and recruitment is difficult (not least because of the difficulty in finding affordable housing).

The lack of a shop has been mentioned many times since we have lived here, and it seems that the easy access to Tesco either by foot, or by bus, means that a village shop is unlikely to be viable.

The anxieties about roads, drainage etc would, I presume, be addressed during the construction process, and I do not view these as reasons to delay building.

Sadly, although the Q&A section in the Village Voice strongly refutes nimbyism, it is not my understanding that historic data can be applied to the current situation. Fishbourne is not an isolated rural village tucked up in the South Downs; it is already semi-rural, sitting in very close proximity to Chichester, such that people can easily walk or cycle to work in the city. No proposals for housing development are going to be free from all problems, but I believe that the current proposals for 250 houses in Fishbourne are reasonable.

I would like my strong support for the proposals to build 250 more homes in Fishbourne to be registered.

Object

Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035

Representation ID: 132

Received: 13/01/2019

Respondent: Mr Michael Carroll

Representation Summary:

1. We are sandwiched between the National Park and Chichester Harbour (AONB) which is almost 80% of the available land in CDC.
2. School capacity
3. Lack of Medical facilities
4. Flooding-- 4 properties in this Close flooded with raw sewage in June 2012, and a further 250 houses will exacerbate an already over loaded system.
5. Roads in Fishbourne are already used as "rat runs" and are not suitable for the CURRENT volume of traffic.
6. Once the strategic gap is closed it will set a precedent. Gradually a conurbation between Chichester and Emsworth will evolve.

Full text:

Although we fully understand the need for a significant increase in house building, we believe that Fishbourne is a special case. We understand that under the Local Plan Review a further 250 dwellings are planned. The only area of land in Fishbourne capable of taking this number of new built dwellings, is Bethwines Farm, an area of sustainable agricultural land, which is currently a strategic gap between Fishbourne and Bosham. This is despite the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, James Brokenshire, again stating this week that agricultural land should not be developed and "Local communities should be able to determine not only the right number of homes for their area, but how they fit in."

There are many and varied reasons why this development should not take place.
1. We are sandwiched between the National Park and Chichester Harbour (AONB) which is almost 80% of the available land in CDC. Therefore building is crammed into too small a space, and unsuitable land is having to be used.
2. School capacity
3. Lack of Medical facilities
4. Flooding-- 4 properties in this Close flooded with raw sewage in June 2012, and a further 250 houses will exacerbate an already over loaded system.
5. Roads in Fishbourne are already used as "rat runs" and are not suitable for the CURRENT volume of traffic.
6. Once the strategic gap is closed it will set a precedent. Gradually a conurbation between Chichester and Emsworth will evolve.

Comment

Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035

Representation ID: 144

Received: 11/01/2019

Respondent: Mrs Helen Kirk

Representation Summary:

Whilst appreciating that development has been imposed on the village surely we can't allow such a development on Bethwines farm which is the only natural land belt between Fishbourne and Bosham. We must preserve our valuable farm land.

Use smaller parcels of land, no natural drainage if develop on large areas.

Wildlife corridor should be on Bethwines not Clay Lane.

Impact on traffic and schooling

No need for houses

Full text:

As a local resident in Fishbourne for 34 years I have so much change to the village. Whilst appreciating that development has been imposed on the village surely we can't allow such a development on Bethwines farm which is the only natural land belt between Fishbourne and Bosham. We must preserve our valuable farm land. This farm land has been worked for as long as I can remember and how are we to teach our children and grand children to respect our rural land scape if we rob them from the opportunity.

If we are to provide housing would it not be more sustainable to do so from smaller parcels of land leaving this open farm land. We will have no natural drainage if we develop such large areas. My believe is that the natural wildlife corridor should be on Bethwines not Clay Lane.
Please save this Farm Land.

I would be interested to know how this corridor has been agreed !

The impact on traffic and schooling would be immense. We really must take stock of our village and sympathetically develop.

Do we actually need so many houses. Has anyone looked at houses available for sale in Fishbourne of recent !

Object

Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035

Representation ID: 182

Received: 03/01/2019

Respondent: Ms Veronica McCredie

Representation Summary:

Please please do not build any more houses in this lovely village on following grounds
- air quality
- traffic generation
- leave fields for wildlife
- drainage

Full text:

Please please do not build any more houses in this lovely village.

Why did I retire to Fishbourne? My mother and all her family came from this area and she told me how beautiful it was and how good and kind the people are. I still have family in Sussex.

I worked for over forty years in the National Health Service and was awarded the MBE while working as a Nursing Sister at the Royal Free Hospital in London. I wanted to return to the countryside to be near to my relations and fresh air.

The people in Sussex tend to own 2 or more cars and it is not only because some may be elderly but because people are too lazy to walk. Walking is very good to keep one healthy. We have a very good bus service which they could use.

Salthill Road, a residential road, now has huge lorries turning through it, some at great speed plus a great number of cars which cause great pollution. I do not open my window because of this. They can pile up along the road and the car engines are kept running, waiting to get out on to the Portsmouth Road and also waiting for trains to run by.

There is a school with young children nearby, some of them walk to school or they are breathing in all these car and lorry fumes. Have you known or looked after anyone who suffers from cancer of the lung? I have and it is terrible for the patients and upsetting for the nursing staff who care for them.

Why do you not put tolls at each end and the middle of Salthill Road to make the air better for the residents and make money for St Richards Hospital and repairing the roads.

Salthill Road has potholes and cracks in the roads. Speed limit, what is that? It appears to be unknown in Sussex.

One pedestrian crossing and all these cars. If traffic in Edinburgh, Princes Street, can be curtailed, why not Salthill Road? Traffic in Hampstead can be curtailed, why not Salthill Road, Fishbourne???

Please do not touch our playing fields and stop taking the fields around Fishbourne and on the way to Bosham and Emsworth. Leave the fields around the Roman Palace please and the countryside for the Wildlife.

The bus I came home in yesterday nearly crashed with cars in Clay Lane yesterday, the bus driver was brilliant and saved a crash from happening.

Everything that is in the "Fishbourne Village Voice" is correct. Please, please all of you "TAKE IN" what the people have said. Listen to the people for once please.

Land drainage must be allowed to happen and it will not with all new houses.

I had to have people out to clear the drains in Salthill Road and also water in part of my land. The Council told me who to get.

"Please, please, listen to what the people say". They are not stupid.

For one hour one day I watched cars go by over 50% had only one person in them, the driver, and we are short of doctors so it could not have been them.

Object

Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035

Representation ID: 184

Received: 15/01/2019

Respondent: Patricia Massey

Representation Summary:

A minimum of 250 further homes in Fishbourne would create increasing problems with the schools, medical and dental services, water treatment sewage, flooding etc. Also the daily congestion on the very busy roads leading into Chichester, particularly on the approach to the Fishbourne roundabout which is already at the heart of daily heavy congestion on the A27.

Full text:

I refer to issues raised at the open meeting on 4th December 2018 at the Fishbourne Centre.

I totally endorse the 25 points raised in the Village Voice January 2019 Special Issue. I suggest you give more time to consider the points raised. A minimum of 250 further homes in Fishbourne would create increasing problems with the schools, medical and dental services, water treatment sewage, flooding etc. Also the daily congestion on the very busy roads leading into Chichester, particularly on the approach to the Fishbourne roundabout which is already at the heart of daily heavy congestion on the A27.

In my view to consider the erection of 250 further homes in an already heavily populated area is total madness. I suggest you should go back to the drawing board and think again.

Object

Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035

Representation ID: 210

Received: 15/01/2019

Respondent: V O'byrne

Representation Summary:

I wish to object strongly to the plan for building 250 houses on Bethwines Farm, Fishbourne on following grounds:
- community does not want development
- village identity
- traffic
- grade 2 farmland
- There are other issues - school, medical and dental capacity, wildlife, impact on the harbour, noise, pollution, speed of traffic.

Full text:

I wish to object strongly to the plan for building 250 houses on Bethwines Farm, Fishbourne. Twice this proposal has been turned down in the face of huge disapproval and valid reasons. What has changed?
These are my objections:
1. The local community DOES NOT want this huge development. The Secretary of State for housing has said, 'Local communities should be able to determine not only the right number of homes for their area, but how they fit in'. Bethwines attempts to override local opinion and is not plan-led. Until now, Fishbourne has managed to fulfil its housing obligations positively: this appears to result in advantage being taken to plaster a new town called Bethwines on the village. There are other sites available.
2. This village has a separate identity. It does not wish to join up with Bosham or onto Emsworth. It is a vibrant, busy community with so much going on.
3. The A259, Clay Lane and the other rat-runs (Salthill Road, Blackboy Lane, Apuldram Lane) cannot cope with more traffic. Congestion and delays, already horrendous, would increase further. There's no employment in Fishbourne and it already has the highest level of car dependency in the area. Five hundred more cars on the roads?
4. Grade 2 listed farmland should be farmland, producing ever more needed crops and helping to deal with surface and foul water, already a considerable problem in the area. Apuldram can't cope, onsite treatments are unacceptable, flooding occurs frequently.
There are other issues - school, medical and dental capacity, wildlife, impact on the harbour, noise, pollution, speed of traffic. Fishbourne can come up with smaller sites appropriate to the village and wishes of its inhabitants, as per the Sec of State's words. Bethwines is an imposition.

Comment

Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035

Representation ID: 211

Received: 17/01/2019

Respondent: Mrs Helen Todd

Representation Summary:

Concern regarding proposed development on following areas:
- traffic
- lack of public transport
- no need for additional housing to support village as school, community centre, pub are at capacity
- no improvements in infrastructure
- no local employment
- maintaining village identity

Full text:

I have read the part of the plan that relates specifically to Fishbourne. I have lived in Fishbourne for over ten years. In that time the village has doubled in size and yet has not had any investment in the infrastructure.

Regarding specific points:
In the introductory commentary it states that the village is well supported by a railway station and bus routes. The trains only stop once an hour at this station. When I worked in London and Brighton, I had to either drive to Chichester or Havant as the trains did not provide a service that allowed me to get to work. We don't use the train now as the service is so infrequent, therefore any new homes would increase the traffic substantially therefore having an effect of the effective running of bus services. Traffic is already an issue with the queues to the A27 being a significant problem in rush hour.

6.63. Refers to the primary school, two pubs and a community centre and the increase in housing being required in order to sustain these facilities. The school already has a waiting list, our neighbours had to send their young child to Bosham, which means an increase in traffic and has an impact on their working day. The pubs and community centre have been operating successfully with the village at its current capacity.

Overall Fishbourne has doubled in size in terms of the number of houses in the last ten years. As a village we have supported development, but have not seen any improvement in the infrastructure. Fishbourne is not a service village, it is a village in its own right. Car use is substantial due to the lack of trains and no local shops, doctors and overcapacity in the school. There is no local employment so everyone needs transport in order to work. Pollution and road usage have increased, significantly. There is also grave concern about Fishbourne being able to maintain a separate village identity, it is assumed that the 250 homes would be built on Bethwines Farm, this reduces the village's ability to maintain a separate identity.

In summary your plan raises the following questions:

1. I understand that infrastructure is dealt with after development, however, we have already doubled in size in terms of new homes and has seen no investment in the infrastructure in Fishbourne. Why is that?
2. The roads are already overpopulated and pollution is increasing, the railway does not provide a service that allows a reduction in road traffic neither does the bus service, how are these issues to be resolved both immediately and in the eventuality of any new development.
3. The school already has a waiting list and there is no doctors surgery, local drs are already reaching capacity (and you need to travel by car to drs and alternative local schools). How is this being dealt with both now and in the future.
4. In order to shop villagers need to travel as there is no local shopping facility, what are the proposals to deal with this?
5. How does the council propose that Fishbourne maintains its separate village identity?

I look forward to a response to the above. Please do not tell me that infrastructure is dealt with after development, if so, where is the infrastructure as we have seen significant development.

Object

Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035

Representation ID: 253

Received: 29/01/2019

Respondent: Sustrans

Representation Summary:

Needs to provide funding for NCN2 along line of A259, as well as cycle links to National Park to the north

Full text:

Needs to provide funding for NCN2 along line of A259, as well as cycle links to National Park to the north

Comment

Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035

Representation ID: 281

Received: 19/01/2019

Respondent: Mr allan tripp

Number of people: 2

Representation Summary:

Concerned regarding proposed development on following views:
- vitality of village more likely to be preserved by better facilities not more houses
- housing would increase car use
- negative impact on Fishbourne roundabout
- flooding
- no need for additional housing
- will housing be affordable?

Full text:

The Plan includes a need for Fishbourne to provide 250 more homes. It is suggested that this would help support the vitality of the village particularly the village school and Fishbourne Centre. No evidence is cited that the school are undersubscribed or that the Fishbourne Centre is underused.

We would maintain that the vitality of the village is more likely to be enhanced by the provision of better services for Fishbourne before more housing development takes place.

* Pavements for walkers for example - Clay Lane, Blackboy Lane
* Improved Cycle provision - Salt Hill Road, Clay Lane, Blackboy Lane, Fishbourne Road West. No Lights on cycle route past Fishbourne Palace.
* Where cyclists have to share roads with cars potholes are dangerous and unacceptable - eg Salthill Road.
* Services such as doctor, pharmacy, local shop.
* A Community Centre that can be accessed by all and doesn't require the use of a car - eg Blackboy Lane has no footway or cycle provision. The footway across the Green is not lit at night.

All of the above comments increase the need for car use and a large increase in housing numbers will increase car use in Fishbourne. The notorious Fishbourne roundabout will become even more dangerous.

Flooding has been a serious issue in the past and may occur again. Housing development will increase the risk of flooding.

We have not been shown any figures that suggest there is a need for further housing in Fishbourne.

Will these new homes be affordable for young people to buy and rents affordable for those who need social housing?

We hear that the 56 Bus may be axed - car use will increase and those unable to drive will be isolated.

Object

Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035

Representation ID: 291

Received: 21/01/2019

Respondent: Ms Lynda Hunter

Representation Summary:

Fishbourne has neither the capacity for more homes nor the need to grow further.
Infrastructure already overloaded in all aspects and new homes will further exacerbate the A259 access to the A27 roundabout and further damage safety and pollution levels.

Full text:

4.14 indicates 'However, consideration has been given to other factors in determining whether a settlement is a suitable location for additional housing growth, including infrastructure capacity, the existence of suitable sites and consultation responses'
Fishbourne has no doctor, shop, health Centre and has limited bus routes with the NO 56 bus on very limited timing and the train line has only limited stopping trains - it is a stop rather than a station. So the designation as Service Village is flawed - the school is full to capacity and the Centre already has most rooms and facilities booked to capacity. We cannot accomodate 250 new homes.
Inrastucture re roads are completely unsuitable with A259 already over capacity and local roads used at rat runs

Object

Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035

Representation ID: 292

Received: 21/01/2019

Respondent: Ms Lynda Hunter

Representation Summary:

Fishbourne has already doubled in size in the last 4 decade with an additional 30% since 2011. We have built a great deal in the village already and local housing need is not identified - rather land offered by developers for their need not ours.

Full text:

Fishbourne has already doubled in size in the last 4 decade with an additional 30% since 2011. We have built a great deal in the village already and local housing need is not identified - rather land offered by developers for their need not ours.

Object

Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035

Representation ID: 309

Received: 20/01/2019

Respondent: Mr Brian Fleet

Representation Summary:

concerns over Fishbourne allocation particularly Bethwines Farm:
- plan does not meet needs and aspirations of residents
- needs to retain rural character
- farmland should be kept for producing food
- wildlife corridor on bethwines
- loss of farmland leads to light and noise pollution, vehicle pollution, flooding, reducing in wildlife, surface run off, over subscribed services

Full text:

as a resident of Fishbourne for some 40 years I am writing to register my concern at the plan review in particular at the proposed development of Bethwines farm. I don't think that your " preferred approach" meets the needs and aspirations of the majority of Fishbone residents or agrees with the statement made by the Secretary of State for Housing Communities and local Government. (Local Communities should determine the right number of homes and how they fit in).

Fishbourne needs to retain its rural character, there is a considerable risk that house building once started on Bethwines Farm site would eventually escalate in scale and threaten and destroy the open green space between Fishbourne and Bosham. Already 2 houses have been built recently at the bottom of Blackboy Lane and I believe there is a strip of land nearer Fishbourne playing field which decades years ago was foreseen as potential land for dwellings.

In todays society where locally produced food in particularly vegetables are becoming more and more important from the health and sustainability point of view it is essential that high quality farmland is retained and Bethwines farm is an ideal site in scale and location for continued food production. I think it is grade 2 arable farmland, and to use it for building contradicts the recommendations of the NPPF.

This land also serves as a wildlife corridor.

Loss of this sustainable farmland would lead to a whole series of problems such as:
light pollution,
noise pollution
increased vehicle pollution since there are no local jobs damage to existing roads which are already in poor condition!
stretching an already oversubscribed primary school, reduction in wildlife despite new rules about runoff of surface water additional dwellings would increase the risk of flooding and below standard drainage and natural soak aways overstretched doctors and dentists surgeries larger feeder roads such as Salthill Road would experience even more traffic than at present with its already short cut/rat race to Chichester centre getting worse together with attendant excessive speed problems.

OK some of the above items can be mitigated to a degree by planning conditions but at the end of the day developers are in it to make money and they will carefully pick items which they think look good to purchasers and are worth investing in. The council has limited legal clout, funds and staff resources to ensure that the desirable results are achieved. So no houses at all on Bethwines please.

As I understand it Fishbourne has already built more homes than required, I think 60 homes without improvements to infrastructure.

Fishbourne has already increased its population by 30% since 2001!
60 homes were built in 2011-1013 .Enough is enough!

If some more houses are essential then use the land at Clay lane near the railway and A27 instead for a limited number and move the wildlife corridor. This would have little effect on all Fishbourne residents.

Object

Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035

Representation ID: 313

Received: 21/01/2019

Respondent: Mr John Tassell

Representation Summary:

I have grave concerns about -
> Maintaining a meaningful gap to both the east and west of the village
> to maintain the village's identity and preserve the environment for
> wild life
> Lack of sufficient infrastructure with roads already rat runs by
> vehicles wanting to avoid the Fishbourne Roundabout , a school already oversubscribed and lack of waste water and sewerage facility
Fishbourne has already provided more house building than most other villages in the district - enough is enough !

Full text:

I would like to support all the comments made by the Fishbourne PC concerning the proposal to require a further 250 houses in Fishbourne.

In particular I have grave concerns about -
> Maintaining a meaningful gap to both the east and west of the village
> to maintain the village's identity and preserve the environment for
> wild life
> Lack of sufficient infrastructure with roads already rat runs by
> vehicles wanting to avoid the Fishbourne Roundabout , a school already oversubscribed and lack of waste water and sewerage facility

Fishbourne has already provided more house building than most other villages in the district - enough is enough !

A stand must be made against unrealistic housing demands by the government

Object

Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035

Representation ID: 387

Received: 05/02/2019

Respondent: Mr Pieter Montyn

Representation Summary:

item 8 in the Policy :provide mitigation to ensure the protection of the {designated}....sites at Chichester Harbour as a result of water quality issues etc..
no mention of Fishbourne Meadows SAC
SSSI has been omitted
part of Fishbourne is within the AONB so more protection needed against a range of issues

item 11 is weak

Full text:

item 8 in the Policy :provide mitigation to ensure the protection of the {designated}....sites at Chichester Harbour as a result of water quality issues etc..
no mention of Fishbourne Meadows SAC
SSSI has been omitted
part of Fishbourne is within the AONB so more protection needed against a range of issues

item 11 is weak

Object

Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035

Representation ID: 527

Received: 26/01/2019

Respondent: Mr Chris Coffin

Representation Summary:

I believe the Plan requirement for 250 additional dwellings will have a serious and negative impact:
* Any significant increase in village population will be unviable without matching, significant additions to all aspects of local infrastructure and services. Insufficient local retail, school, medical and road provision. There is a continuous rise of "rat run" traffic and roads which are in poor and unsafe condition.
* Proposal to meet the Plan's development target for Fishbourne by building on Bethwines Farm. By any criterion this is unjustified and will cause harm. It would adversely change the individual identity Fishbourne (contrary S20).

Full text:

I wish to make the following brief representations on the draft Local Plan, now out for consultation:

General - I support the methodology of the Strategic Policies and thank the Council for the comprehensive and thorough nature of the Plan.

Goodwood Motor Circuit and Airfield (S15) - I thoroughly endorse the Council's policy of qualified support for this important local attraction and its development as it produces a huge net benefit to the area.

Fishbourne Parish (AL9) - This is the area in which I am resident.
I believe the Plan requirement for 250 additional dwellings will have a serious and negative impact on Fishbourne village for the following reasons:
* Any significant increase in village population will be unviable without matching, significant additions to all aspects of local infrastructure and services (S12). At present there is insufficient local retail, school, medical and road provision. There is a continuous rise of "rat run" traffic over our minor roads which are in an increasing poor and unsafe condition.
* There is a proposal to meet the Plan's development target for Fishbourne by building on Bethwines Farm. By any criterion this is unjustified and will cause harm (as well as dismay). It would, above all, adversely change the individual identity Fishbourne (contrary to the tenets of Plan overall design policy (S20)).

Object

Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035

Representation ID: 536

Received: 28/01/2019

Respondent: Mrs Margaretha Lowry

Representation Summary:

Concerns over development in relation to:
- use of agricultural land
- destruction of nature of area
- retain village identity
- infrastructure is saturated
- flooding
- traffic
- pollution
- school and doctors oversubscribed
- no facilities
- loss of wildlife
- change to character of area

Full text:

FISHBOURNE NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN - THE CURRENT SITUATION
INCLUDING BETHWINES FARM IN PARTICULAR.

THE PLANNERS HAVE A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT LAND FOR THE FUTURE.
IT CANNOT BE MORALLY CORRECT TO DESTROY SUCH A NATIONAL ASSET

THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT WE LIVE IN UNCERTAIN TIMES GLOBALLY.
WE SHOULD, THEREFORE, BE EXTREMELY CONCERNED THAT SELF SUFFICIENCY
WITH REGARD TO FOOD PRODUCTION IS NOW AROUND 50% IN THE UK AND ALREADY IN DECLINE.
THE UK IMPORTS MORE FOREIGN FOOD NOW THAN AT ANY TIME IN THE PAST FIVE DECADES!

CLEARLY, THE PROPOSAL TO USE BETHWINES FARM IN FISHBOURNE VILLAGE AS A FUTURE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IS UNACCEPTABLE. LOSING HIGH QUALITY, PRODUCTIVE AGRICULTURAL LAND WHICH IS PARTICULARLY SUITABLE FOR ARABLE AND VEGETABLE CROPS WOULD BE A TRAVESTY.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT (JAMES BROKENSHIRE MP) HAS SAID THE PLANNING POLICIES SHOULD "INCLUDE THE ECONOMIC AND OTHER BENEFITS OF THE BEST AND MOST VERSATILE AGRICULTURAL LAND"

THIS NOT ONLY AFFECTS THE PRESENT POPULATION BUT GENERATIONS TO COME. WE OWE IT TO OUR CHILDREN AND OUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN. ONCE LAND IS LOST THERE IS NO GOING BACK.

THE INCREASING SIZE OF VILLAGES AND SMALL TOWNS ALONG THE A259, WHERE MORE AND MORE DEVELOPMENTS MOVING INTO FIELDS WHICH USED TO DEFINE OUR AREA AS RURAL, ARE DESTROYING THE WHOLE NATURE OF THE AREA. VALUED LANDSCAPES SHOULD BE PROTECTED.
BOUNDARIES HAVE NOW BECOME INCREASINGLY MOVEABLE AND THIS RISKS CREATING FISHBOURNE AND OTHER VILLAGES AS A POTENTIAL CONURBATION OF CHICHESTER. WE DO NOT WANT THIS. EQUALLY, WE WISH TO BE SEPARATED FROM BOSHAM.

THE PLANNERS SHOULD SEEK OUT DEVELOPMENT SITES WHICH DO NOT IRREVOCABLY CHANGE THE WAY WE LIVE.
WE ARE CONVINCED THIS SHOULD BE POSSIBLE.

THE SERVICE INDUSTRY FOR THE FISHBOURNE AREA IS AT SATURATION POINT.
FOR EXAMPLE ,IT TAKES 5/6 WEEKS TO GET A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT. WE HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS OURSELVES ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS.

CLIMATE CHANGE HAS INDICATED THAT WE CAN EXPECT SIGNIFICANTLY MORE RAINFALL. WE ALREADY STRUGGLE WITH FLOODING AT TIMES.
MORE LAND COVERED BY CONCRETE CANNOT DO ANYTHING BUT MAKE MATTERS WORSE.

INEVITABLY, THERE WILL BE HUNDREDS MORE CARS WHICH WILL MAKE THE LANES IN FISHBOURNE EVEN MORE SATURATED AND CERTAINLY MORE DANGEROUS AND POLLUTED.

ANY DEVELOPMENT MUST HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE BEFORE ANY HOUSE BUILDING COMMENCES. THE DEVELOPERS SHOULD MEET THE WHOLE COST OF THIS AS THEY ARE THE MONETARY BENEFICIARIES. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT MANY "ROADS" IN THE AREA ARE,IN FACT,"LANES" AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH.

MAY I REFER YOU TO THE NATIONAL PLANNING FRAMEWORK (2028) IN WHICH THE SECRETARY OF STATE (JAMES BROKENSHIRE MP) SAYS "WE WANT THE RIGHT NUMBER OF HOMES BUILT IN THE RIGHT PLACES. CENTRAL TO THIS IS THE VOICE OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES. THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO DETERMINE NOT ONLY THE RIGHT NUMBER OF HOMES FOR THEIR AREA, BUT HOW THEY FIT IN".

IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THESE POINTS BE TREATED WITH RESPECT AS WE DO NOT WISH TO SEE THE CHARACTER OF THE WHOLE AREA DESTROYED.



The proposed imposition of 250 new homes to be built on land in Fishbourne is yet another push to turn our village into a dormitory town.

The school is oversubscribed already and doctor's appointments are taking 5/6 weeks to obtain NOW!

Added to this, we do not have a shop or post office and the local bus service is under threat. I don't think this describes a "Service Village".

Bethwines Farm is Grade 11 Agricultural Land. Can Planners really advocate losing such valuable and productive land forever? Why would anyone
advocate building on green sites? We simply cannot afford to keep using agricultural land in such a cavalier manner. Where will the food be produced
when the land has been taken? We import around 50% of our Country's food needs already and this figure is rising. We are very vulnerable in this
respect. Planners should seriously take into account the recent history of our Island and see what happens when the imported food supply is disrupted!!
Our population continues to grow. People have to be fed.

Apart from the productive value of the land , it provides a wonderful area for wildlife including bats, red kites , green woodpeckers
gold crests and may other species. The field borders provide sanctuary for small mammals etc.

The proposals , as we see them, constitute a complete change of character of the area. There seems to be little regard for flood plains, road
congestion and the like. Hundreds more cars, not only from Fishbourne but all along the A259. Fishbourne Lanes will be used even more as rat runs
because of the build-up to the Fishbourne roundabout.

The Consultation at Fishbourne Centre from 1 - 6 pm on 16th January was intended to be helpful. However, there was no allowance made
for those who were at work to participate! Looking at Consultation documents on the net does not provide the same opportunity to discuss
any points of concern.

It seems the recent case of the death of a 9 year old girl from asthma could be linked to unlawful levels of pollution.
The Attorney-General has heard new evidence on this matter and permission has been given for an application
for a new inquest into her death. It seems this young girl died in 2013 following 3 years of seizures due to living close to roads with high levels of pollution.

One of the grounds for calling a fresh inquest was that permitting illegal levels of pollution was a breach of human rights under Article 2 of the European Convention
of Human Rights which protects the right to life. Everyone in the area knows that Fishbourne Roundabout is to be avoided and/or feared. The levels of pollution
this causes in the area are of great concern not to mention adjacent roads where traffic queues to get over the roundabout.

Just the other day we visited a village in Surrey where we used to live. The area has been developed to the extent that it is barely recognisable and is, quite frankly, a mess. It is now a suburb of Greater London and it looks it!!! We certainly do not want this to happen to Fishbourne and to become consumed in the same way.

Not everyone is able contact you about their concerns but I know I speak for many people in the area who are truly shocked at the proposals not least
because Fishbourne has more than met its obligations so ably in the past.

I trust that putting our genuine concerns before you will not have been a complete waste of time.

Object

Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035

Representation ID: 545

Received: 29/01/2019

Respondent: Mr Stephen Page

Representation Summary:

1.Reject considering Bethwines Farm (250 homes) as a suitable house building site.
WHY:
- other sites are available
- destruction of views and strategic gap
- destruction of good quality grade 2 arable/agricultural land should only be used where poorer quality land is not available.
- close to high power electrical lines, detrimental to health.
- greater sprawl would undermine the nature of the village
- SUDS is a major concern, wide such a high water table, flooding and poor drainage
- road system is totally incapable of handling this increase
- against public opinion.
- school already over subscribed

Full text:

1.Reject considering Bethwines Farm (250 homes) as a suitable house building site.
WHY:
- other sites are available
- destruction of views and strategic gap
- destruction of good quality grade 2 arable/agricultural land should only be used where poorer quality land is not available.
- close to high power electrical lines, detrimental to health.
- greater sprawl would undermine the nature of the village
- SUDS is a major concern, wide such a high water table, flooding and poor drainage
- road system is totally incapable of handling this increase
- against public opinion.
- school already over subscribed

Object

Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035

Representation ID: 615

Received: 30/01/2019

Respondent: Mr Philip Farrell

Representation Summary:

Object to Fishbourne allocation on following grounds
- infrastructure (particularly sewage) should be in place before development
- need additional planning for run off
- the A27 - without a plan for improvements should not increase traffic
- opposed to size of Bethwines Farm proposal, Blackboy Lane provides natural western boundary. A single row of houses would be acceptable
- field to east of school should be used for school extension

Full text:

I have to object to most of the plans, particularly the 250 homes proposed for Bethwines Farm in Fishbourne.

Before any further buildings are projects approved or commenced, two important problems need to be addressed first:

1. Infrastructure, particularly sewage: Fishbourne sewage works cannot process more sewage, so it is vital that new sewerage treatment is installed and tested before there is any further increase in its production! Likewise, with more buildings, there will be less natural drainage for rainwater: planning for additional run off must be added to plans. In addition, if all new building included compulsory rainwater harvesting, it would ameliorate some of the problems.
2. The A27: without a firm plan in place for improvements (including other areas away from Chichester), we should not be increasing traffic even more than its current over-capacity. The proposed northern route around Chichester is the only solution that makes any sense: all other proposals are merely short-term and wasteful as within 10 years we will be back having the same arguments that we have been having since the late 1940s. Do it right now! (Building a relief road from the Tesco roundabout to the A286 will make the Tesco roundabout with its terrible accident record, worse not better. It will make residents along the A259 subject to even greater delays and many more will seek alternative routes spreading even more traffic mayhem.)
I also object to the Bethwines Farm proposal as it is too large. Fishbourne needs a natural barrier and Blackboy Lane provides a natural Western boundary. A single row of houses facing Blackboy Lane on its west side would be acceptable though.

With so much new housing, demands for places at Fishbourne Primary School are bound to increase, so I suggest that the field immediately to the east of the school (north of the Roman Palace) should be earmarked for a school extension and not for housing.

Object

Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035

Representation ID: 639

Received: 29/01/2019

Respondent: Mrs Davina Robinson

Representation Summary:

Concerns over development on basis of:
- oversubscribed school and active community centre but no shop or doctors
- loss of landscape views
- increased car usage and traffic
- development on Bethwines would harm environment
- loss of agricultural land
- access to site is problematic
- increased pressure on Chichester Harbour
- flooding
- loss of wildlife

Suggest Clay Lane for housing as very unattractive, poor agricultural land, would encourage smaller properties.

Full text:

Fishbourne has an over-subscribed primary school, a well-supported community centre and playing fields but no convenience store or doctors' surgery. What it also has is the most beautiful open view to the west to the horizon where you can see wonderful sunsets which everyone can enjoy. It is imperative that this landscape be preserved.

For most everyday living, the use of a car is a necessity.

As Fishbourne is squeezed between the harbour and the A27, the only land available for potential development is Clay Lane towards Chichester or Bethwines Farm.

When a planning application for 200 dwellings was submitted for Bethwines Farm in 2008, this generated over 330 letters of objection including those from Chichester Harbour Conservancy, Fishbourne Parish Council, Bosham Association, Chichester Society, Environment Agency, Natural England. This application was withdrawn before it could be refused. Today would be no different.

Any development here would only harm the environment and would certainly not enhance the landscape and rural character of the area. Once this countryside is gone, Fishbourne would not be the attractive village it currently is and one could well be living in surburbia.

Bethwines Farm is good quality farm land and domestic food production is of strategic national importance. By building on part of it, it could seriously prejudice the viable agricultural operations of the farm and would do nothing to enhance the area's biodiversity and wildlife habitats.

Access via Blackboy Lane would be problematic due to its narrow width and, due to existing development and ditches, there is no opportunity to provide a pavement all the way down to the A259.

There would undoubtedly be a huge increase of traffic travelling down Blackboy Lane trying to join the A259, which is already very busy, with the subsequent increase of traffic through the conservation area of Fishbourne to the Tesco roundabout.

There will be increased recreational pressure on Chichester Harbour and its wildlife.

There is potential for flooding below the site and the run-off being discharged into the harbour.

Clay Lane, in comparison, is very scrubby, unattractive land with no notable outlook. It is preferable to develop poorer quality agricultural land rather than the best. To my knowledge, this land has never been used to grow crops. By developing here, most traffic will travel along Clay Lane towards Chichester, thus avoiding the Tesco roundabout and the A27.

Hopefully, this site would encourage developers to build smaller properties that are needed for first-time buyers rather than large detached homes for in-comers.

A development site is currently underway in Clay Lane nearer to Chichester and one has also been completed in Clay Lane along from its junction with Salthill Road.

I understand that a 'wildlife corridor' is proposed to the west of Chichester. Due to the current building work in Clay Lane and the Whitehouse Farm development, it would be eminently more sensible to provide this wildlife corridor to the west of Fishbourne. The link could easily be made from the top of Chichester Harbour to the South Downs National Park.

The area round Bethwines Farm has enormous diversity. Buzzards, starlings, sparrows, owls, bats, woodpeckers, deer, hedgehogs, harvest mice, slow worms, partridges are regularly seen. In contrast, I don't recall seeing any wildlife along Clay Lane.

In addition, if another road is to come into Tesco roundabout from the south west Apuldram/Donnington, I hate to think of the chaos this will cause with even more traffic travelling along the A259.

Object

Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035

Representation ID: 674

Received: 31/01/2019

Respondent: Mr Iain Harrison

Representation Summary:

Against any large scale housing development in Fishbourne.

Full text:

I am strongly against further large scale housing development in Fishbourne. The only identified site in the village is Bethwines Farm, which would endanger Fishbourne's identity as a separate village, moving towards an urban corridor between Chichester and Havant. Fishbourne has, over recent years, accepted many more new houses than could be expected, and it is time to call a halt. I object to large scale housing development in Fishbourne for all the reasons given already by Fishbourne Parish Council, and especially because of inadequate infrastructure. In particular, the A27 and the A259 are already congested for large parts of each day, and smaller country roads are increasingly being used as rat runs, making the unpleasant for local users, especially cyclists and walkers.

Object

Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035

Representation ID: 758

Received: 01/02/2019

Respondent: Mrs Stephanie Carn

Representation Summary:

250 houses is far too high for this parish. There is no local need for so many houses. Housing should prioritize local need, for affordable housing both to rent and buy. Any other types of housing should not be allowed.

The gaps between villages will soon disappear if all development is along the A27 corridor.

Full text:

250 houses is far too high for this parish. There is no local need for so many houses. Housing should prioritize local need, for affordable housing both to rent and buy. Any other types of housing should not be allowed.

The gaps between villages will soon disappear if all development is along the A27 corridor.

Object

Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035

Representation ID: 826

Received: 02/02/2019

Respondent: Mrs Fiona Horn

Representation Summary:

No mitigation provided for the increase in traffic that 250 dwellings would have on A259/A27. The rail service is infrequent only 1 train stops each way once an hour at peak times, less at other times. No shop or post office. Not suitable for less able 'older people' unless they drive adding to car journeys.School already over subscribed. Local children struggle to get in so have to travel by car to alternative schools. No mention of risk of flooding.Unless this is adequately addressed in future iterations of the plan, I will raise this with examiner at the appropriate time.

Full text:

No mitigation provided for the increase in traffic that 250 dwellings would have on A259/A27. The rail service is infrequent only 1 train stops each way once an hour at peak times, less at other times. No shop or post office. Not suitable for less able 'older people' unless they drive adding to car journeys.School already over subscribed. Local children struggle to get in so have to travel by car to alternative schools. No mention of risk of flooding.Unless this is adequately addressed in future iterations of the plan, I will raise this with examiner at the appropriate time.

Object

Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035

Representation ID: 836

Received: 02/02/2019

Respondent: Dr Lesley Bromley

Representation Summary:

The land at Fishbourne is on or below the 5 meter contour and is at risk of flooding as a result of sea level rise consequent on global climate change.
Development here risks damaging the Chichester Harbour AONB.

Land north of the A27 could be used

Full text:

The land at Fishbourne is on or below the 5 meter contour and is at risk of flooding as a result of sea level rise consequent on global climate change.
Development here risks damaging the Chichester Harbour AONB.

Land north of the A27 could be used

Object

Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035

Representation ID: 925

Received: 04/02/2019

Respondent: Mr Adam Porter

Representation Summary:

The figure of 250 houses seems to have been arrived at entirely arbitrarily. Indeed, of the sites earmarked, some have now been ruled out by the addition of a wildlife corridor. Bethwines Farm is prime agricultural land of the sort that should be protected from development, not earmarked for it. Fishbourne has expanded considerably in recent years, yet has poor roads and lots of traffic. Blackboy Lane is particularly unsuitable for a large development. You say it is a service village, yet the rail service is minimal, the bus service is under threat of reduction, there is no shop.

Full text:

The figure of 250 houses seems to have been arrived at entirely arbitrarily. Indeed, of the sites earmarked, some have now been ruled out by the addition of a wildlife corridor. Bethwines Farm is prime agricultural land of the sort that should be protected from development, not earmarked for it. Fishbourne has expanded considerably in recent years, yet has poor roads and lots of traffic. Blackboy Lane is particularly unsuitable for a large development. You say it is a service village, yet the rail service is minimal, the bus service is under threat of reduction, there is no shop.

Comment

Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035

Representation ID: 927

Received: 03/02/2019

Respondent: Barbara Brooks-Smith

Representation Summary:

Concerns over development in relation to:
- distinct separate village identity
- keep Bethwines as a productive farm
- preserve green space
- Nature/wildife
- Lack of suitable infrastructure
- Loss of valuable farmland
- Noise/pollution concerns
- Overcrowding in the village
- Local schools (this is already the case - I live opposite Fishbourne Primary School and could not get my children into it)
- Flood risk due to loss of natural drainage
- Detriment to the rural character of the village identity
- Traffic concerns especially A259, Salthill Road, Clay Lane, Blackboy Lane

Full text:

I am writing to express my concern over the contents of the above and the fact there seems to be an intention to build alot of houses in the area. I live in Fishbourne and would want it to keep a distinct separate village identity and not merge into the boundaries of Bosham or Chichester.

Additionally I want to keep Bethwines as a productive farm, and not have it built upon.

We need to preserve all the green space we have and continue to look after and not ruin our environment otherwise there will be impact/effect on :

Nature/wildife
Lack of suitable infrastructure
Loss of valuable farmland
Noise/pollution concerns
Overcrowding in the village
Local schools (this is already the case - I live opposite Fishbourne Primary School and could not get my children into it)
Flood risk due to loss of natural drainage
Detriment to the rural character of the village identity
Traffic concerns especially A259, Salthill Road, Clay Lane, Blackboy Lane

Object

Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035

Representation ID: 1057

Received: 04/02/2019

Respondent: Mr Bernard Stoneham

Representation Summary:

- housing in Fishbourne detrimental to infrastructure e.g. traffic, school places, dentists, doctors
- traffic impact from Clay Lane development
- development on Bethwines will be opposed by villagers - impact on residents lives

Full text:

1.Fishbourne has already absorbed a good deal of new housing and the detrimental effect of this is so apparent on the infrastructure of the village.
2. The extra strain of more housing, more cars and the strain on schooling, dentists and doctors surgery is all too apparent, and is placing an intolerable burden on the inhabitants of Fishbourne.
3. The ghastly mess being created on Clay Lane to the east from a building site that is clearly severely waterlogged which will throw even more traffic onto an existing dangerous rat run.(even though this is a Chichester development it affects the people of Fishbourne).
4. Any attempt to gain planning consent for 250 houses on Bethwines Farm should and will be be strenuously opposed by the residents of Fishbourne. 250 houses equal 500 car these days so where on earth will this traffic go! The very thought of a 1000 homes fills me with horror. Do you planning people not care about the effect on the lives of residents in Fishbourne.
5.I attended the meeting on the 16th of January and was shocked to see the scale of development proposed on going on the road to Emsworth. 1500 houses in Southbourne- its quite shocking. I asked one of your staff present whether surely a further access road to the A27 was a necessity but no answer was forthcoming.
What can happen at the Tescos roundabout I ask? It is living hell now and so hated by everyone in the village yet nothing happens- I think the word disgrace sums it up!
6.I think the comments raised in the open meeting on the 4th December are so very relevant and I endorse everything mentioned.

LASTLY, I THOUGHT THAT THE POWER WAS BEING GIVEN BACK TO THE LOCAL AUTHORITY SO HOW CAN CENTRAL GOVERNMENT FORCE THEIR WILL ON US ALL BY INSISTING UPON ALL THIS DEVELOPMENT.

Object

Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035

Representation ID: 1065

Received: 05/02/2019

Respondent: Libby Alexander

Representation Summary:

No justification for additional homes or explanation how the number has been arrived at or why in Fishbourne.
No case for further growth as village is thriving.
Allowing development on Bethwines will:
- destroy agricultural land
- exacerbate flooding
- traffic impacts
- increase air pollution
- impact sewage

Full text:

It is incomprehensible how anyone who lives in this area would contemplate permission for the number of homes that are being forced upon the local communities when this part of the country is so special. One would have to be blind not to look at a map of the South East of England and realise its slow death from concrete and congestion and here - especially west of Chichester is the last remaining foothold of sanity along the coast.
Chichester, a beautiful County Capital, is a Roman walled city with a Georgian centre - its roads reflect this wonderful heritage - THEY WERE NOT MADE FOR MODERN TRAFFIC LEVELS. This has a knock-on effect upon nearby villages including FISHBOURNE. The position of the Chichester Plains including FISHBOURNE is that it is caught between the SDNP and the sea. But that is no reason to concrete it over. All this is in YOUR CARE.Y

FISHBOURNE - The Present State
Fishbourne cannot be accused of Nimbyism - it has built more than the required number of houses requested on sensitive, sustainable sites and therefore there is no moral justification whatsoever to inflict the community with 250 more. There has been no explanation as to why this number and why Fishbourne from the CDC. Apparently the CDC has decided to classify Fishbourne as a 'service village'. Has anyone actually been to Fishbourne to verify this classification?
The truth is:
Fishbourne Parish Council has already submitted and enacted upon the Neighbourhood Plan with the full involvement and support from the local community.
Fishbourne has already reached its boundaries. It is crucial to the well being of communities and in the spirit of the Government's policies to prevent 'coalescence' of villages.
Fishbourne is a Conservation Area and the FISHBOURNE MEADOWS are a crucial part of it.
The Primary School is already filled with children from the catchment area. The Fishbourne Centre is so popular it is functioning at full capacity. The local church and its hall is likewise functioning at full capacity. The Fishbourne Playing Field facilities provide not only tennis courts, bowls, croquet, cricket, etc. and a fully equipped children's outdoor secure play area. All these are used on a regular basis. There is no doubt that Fishbourne is a thriving and active community and therefore there is NO CASE for further growth.

The Disastrous Consequences of Mass Unnecessary and Unwanted Development
If this is 'forced' upon the community it will break every democratically arrived at Policy of the Parish Council and anger the vast majority of residents for, by permitting a few houses on Bethwines Farm will open up the floodgates to 1000. This will destroy valuable green field agricultural land. It will exacerbate flooding. Will cause untold traffic congestion for with every household there will be two cars as a minimum creating gridlock on local roads. Will heighten the already dangerous levels of air pollution. The local sewerage plant in Apuldram is already at breaking point. All this on top of the already permitted 1600 homes at Whitehouse Farm north of Fishbourne. The chaos and damage to the roads, the noise, the mud, the dust, potential danger to locals due to confined sites etc during construction which could take years not months. The agricultural land in this area is of special importance to the national production of horticulture. It provides employment to 9,000 and creates £1 billion in sales - substantial statistics.
CHICHESTER HARBOUR
Is an AONB, an SSSI, a Ramsar, an SAC, an SPA, an SINC/SNCI, a Conservation Area, a Local Wildlife Site, and a Local Nature Reserve. This is the JEWEL IN THE CROWN. It is the duty of every citizen, especially those in Authority, to safeguard this valuable, irreplaceable asset, unharmed for the nation and future generations. NOTHING should be permitted that would endanger it in any way. So why is the Chichester District Council not fighting the Government to protect it? To protect it from:
Mass Developments that are not NEEDED that will damage the waters through flooding - including Apuldram sewerage outflow, will create pollution from additional traffic, will disturb the wildlife and tranquillity from growing disturbances, will create light pollution, and with the growth in population create damaging levels of litter, and many more.
A259 -Main Road
This is the only access for all the developments being planned and being built in Bosham, Chidham, Nutbourne and Southbourne (hundreds and in some instances thousands) that will accumulate at Fishbourne roundabout in order to access the A27 and the City. This route is the only one that all delivery trucks and all agricultural machinery can use. The traffic will continue to grow along this road as the bus schedules are being cut and the SW train service seems to be in permanent decline. This road is also the boundary to the Chichester Harbour Trust. How then will the CDC enforce the protections of the Trust? AIR POLLUTION
AIR POLLUTION
The UN in June 2017 is quoted as saying: 'Air pollution is Europe's leading environment killer'.
NAEI have a map of the Chichester Plains where the average levels are 0.1 - 0.3 but Fishbourne and Donnington roundabouts already reach 25!
Friends of the Earth are quoted as saying 'Costs to the UK of air pollution runs to £20 billion.
Living Streets say '80% of toxic nitrogen oxide concentrations are found at roadsides from motor traffic'.
'40,000 deaths annually are attributed to air pollution'
'38 out of 43 UK zones exceeded legal levels of nitrogen oxide emission in 2013.'
The UK is breaking the law with its current air pollution levels.
We now have children dying with 'air pollution' on their death certificates.
THE LEVELS AT FISHBOURNE ROUNDABOUT ARE ALREADY BREAKING LEGAL LIMITS
So what will these levels reach :
When all these 2250 scheduled developments with two cars per unit take place using the only road available - A259.
When the TRAFFIC DOUBLES OVER THE THREE SUMMER MONTHS creating gridlock down to the Manhood Peninsular
When your proposed Stockbridge link road - whose construction will break all the criteria laid down in the CDC policies by building across major flood plains, by restricting the protected views of the Cathedral, by building on the protected Fishbourne Meadows and into the AONB of Chichester Harbour, and end up TAKING ALL THE TRAFFIC ON TO THE FISHBOURNE ROUNDABOUT.
WILDLIFE CORRIDOR
The last minute offer of a Wildlife Corridor in an attempt to mitigate the horrors being inflicted upon this community you have placed in a narrow strip to the east of the village. This will immediately be irrelevant for it is too narrow, will pass through a built up environment which will lead to disturbances throughout the day, will lead to noise pollution, will lead to light pollution and will therefore NOT PROVIDE a safe haven for any wildlife. The obvious position for such a corridor would be to the WEST of FISHBOURNE where the open agricultural green field sites will enable all forms of wildlife to access both the Harbour Conservancy and the National Park safely.
THE A27
What is the point of this whole exercise when there has been no decision on the route of the A27. Until the CDC issues correct data on present traffic flows, until the CDC issues correct data on 'projected' traffic flows, until the CDC recognises that this is a NATIONAL STRATEGIC road and NOT A LOCAL road, until the CDC re presents the NORTHERN option, then no permissions for further developments should take place.
The Secretary of State for Housing is quoted as saying: 'The message it (NPPF) sends is clear and direct; we want the right number of homes in the right places. CENTRAL TO THIS IS THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITIES.'
As the community's elected representatives it is your duty to protect the National Assets in this area. It is your duty to provide 'sustainable' developments that do not create or add to the highway safety, air pollution or any other damage to your communities. This area does not NEED new three/four bedroom houses. What it does need is AFFORDABLE housing. Part of the relief could come from allowing Affordable housing in the SDNP which would halt the decline of the communities, fill the empty schools, and provide continuing regeneration. Jake Berry MP in the Ministry of Housing has said that WHERE HOUSING IS NEEDED IS IN THE NORTH where the region is undergoing regeneration and businesses are relocating.
THE FISHBOURNE COMMUNITY
The Fishburne community has acted in good faith throughout this whole exercise. It is now up to the CDC to support it.

Object

Local Plan Review: Preferred Approach 2016-2035

Representation ID: 1106

Received: 05/02/2019

Respondent: Mrs Ruth Keeley

Representation Summary:

Housing along Clay Lane would be ideal for access purposes speed along Clay Lane is lowered to 30mph throughout. There are other new developments along that section of road.
Access to Bethwines Farm via Blackboy Lane would be totally unsuitable and there is no alternative.
The waste water works in Apuldram are already struggling to cope. How will another 250 homes help that situation? The alternative these days seems to be on-site treatment which don't work! The drainage problems in Fishbourne over many years has proved that and yet CDC still over allocates homes in areas that are not sustainable.

Full text:

Housing along Clay Lane would be ideal for access purposes speed along Clay Lane is lowered to 30mph throughout. There are other new developments along that section of road.
Access to Bethwines Farm via Blackboy Lane would be totally unsuitable and there is no alternative.
The waste water works in Apuldram are already struggling to cope. How will another 250 homes help that situation? The alternative these days seems to be on-site treatment which don't work! The drainage problems in Fishbourne over many years has proved that and yet CDC still over allocates homes in areas that are not sustainable.