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Chichester Local Plan 2021 - 2039: Proposed Submission
3.6
Representation ID: 6206
Received: 16/03/2023
Respondent: Wisborough Green Parish Council
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? Not specified
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
WGPC supports this approach but questions how it could be applied to Wisborough Green.
The proposal related to WG is purely for housing development. ‘The strategy is to locate development in areas which are well located to other uses’; Wisborough Green is not.
WG is currently serviced by two bus routes solely for shopping trips on 4 days out of 7, giving 2 hrs at the desintation.
There is no provision to link with employment or student requirements to the railway station in Billingshurst.
Private car use is essential.
WGPC supports this approach but questions how it could be applied to Wisborough Green.
The proposal related to WG is purely for housing development. ‘The strategy is to locate development in areas which are well located to other uses’; Wisborough Green is not.
WG is currently serviced by two bus routes solely for shopping trips on 4 days out of 7, giving 2 hrs at the desintation.
There is no provision to link with employment or student requirements to the railway station in Billingshurst.
Private car use is essential.
The council’s approach to the classification of settlements in the hierarchy is based on the availability of community facilities, key public services, retail and leisure opportunities as set out in the Settlement Hierarchy Background Paper (2018). The Council’s updated facilities research in the Settlement Hierarchy Background Paper (2024) concludes that Wisborough Green has the range of services and facilities to be classified as a service village.
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Chichester Local Plan 2021 - 2039: Proposed Submission
3.26
Representation ID: 6207
Received: 16/03/2023
Respondent: Wisborough Green Parish Council
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? Not specified
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
WGPC supports this approach but questions how it could be applied to Wisborough Green. ‘Opportunities should also be explored’ and ‘presents an opportunity to explore’ are weak statements and provide no justification or support to additional housing development within WG or the north-eastern parishes; they elicit no confidence that improvements will be made.
It is an almost incontrovertible fact that any development in the northern-eastern parishes will be reliant upon the private car.
WGPC supports this approach but questions how it could be applied to Wisborough Green. ‘Opportunities should also be explored’ and ‘presents an opportunity to explore’ are weak statements and provide no justification or support to additional housing development within WG or the north-eastern parishes; they elicit no confidence that improvements will be made.
It is an almost incontrovertible fact that any development in the northern-eastern parishes will be reliant upon the private car.
Policies T1 and T2 state that the Council will work in partnership with other authorities, transport providers and developers to improve accessibility, including by sustainable modes of travel.
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Chichester Local Plan 2021 - 2039: Proposed Submission
3.31
Representation ID: 6208
Received: 16/03/2023
Respondent: Wisborough Green Parish Council
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? Not specified
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
WGPC supports this approach. However, development in WG will neither enhance nor maintain the vitality of this rural community. WG cannot access services and facilities easily, and there is little choice in transport modes with residents essentially reliant upon a car; this reliance is amplified within volunteer services.
WGPC supports this approach. However, development in WG will neither enhance nor maintain the vitality of this rural community. WG cannot access services and facilities easily, and there is little choice in transport modes with residents essentially reliant upon a car; this reliance is amplified within volunteer services.
Noted.
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Chichester Local Plan 2021 - 2039: Proposed Submission
3.35
Representation ID: 6209
Received: 16/03/2023
Respondent: Wisborough Green Parish Council
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? Not specified
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
WGPC supports this statement but question WG’s designation.
WGPC supports this statement but question WG’s designation.
Noted.
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Chichester Local Plan 2021 - 2039: Proposed Submission
Policy S2 Settlement Hierarchy
Representation ID: 6210
Received: 16/03/2023
Respondent: Wisborough Green Parish Council
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? Not specified
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
WGPC supports this statement but questions WG's designation as a Service Village. WGPC supports the policy relating to Settlement Boundaries.
WGPC supports this statement but questions WG's designation as a Service Village. WGPC supports the policy relating to Settlement Boundaries.
The Council’s updated facilities research in the Settlement Hierarchy Update Background Paper (May 2024) concludes that Wisborough Green has the range of services and facilities to be classified as a service village.
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Chichester Local Plan 2021 - 2039: Proposed Submission
Policy NE10 Development in the Countryside
Representation ID: 6211
Received: 16/03/2023
Respondent: Wisborough Green Parish Council
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? Not specified
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Support with qualification
A sentence in Policy 45 in the extant Local Plan has been removed. This requirement should be retained in Policy NE10.
“Within the countryside, outside Settlement Boundaries, development will be granted where it requires a countryside location and meets the essential, small scale, and local need which cannot be met within or immediately adjacent to existing settlements.”
A sentence in Policy 45 in the extant Local Plan has been removed. This requirement should be retained in Policy NE10. “Within the countryside, outside Settlement Boundaries, development will be granted where it requires a countryside location and meets the essential, small scale, and local need which cannot be met within or immediately adjacent to existing settlements.”
Support with qualification
A sentence in Policy 45 in the extant Local Plan has been removed. This requirement should be retained in Policy NE10.
“Within the countryside, outside Settlement Boundaries, development will be granted where it requires a countryside location and meets the essential, small scale, and local need which cannot be met within or immediately adjacent to existing settlements.”
At paragraph 85 and paragraph 78 of the NPPF there is an emphasis on meeting local need in rural areas. On that basis, the reference to meeting essential small scale and local need that appears in the adopted local plan and Reg 18 Local Plan is carried forward.
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Chichester Local Plan 2021 - 2039: Proposed Submission
4.100
Representation ID: 6212
Received: 16/03/2023
Respondent: Wisborough Green Parish Council
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? Not specified
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
WGPC supports this statement with qualification.
2022’s dry summer demonstrated that that water is a finite resource and residents are already experiencing difficulties, with a threat of water rationing (local wells ran dry).
The Water Neutrality Strategy is an untested and unproven methodology, should a plan be built on this?
WGPC has serious concerns that proposed level of development in the WS North Water Resource Zone across the different Local Authority areas will have a significant affect despite the Water Neutrality Strategy.
WGPC supports this statement with qualification
2022’s dry summer demonstrated that that water is a finite resource and residents are already experiencing difficulties, with a threat of water rationing (local wells ran dry).
The Water Neutrality Strategy is an untested and unproven methodology, should a plan be built on this?
WGPC has serious concerns that proposed level of development in the WS North Water Resource Zone across the different Local Authority areas will have a significant affect despite the Water Neutrality Strategy.
comment noted.
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Chichester Local Plan 2021 - 2039: Proposed Submission
4.102
Representation ID: 6213
Received: 16/03/2023
Respondent: Wisborough Green Parish Council
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? Not specified
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
WGPC supports this approach but questions how it could be applied to Wisborough Green. Based on past experience, WGPC has little confidence that the necessary improvements will be implemented.
WGPC supports this approach but questions how it could be applied to Wisborough Green. Based on past experience, WGPC has little confidence that the necessary improvements will be implemented.
Comment noted
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Chichester Local Plan 2021 - 2039: Proposed Submission
4.103
Representation ID: 6214
Received: 16/03/2023
Respondent: Wisborough Green Parish Council
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? Not specified
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Support with qualification
Surely the DWMP should have been prepared to inform housing allocations.
Support with qualification
Surely the DWMP should have been prepared to inform housing allocations.
Agree this is unclear – we worked with Southern Water as the DWMP was being prepared and consulted upon but the DWMP was not yet published in final form before the Reg 19 consultation. Suggest wording is amended.
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Chichester Local Plan 2021 - 2039: Proposed Submission
4.112
Representation ID: 6215
Received: 16/03/2023
Respondent: Wisborough Green Parish Council
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? Not specified
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
Support – with qualification
WGPC is concerned that the Local Plan relies upon an HRA and Environmental Assessment undertaken in 2019, at that time the allocations to the northern parishes were much reduced.
When the Planning Inspector asked CDC ‘for no stones to be left unturned’ in seeking additional housing sites, was he/she made aware of the water neutrality implications in the north-eastern area. The water situation has deteriorated since the 2019 study, not least as a result of development completed and occupied.
Support – with qualification
WGPC is concerned that the Local Plan relies upon an HRA and Environmental Assessment undertaken in 2019, at that time the allocations to the northern parishes were much reduced.
When the Planning Inspector asked CDC ‘for no stones to be left unturned’ in seeking additional housing sites, was he/she made aware of the water neutrality implications in the north-eastern area. The water situation has deteriorated since the 2019 study, not least as a result of development completed and occupied.
The SA and HRA work has continued to evolve with the local plan and the assessments have been updated for each stage of the local plan production. The Planning Inspectorate is aware of the water neutrality issue and the joint work that is being undertaken by the affected authorities.
