Chichester Local Plan 2021 - 2039: Proposed Submission

Chichester District Council's Regulation 19 Local Plan development strategy should account for the cross boundary contributions and positive steps to secure phased development needs allied to infrastructure to address its unmet need (including via the West Sussex and Greater Brighton Strategic Planning Board i.e. Local Strategic Statement - LSS3 update) as far as possible.

Arun District Council (ADC) is concerned that the proposed Development Strategy is not positively prepared or justified. Subject to ongoing Duty to Cooperate discussions with Chichester District Council (CDC), ADC hopes to resolve these matters with a view to securing a Statement of Common Ground and subsequent withdrawal of these objections before the plan is submitted:-

- Level of unmet need for the plan period beyond 2026 is unresolved with potentially significant cross boundary implications;
- The infrastructure constrained approach delivering only the two scheme improvements on the A27 at Fishbourne and Bognor roundabouts (delivering reduced housing numbers), and the potential cross boundary impact with additional mitigation scheme costs and uplift from ADC planned and committed development (e.g. West of Bersted)
- uncertainty over ADC developments (i.e. West of Bersted, Pagham North and South) and their contributions towards A27 mitigation improvements e.g. A27 Whyke Road Roundabout
- The strategy is silent about cross boundary future growth assumptions (e.g. Arun) that may assist with A27 capacity. This may cap A27 capacity and ADC's future plan making and developments unviable because of the need for additional improvements

Chichester District Council's Regulation 19 Local Plan housing requirement in Policy H1 should account for the cross boundary infrastructure mitigation contributions and take positive steps to secure phased development needs allied to infrastructure to address its unmet need (including via the West Sussex and Greater Brighton Strategic Planning Board i.e. Local Strategic Statement - LSS3 update) as far as possible.

Arun District Council (ADC) is concerned that the proposed Policy H1 Meeting Housing Needs is not positively prepared or justified. Subject to ongoing Duty to Cooperate discussions with Chichester District Council (CDC), ADC hopes to resolve these matters with a view to securing a Statement of Common Ground and subsequent withdrawal of these objections before the plan is submitted:-

- Level of unmet need for the plan period beyond 2026 is unresolved with potentially significant cross boundary implications

Chichester District Council's Regulation 19 Local Plan Policy T1 Transport Infrastructure should account for the cross boundary mitigation contributions and remove the uncertainty over how cross boundary contributions towards schemes such as Bognor Road and Whyke road roundabouts will be pooled to other A27 mitigation solutions, such that there are no averse implications for delivering committed developments in Arun (e.g. West of Bersted, Pagham North and South). The policy or supporting text (e.g. paragraph 8.11) should also clarify whether any additional housing achieved via the monitor and manage approach above 575 dwellings per annum will safeguard against potential adverse cross boundary implications (e.g. on the A259 at Oystercatcher and Comet corner junctions in Arun) and how necessary mitigations would be phased/triggered with additional housing.

Arun District Council (ADC) is concerned that the proposed Policy T1 Transport Infrastructure is not effective or justified. Subject to ongoing Duty to Cooperate discussions with Chichester District Council (CDC), ADC hopes to resolve these matters with a view to securing a Statement of Common Ground and subsequent withdrawal of these objections before the plan is submitted:-

- The infrastructure constrained approach delivering only the two scheme improvements on the A27 at Fishbourne and Bognor roundabouts (delivering reduced housing numbers), and the potential cross boundary impact with additional mitigation scheme costs and uplift from ADC planned and committed development (e.g. West of Bersted) - uncertainty over ADC developments (i.e. West of Bersted, Pagham North and South) and their contributions towards A27 mitigation improvements e.g. A27 Whyke Road Roundabout;
- The strategy is silent about cross boundary future growth assumptions (e.g. Arun) that may assist with A27 capacity. This may cap A27 capacity and ADC's future plan making and developments unviable because of the need for additional improvements;
- A259 safety schemes in Arun at Comet Corner and Oystercatcher are accommodated in Chichester's infrastructure constrained development str5ategy approach up to 2039 without significant adverse impact and need for cross boundary mitigation. However, Arun would also wish to see this demonstrated for any additional development scale above the infrastructure constrained approach (575 dwelling per annum) to Chichester's full housing requirement over the plan period to 2039 and whether any cross boundary mitigation provision would be needed within this policy.

The policy table should be updated and modified to reflect the additional cross boundary contributions and how collectively what futher phased A27 mitigation improvements can be achieved to ensure that that there are no averse implications for delivering committed developments in Arun and the viability of developments.

Arun District Council is concerned that Chichester District Council's Regulation 19 A27 Mitigation contributions is not effective. Subject to ongoing Duty to Cooperate discussions with Chichester District Council (CDC), ADC hopes to resolve these matters with a view to securing a Statement of Common Ground and subsequent withdrawal of these objections before the plan is submitted. The Policy Table A27 mitigation contributions should account for the cross boundary mitigation contributions and remove the uncertainty over how cross boundary contributions towards schemes such as Bognor Road and Whyke road roundabouts will be pooled to other A27 mitigation solutions such that there are no averse implications for delivering committed developments in Arun and viability of developments (e.g. West of Bersted, Pagham North and South) and in particular:-

• The A27/A257 Bognor Road Roundabout (West of Bersted £12m)
• A27 Whyke Road roundabout (West of Bersted £2.073m; Pagham South £0.395m; Pagham North £0.493m)
• A27/B2233 Nyton road (Barnham Eastergate/Westergate £0.327)