3.27

Object

Representation ID: 3773

Received: 06/02/2023

Respondent: Mrs ALISON REDFORD

Legally compliant? Yes

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

Loxwood only has a butchers and hairdressers since the village stores and post office closed in September 2022. There is also a woodstove shop .The medical practice which also serves all the surrounding villages is already at capacity. The primary school is also at capacity since the closure of Kirdford Junior school. The Onslow Arms pub is a welcome addition to the village. Loxwood should not have to accommodate a further 220 houses after huge development in recent years. The 2021 census shows Loxwood as having a population of 1597 and it is now being overdeveloped.

Object

Representation ID: 4344

Received: 16/03/2023

Respondent: Mr Stephen Jupp

Legally compliant? No

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? No

Loxwood is not sustainable for that amount of growth and there will be travel out of the village for work.

Object

Representation ID: 5719

Received: 17/03/2023

Respondent: Metis Homes

Agent: Nova Planning

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? No

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

Distribution of housing to Northern Plan Area (Loxwood) is based on flawed assumptions regarding capacity of the A27. These locations are not well served by existing facilities and amenities and are sequentially less sustainable than locations in the Southern Plan Area, where A27 capacity is being presented as only relevant constraint to increased/additional allocations. This is unnecessary given additional capacity in the A27 as outlined at paragraphs 5.6.5 and 11.2.3 of the report. For this reason, Spatial Strategy is not properly ‘justified’ and consequently the draft Plan is unsound.