Policy A15 Loxwood

Policy A15 should be scrapped and Policies H2 and H3 amended to reflect an allocation of 125 houses

The most efficient way forward would be for the housing allocation for Loxwood to be changed back to the Preferred Approach Local Plan allocation of 125 houses and let the Loxwood Neighbourhood Plan proceed to the next stage of the process. A difference of 94 houses between the two allocations will not make much difference to the overall housing allocation for the district.

Policy A15 is not Sound.
The Preferred Approach Local Plan allocated 125 houses in Loxwood. Loxwood Parish Council (LPC) produced a Revised Neighbourhood Plan (NP) based on this allocation. It was Submitted to CDC in December 2021 for Regulation 14 consultation. CDC would not allow NP to proceed due to the Water Neutrality issues.
No consultation or feedback received until the letter to northern parishes dated January 2022 laying out 5 growth scenarios. Results on study promised for easter 2022 together with consultation. This did not happen!
In January 2023, LPC told by CDC via Zoom meeting that Loxwood would be a strategic site with an allocation of 220 houses with a cut-off date of April 2021 for planning consents. Taking into account planning applications granted prior to this date plus unmet allocation in Made NP, actual number of houses is 220 + 91 = 311 houses.
Loxwood is a rural parish with very poor public transport infrastructure, major sewerage infrastructure issues. Southern Water will not allow any new connections until network upgraded. This will take at least 5 to 10 years (southern Water estimate).
Loxwood does not have a post office and shop. Closed September 2022 and thus does not meet CDC definition of Service Village
The Sustainability Appraisal with respect to Loxwood and the allocation of 220 plus houses is weak and does not adequately justify the allocation. It does not address the transport and environmental issues and in fact, any number of houses could be plucked from the narrative.

Remove Loxwood from Strategic Location status. Respect the agreed Loxwood Local Plan which identified through local consultation and referendum the extra houses the village could sustain.

Consider the amount of houses allocated to Loxwood is made on an unsound basis. The bus service is extremely limited and not suitable for seeking or maintaining employment without a car. The sewage infrastructure is beyond breaking point and new developments are already having to use temporary inadequate solutions. The environmental constraints have worsened since last assessed and doubling the size of Loxwood with new houses wont deliver biodiversity net gain. The issue of water neutrality has not been resolved. There is no shop and the village infrastructure is under huge pressure.

To make any additional housing in Loxwood conditional on a commutable bus service.

I recognise the predominant concerns regarding the A27 and urban areas and that mine is a local focus on the North and particularly Loxwood. Travel from this village is primarily towards and through Waverley District for employment, shopping and leisure and access to the A281 is crucial. Waverley has extensive housing development planned that will add significantly to traffic on the A281 with increased difficulty of access to it and longer travel times along it. If a daily commutable bus service does not exist then policies to manage, ie discourage, car use are seriously disadvantageous to a population dependent on it. To permit the planned additional housing without recognising this issue is a nonsense. To require a significant proportion of those to be social housing is also ridiculous as these occupants will be leased able to afford cars. Social Housing also reduces the CIL contribution which in the circumstances is sorely needed to help cope with issues like these. If the new houses are to the south of this village they will add substantially to the traffic flow through the high street.

Please refer to attached supporting document. Policy A15 is discussed on page 14.

Policy A15 should be removed and Policies H2 and H3 amended to reflect an allocation of 125 houses

Loxwood Parish Council has a number of concerns regarding Policy A15 of the emerging CDC Local Plan.
Loxwood Parish Council was advised of an estimated housing allocation of 125 homes in 2021 upon which it based a Revised Neighbourhood Plan which has been consulted upon at Regulation 14. This consultation gave rise to a submission plan which was submitted to CDC at Regulation 15. The revised Neighbourhood Plan did not proceed beyond Regulation 15 to Regulation 16 as housing numbers could not confirmed at that time by CDC due to the water neutrality issue.
CDC sent a letter to the north eastern parishes dated January 2022 laying out 5 scenarios for growth to be tested and evidence gathered. The results although promised for easter 2022 were not forthcoming until January 2023 due to the problem of establishing a mitigation strategy for water neutrality.
The mitigation strategy for water neutrality relies heavily on investment by southern water. Southern water in the past have neglected infrastructure in the district and have not set aside capital provision for such investment in their current 5- year infrastructure plan. They have accepted the mitigation strategy but Parishes have little confidence in delivery.
Loxwood Parish Council was surprised to be informed that the allocation of housing to their parish in the light of this water shortage for the area, was an additional 95 homes from what was envisaged before the realisation of the water neutrality issue. In addition, on top of the 220 homes to be found Loxwood Parish Council has suffered, in the interim, from speculative development amounting to 91 homes where planning was given permission before 1st April 2021 but outside of the Made Neighbourhood Plan due to a lack of five- year housing supply within the district.
Loxwood Parish Council ask that at Examination the 220 allocation be looked at in great detail for sustainability and that the Inspector satisfies him or herself that the allocation is sustainable due to not only the water neutrality constraints but also due to the lack of sewerage infrastructure that exists within the Parish and surrounding neighbours. Frequent inundation of the system releases sewerage into gardens. The speculative development which has arisen recently has returned to a cesspit solution for the removal of sewerage from these new homes. These developments have been unable to connect to the sewerage system over lack of capacity. Unbelievably Southern water have no plans for an upgrade of the system in the near future despite this archaic situation.

This figure should be increased to allow greater housing provision in the North of the Plan Area. In line with our comments on Policy H1 – Meeting Housing Needs, we propose a greater allocation of dwellings to the sustainable settlement of Loxwood, with a minimum of 300 dwellings, based on the findings of the Sustainability Appraisal (Jan 2023).

We ask that these policies be reworded to increase the housing provision for the ‘Service Village’ of Loxwood, and remove the reliance on Neighbourhood Plan making, with sites allocated at a District level to ensure the appropriate uptake of sites and settlement boundaries, and help Chichester Council achieve the objectively assessed housing need of the District.

As has been discussed across these Draft Local Plan Representations, we support the proposed growth of Loxwood. However, we wish to object to Policy A15, highlighting that the proposed figure of 220 dwellings will not sufficiently meet the objectively assessed need for housing within the Chichester District.
This figure should be increased to allow greater housing provision in the North of the Plan Area. In line with our comments on Policy H1 – Meeting Housing Needs, we propose a greater allocation of dwellings to the sustainable settlement of Loxwood, with a minimum of 300 dwellings, based on the findings of the Sustainability Appraisal (Jan 2023).
In addition to this seek to reiterate that proposed dwelling allocations within the Draft Local Plan should be specifically allocated by Chichester at a District level, in order to ensure the uptake of appropriate deliverable sites, and not be delegated at a neighbourhood plan level.
Paragraphs 68 and 69 of the NPPF identify the need for strategic housing sites, with paragraph 69 outlining the importance of smaller scale sites, such as Land to the South West of Willetts Way. These paragraphs state that ‘planning policies should identify a sufficient supply and mix of sites, taking into account their availability, suitability and likely economic viability’. This has been appropriately shown for the site via the HELAA 2012 and outlines that the site is suitable, available and achievable for up to 10 dwellings.
The Revised Neighbourhood Plan for Loxwood has omitted this site from their neighbourhood plan, creating a piecemeal plot outside of the Settlement Boundary. The failure to allocate an appropriate site at neighbourhood plan level means that the housing delivery over the plan period is unlikely to be met. As such, the Draft Local Plan is considered ‘unjustified’ by relying on the delegation of parish allocations.
We ask that these policies be reworded to increase the housing provision for the ‘Service Village’ of Loxwood, and remove the reliance on Neighbourhood Plan making, with sites allocated at a District level to ensure the appropriate uptake of sites and settlement boundaries, and help Chichester Council achieve the objectively assessed housing need of the District.

Re. Proposed Forward Plan 2021 to 2039 effect on Loxwood.

Loxwood has had a lot of development over the past decade and with that has come a LOSS OF AMENITIES no GAIN. After all this development which is still ongoing there must be a period of time left before further development and it seems reasonable that Planners should give an approximate time plan for any future release of permission. I believe little if any attention has been given to the fact that Loxwood is on the
border with Surrey and the very large development at DUNSFOLD has COMMENCED. Development on villages bordering other Counties MUST BE CONSIDERED as it effects infrastructure, particularly roads, drainage and services.

The proposal goes against many of the National Guidance considerations in that there is extremely little local industry, so the vast majority of new residents will need to travel by car to work and leisure. Piecemeal development of local Villages is an opt-out of providing enhanced facilities for existing residents as well as new residents as has been seen over the past decades. Planning for the future needs to be bold and select a place for a new small town or a big development to an existing village as this then provides finance to assist with the improvement of roads, infrastructure, Schools, services and amenities for existing residents and future residents. It also means many lovely small villages remain without any big development in the near future.

Now coming specifically to Loxwood, which has had piecemeal development has:-­ LOST ITS GENERAL STORE, LOST ITS POST OFFICE, NO FACILITY TO
DRAW CASH, NO CAFE, and NO PHARMACY (except for prescriptions). PUBLIC TRANSPORT is almost non existent and could easily be lost totally (one bus per day to Billingshurst and one to Guildford).

SHOPPING the nearest towns are Horsham and Guildford. Billingshurst has very limited facilities. Therefore Residents are dependant on a Car for Business and Leisure.
TEENAGERS - NO FACILITIES AT ALL.
EDUCATION- Primary School is over grounded and lacks any further adjacent space to expand. Secondary School is in Billingshurst and really that is at capacity and lacks any adjacent space to expand.
Whilst Loxwood has a VILLAGE HALL AND ADJACENT PLAYGROUND this is NOT CENTRAL and it fronts the very busy road through the village which only has very narrow pavements. NOT IDEAL for walking to for younger children at all.

In the plan it seems very little consideration, if any, has been given to Infrastructure Like many Villages, water (supply, use and deposal) and electricity need to be considered very carefully as majority of housing depends on OIL for heating. Lastly but certainly very important is limiting environmental damage to this area of Northern Villages.

Piecemeal development as in the past is NO SOLUTION.

I think brown field sites should be found. Development should take place on the outskirts of larger settlements not in small villages that do not have the infrastructure and capacity to cope. North of Chichester council is being unfairly targeted. You have to take into account the problem of sewage disposal and the impact of water usage which will damage the RSPB nature reserves and the rivers. Therefore south of the A27 would be the obvious choice for development/re-development

I object to 220 new houses to be built in Loxwood. It does not take into account the number of houses that have already been given planning permission. So it will be more than 220 and this Plan is not being honest. There will be too many houses that will be built on green fields. They will totally overwhelm the village which has a very limited bus service and no amenities. What about the Crouchlands development? No mention of the 600 houses and new primary school which is only a short distance from Loxwood.

All of this part of the plan needs to be changed to consider reducing the allocation of dwellings. It should be noted that despite the recent developments here in recent years, the infrastructure and water/drainage issues have not been resolved or improved. In deed one new development is now having a cesspit emptied daily. CDC must realise that Loxwood does not have the infrastructure in place for mass development and should not be considered as a service village.

Shop and post office closed in September 2022 we have been promised a new shop at Nursery Green but still no sign?
Surgery frequently struggling for staff and very difficult to get appointments.
School is at capacity.
Sewage, water issues still not resolved.
Current bus timetable inadequate despite a lot of new developments in recent years.
I do not believe there is a further housing need in Loxwood & there is very little employment.
2021 census shows Loxwood had a population of 1597.
Are we still a village or is CDC making us into a town?

No more houses to be built until Southern Water can supply and instal a fit for purpose sewerage system
We already have a BP for 125 houses which should be the limit
No new houses until additional school places can be provided

Loxwood has no adequate sewerage to satisfy current housing
Medical centre is full
NO buses
No employment
Neighbour has been waiting 9 months for school place
Your plan will increase the number of NEW houses by 400+ in effect an extra 50% over 10 years

Policy A15 should be removed and Policies H2 and H3 amended to reflect an allocation of 125 houses

The level of 220 houses was announced with no consultation as required. The latest Neighbourhood Plan took a huge amount of work and allocated 125 houses. Since then more have been granted planning permission. Loxwood has no real alternative to cars for transportation. It has no village shop or post office and limited employment: issues with water supply and the disposal of waste water and sewage. As a rural village 220 houses would represent a 50% + increase which cannot fail to change the nature of the village. This allocation appears disproportionate when compared with other areas with better facilities.

Policy A15 should be removed and Policies H2 and H3 amended to reflect a realistic allocation of 125
houses which is still generous compared to other local area with better services.
Loxwood should not be deemed to be a strategic location-it is a small rural village

CDC have not consulted on revised housing numbers in North of the district-it quote the restrictions of the A27 which prevents the southern development however the A281 is a bigger constraint which will also have Dunsfold adding pressure.
Allocation of 220 houses plus a further 91 houses on already allocated sites is not
sustainable in rural Loxwood-it a huge Percentage increase and will destroy the village
CDC Sustainability Appraisal is weak in its justification for allocation of 220 houses
There is no viable bus, sewerage capacity, school capacity or useful shops to support large increase in housing

The number of houses allocated to Loxwood should be revised to reflect an allocation of 125 houses as per the NP.

Whatever numbers are allocated no building work should commence until the required infrastructure work is scheduled with guaranteed delivery before any occupation of the homes.

Loxwood PC have prepared a revised Neighbourhood Plan (NP) including provision of 126 homes plus 17 carried forward from the previous Made NP. This was developed in 2021 – 2022 in consultation with the parish and CDC. Due to CDC’s lack of a 5 year housing supply there has been approval of additional speculative development of 91 houses.

The number of 126 houses was identified as the maximum that can be sustained in view of the infrastructure constraints impacting drainage, sewerage and water neutrality as well as the other obvious environmental impacts on wildlife, quality of life etc.

Recent speculative development of houses in Loxwood have resorted to a cesspit solution with daily collections of sewage waste. While this is intended to be a temporary solution the infrastructure provider (Southern Water) has no plans to upgrade the sewerage system.

Whatever number of houses are allocated to Loxwood none should be occupied until proper sewerage, drainage and water neutrality infrastructure has been scheduled with guaranteed delivery before occupation.

It seems that the increased numbers in the Local Plan are required to off-set a shortfall in numbers in the South of the district around Chichester. However, while growth in employment is projected in the south, none is expected in the north of the district and certainly none is provided for in the Water Neutrality Strategy. It is not sustainable to expect people to live in Loxwood and commute for work 25 miles away in Chichester.

Wherever Loxwood residents commute to work it is not possible using public transport. This is due to the lack of a viable regular bus service. While the plan suggests improvements to the bus service the reality is that bus services are being reduced throughout the country and it is not realistic to think Loxwood will be different. While the roads are reasonably safe for cyclists outside of the morning and evening ‘rush hours’ they are not safe for commuting. These limitations further constrain the viability of development in Loxwood.

Reduce the number of house alloation to 125.
Take acount of 17 houses carried forward from the previous Made Neighbourhood Plan.
Recognise that the community believes that 126 houses is possible given the issues relating to sewerage and Water neutrality.

Loxwood Parish Council undertook a revised Neighbourhood Plan. It consulted on an estimation of 125 houses in 2021. Numbers advised by Chichester District Council. The Neighbourhood Plan could not proceed through all the stages as there was no Chichester Loal Plan. The delay has been detrimental to the village as a speculative developer was able to build as there was no Chichester Local Plan. However, the sewerage system in Loxwood is overwhelmed and was identified in 2004 as requiring an upgrade. None has taken place. This speculative developer has what can be best described as a cess pit needing frequent emptying.

CDC must firmly reject the total housing target that has been imposed on it and not build further in the North area of the plan.

Allocating 220 houses in addition to those on already allocated sites is not sustainable in rural Loxwood.
Transport infrastructure is poor to non existent (narrow country lanes with no realistic alternatives by public transport); there is no sewerage capacity (recent developments have reverted to cesspits - neither an environmentally sound nor modern solution); insufficient schooling and heathcare facilities for the increased population; currently only one shop (a butcher’s).
This housing allocation is significantly higher than the 143 housing sites allocated in the Made / Revised Neighbourhood Plans submitted by the LPC. Villagers need to have confidence that our approved Village Plan is not meaningless and will deliver what we have voted for.

Policy A15 should be removed and Policies H2 and H3 amended to reflect a realistic allocation of 125
houses which is still generous compared to other local area with better services.
Loxwood should not be deemed to be a strategic location as it is a small rural village

Loxwood is not capable of sustaining a further 220 houses due to its lack of infrastructure. Families who have recently been moved into the new housing development are now walking over 4 miles to the next village (and back again along a dangerous road without a pavement), Rudgwick, in order to buy food from the Co-op as they do not have access to a car. Loxwood village does not have a general shop, only a highly priced butcher. The bus service is not viable for families who have children in school and who need to return within a reasonable amount of time to collect them - it is not servicable for work purposes.

For the proposals to be dropped. Strengthen the infrastructure first

The village of Loxwood does not currently support residents with the current lack of infrastructure. Therefore the proposed 220 plus homes are not justified without a local shop, transport links and for schools and doctors to provide the service. Both schools and doctors are over subscribed. The drainage is an issue. To add to this with additional homes would not benefit current residents or new.

The numbers of proposed houses for Loxwood needs to be heavily reduced and LPC need to be consulted

There is insufficient infrastructure in Loxwood to support the increased number of houses proposed. There is no longer a village shop or post office, the plan incorrectly says that there is a reliable bus route when there really is not - there is inadequate transport services. The doctors and the school are at capacity with the existing numbers of residents and cannot handle more.

There is a major issue with lack of sewerage capacity as confirmed by Southern Water. Foul sewage has to be collected daily from the two newest developments in the village, Nursery Green and Stonewater, which is ridiculous! The system cannot handle more development. There are similar issues with waste water and grid capacity and the recent developments have put undue strain on the village which will worsen if these increased numbers of houses were to be built.

CDC seems to be unfairly targeting Loxwood without realising the serious infrastructure issues that already exist. CDC failed to consult Loxwood Parish Council about the increased numbers of houses proposed for the north of the district and have ignored the local plan submitted by LPC in 2018 and revised in 2020. This plan therefore also contradicts the Localism Act 2011 which devolves power to local areas.

Increased housing numbers in this area would only be possible by destroying areas of countryside affecting existing footpaths and routes which are heavily used and also impacting wildlife habitats. This is not acceptable in this day and age where the environment needs to be protected. The plans are not sensitive to the historic nature of the village and will lead to the village being overdeveloped

remove Loxwood as a strategic location

Not a sustainable location for such a substantial amount of housing when it is clear that just about everyone with out migrate for work and secondary schools and college

The group of so called "North villages" once formed part of the Petworth district. Petworth has enormous potential to offer easily all of this housing requirement in a sensitive development to the South-west of the current town. The town, could be regenerated and provide all including the aging population of the area, with a great place to live, that absorbs most of the outlined pressures of a balanced solution.

The plan for Loxwood has not realistically assessed the villages suitability or capability to accommodate this huge increase in housing numbers and only refers to an already over subscribed health-centre as the main attribute. I don't believe that sustainability was seriously considered in reaching your numbers and aspirations of this scale. I need not remind you Loxwood does not currently have a village shop and lacks any major employment opportunities. Therefore only a car journey of not much under a minimum of 30 minutes each way, one hour in total is needed to facilitate this and if Crawley is your destination this can be doubled. The location of Loxwood is remote and requires using a transport method that is not aligned with the climate emergency on a road network that quite frankly is seriously lacking!

We request that any future allocation requires a site survey for ancient woodland and ancient & veteran trees, and that appropriate buffers are applied, before the number and layout of dwellings is agreed.

The broad site allocation lacks specific detail on its environmental impact, therefore we are unable to either support or object at this stage. We welcome point 5 requiring habitat protection. We request that any future allocation requires a site survey for ancient woodland and ancient & veteran trees, and that appropriate buffers are applied, before the number and layout of dwellings is agreed.

Policy A15 should be removed and Policies H2 and H3 amended to reflect an allocation of 125 houses

The question of legality cannot easily be determined by those without the necessary specific technical legal expertise. However it would seem that the local plan is not in line with the Localism Act 2011 where power was devolved to local areas.
There has been a failure in consultation, a promised study in growth scenarios did not materialise. The local neighbourhood plan has been ignored and the concerns raised on sewerage issues caused by the current level of development in Loxwood and the surrounding villages disregarded. The Nursey Green and existing Stonewater developments are serviced by daily sewage collection tankers due to a lack of appropriate waster water infrastructure. As there are no plans to develop the infrastructure adding more houses will further stress an already over stressed system with an even higher risk of sewage overflow and more tanker traffic through the village. Building which requires waster water management of this type cannot be considered sustainable or environmentally sound. Loxwood cannot be construed as a service village. The village shop and post office closed in 2022 and the proposed shop development delayed due to the known water neutrality issues in the village. Transport links are minimal, the frequency of the buses and the journey duration do not support those needing to get to work. The local roads are not built to support the volume of traffic today, more houses will mean more traffic not just from Loxwood but from the surrounding villages.
The Stonewater development did not take the rural character of the area into consideration and has had a detrimental impact on the essence of a countryside village with its scale and position. Additional development will further degrade the countryside and its local habitat putting ancient hedgerows, woodland borders, footpaths, bridleways and and protected species at risk.
The requirement for specialist housing needs is questionable with the large Stonewater site already over catering for this as some plots remain unsold.
Increased risk of flooding due to changes in watercourses caused by additional building
The Council itself recognises that this part of the plan area would not normally be identified for higher levels of growth, but instead of raising legitimate concerns on quotas with the government on the constraints in the district due to the A27, and the South Downs National Park, the council has chosen instead to put the burden onto Loxwood to justify why it should not be subject to development above and beyond what has been included and shared in a well thought out neighbourhood plan which was developed through a consultative process.

A revised approach for Loxwood and the north of the plan area with a focus on self build and small - medium sized sites that embraces and reflects available local insights and information.

The policy approach lets the northern part of the district down because it does not reflect an understanding and appreciation of the particular potential of the local area and its distinct social, environmental, economic and settlement characteristics including demographics.

The lack of a positive approach to the distinct nature of the north sub area leaves it vulnerable to inappropriate homogeneous large scale housing estate development that does little to broaden housing choice in the local area. Such development provision is evident at larger nearby centres such at Billingshurst in Horsham District.

Communities in Loxwood and the north of the district are ready to embrace opportunities and growth of a proportionate scale that serves to organically evolve and grow the settlements maximising support for local businesses, facilities and self reliant strong sustainable communities.

Do not plan for more houses in Loxwood.

Loxwood cannot be identified as a service village it has no services!
1 bus a day on 4 days of the week at very inconvenient times for workers. No general shop and no post office. Access to the village is via 1 B road and country lanes. Sewage is a major problem with houses having to have non return valves fitted. Southern water said no more capacity in the system and not planning to upgrade. On 2 new sites sewage tanks - cesspits - overflow causing a severe biohazzard - running down the road into drains which flow into the river. The local school is small. The local Doctors surgery is full.

Specific budget provision needs to be made to rectify infrastructure weaknesses before development is considered

Loxwood does not have the infrastructure to support an increased population, already increased beyond the targets for housing agreed in the previous Neighbourhood Plan by recent additional developments. We no longer have a village shop or post office so infrastructure has deteriorated since that Plan was approved by the village.
Loxwood Parish Council has not been consulted.
The village looks North for most work shopping and recreation but congestion will significantly worsen as a consequence of Waverley Plans.
There is reason to be very concerned about the capacity of sewerage and surface water management contrary to statements by CDC.

There needs to be an honest, transparent and fair assessment of the current and future demands on Loxwood in respect to environmental impact. They have worsened in recent years so it is unrealistic to place greater demand by further development in the village itself.

Loxwood is on the county boundary with Surrey. Just the other side of the boundary there is major development by way of Dunsfold new village with 2600 new homes and associated infrastructure. In Loxwood we have existing issues with surface water drainage and sewage water treatment which are impacted by development in the surrounding area. We also have an increasing issue with heavy traffic using the village as a North/South route which will be increased when Dunsfold village and development in surrounding villages is completed (for example Billinghurst which is a village and still being developed). There is no evidence that the environmental and infrastructure impact of these development plans have been considered in the proposal to allocate a further 220 homes in Loxwood.

The plan needs to recognise that Loxwood is not a suitable neighbourhood for an additional 220 dwellings.
The plan needs to recognise the wishes of the 2020 Loxwood Neighbourhood plan
The plan needs to recognise that resolving the EXISTING serious capacity problems of sewage and waste water MUST be a pre-cursor to ANY further development. The current statements in A15 are far too "wishy-washy".

Policy A15 is misleading/incorrect - Loxwood is no longer a service village by your own definition.
The bus service is merely a box-ticking excise, the time table ensures it is of no use for main employment areas of Horsham or Guildford.
There is nothing in A15 to increase capacity of school and health centre, which are both currently full.
Existing sewage and waste water problems have been ignored by CDC on recent Loxwood developments and the wording in A15 is nowhere near strong enough to ensure this is not glossed over again going forward.

Loxwood has already has 91 houses currently in development and any further development would have a huge negative impact on the village which doesn't have the necessary infrastructure.

The plan will not meet the CDC's objectives due to Loxwood's lack of infrastructure. There is not the necessary infrastructure to support the number of houses that have been recently built and these existing developments have already created problems in the village with sewage, lack of grid capacity with powercuts. Our post office and local shop recently closed. Public transports in Loxwood is very poor and there is very limited employment options locally. The lack of water capacity in our area has been highlighted by Natural England and Southern water. Also the CDC did not consult with the LPC on the revised housing numbers and the revised Neighbourhood Plan from 2020 has not been able to go ahead because of water neutrality issues. Building works for future developments could increase the risk of floods in the village. The plan would have a devastating effect on our countryside, destroy ancient woodland and the wildlife it supports including protected species eg Barbestelle bats, doormice and may other species.

The CDC did not consult the LPC on revised housing numbers and the allocation of 220 houses plus a further 91 houses on already allocated sites is not sustainable in rural Loxwood for the following reasons:
- we don't have the transport infrastructure; the sewerage system is already at capacity; our local PO office has recently closed and we have no shops; the school is not big enough to support the number of houses proposed; this is a rural community and the development will put our wildlife at risk and destroy ancient woodllands and affect our bridalways and footpaths.

For the reasons listed about the plan does not adhere to the CDCs environmental, economic and social ojbectives in terms of infrastructure and environmental requirements. The CDC did not consult with the Loxwood Parish Council on revised housing numbers and ignored the Neigbourhood plan submitted by the LPC in 2018 and the revised Neighbourhood plan in 2020 hasn't been able to progress due ot water neutrality issues. The local plan contradicts the Localism Act of 2011 and needs to take into account the government legislation around the Wildlife and Countryside Act1981 and other legislation for conservation of species and habitat. All these controventions go to show how the this plan totally inappropriate for our village. Our voices are being sytematically ignored by CDC. Loxwood is a rural village and the plan will negatively impact the residents and community and the wildlife that surrounds it.

Much smaller increase in proposed new houses, bear in mind that recently planning permission has already been granted for 100 +/- new houses which are not included in plans proposals

The plan as it relates to Loxwood is not sound due to the following reasons
- lack of transport, only one bus a day and that is not at a convenient time
- the plan would result in a massive increase in vehicles on local roads which can only just cope now. Bear in mind that on the road into Guildford there are plans to build 1700+ house at Dunsfold
- currently no village shop
- primary school and doctors surgery not ablet o cope with additional users