Housing at Rohan Stables Halnaker
This site for 26 dwellings has been approved by Chichester District Council.
The scheme has been ‘improved’ since the original application following significant work by the NP team and Parish Council which has also resulted in conditions being attached to the permission which should ensure that this is a quality development which does include 8 ‘affordable’ homes.
As this was not brought forward within the Neighbourhood Plan, we need to ensure that the 26 dwellings count towards our allocation. The Parish Council has written to the CDC Planners demanding that this is the case.
The ‘Folly’ Housing Development A285 Halnaker
This development proposes about 9 dwellings on land between Tinwood Lane and Oakford Park. It is currently subject to a pre-application by the developer and the NP team are in discussions with them. CDC have yet to make their comments, and the team will meet with them further once they have.
Whilst this development together with Rohan will have a significant impact on Halnaker there are currently few other proposals in Boxgrove that could count towards our allocation and the team together with the Parish Council consider it preferential to work with them to provide the most appropriate scheme.
Consultation with residents will take place once feedback from CDC has been received.
Boxgrove Housing Allocation by CDC
Boxgrove’s allocation in the emerging Chichester Local Plan is 50 dwellings. The NP team have contested this number and have registered to discuss this with the examiner through the consultation process. These hearings will take place early in October. One concern is clearly that the number could even go up if the new government increases the number of that they wish Chichester to deliver.
Battery and Energy Storage System (ESS) Boxgrove Common
To date planning permission has still not been granted by WSCC to change the approved restoration plan for the old Quarry site. The landowner’s proposal is to reduce the woodland area to make it possible to apply for planning permission for the Battery Storage and Electrical Substation. WSCC are still awaiting an additional submission relating to the amended landscaping plan from the applicant, so they have been given a further extension until 1 November.
This ‘industrial facility’ would be adjacent the Tinwood Lane right of way.
An application from the developer for a screening opinion on an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has disappointingly been determined by CDC and decided that this is not required. This now paves the way for a full planning application, without the safeguards afforded by an EIA, once the situation with the change in the landscape scheme has been determined.
Once an application is made it will be important that residents take part in the consultation process and make their views known.
Any further Neighbourhood Plan information will be provided by posters and our normal website etc.
David Leah
Chair of Boxgrove Neighbourhood Plan Team 12 September 2024
https://boxgroveparishcouncil.gov.uk/neighbourhood-plan/our-neighbourhood-plan/
As previously reported, the Neighbourhood Plan team have been undertaking a review of the policies in our existing Plan and detailed assessments of potential housing sites in the parish.
Our team have now met with representatives from the developers of the sites, being put forward for consideration, and we have invited them to present their thoughts and proposals to you, the residents of the Parish, on information boards. You will also be able to consider the other sites either rejected by the team or that were not put forward by the land owners/developers. We will be asking you for your preferences.
Any of these sites, will of course, be subject to the normal planning and consultation process, in due course.
The team would also like to invite the residents to participate and give your thoughts about transport and accessibility, wildlife and bio-diversity, important views, heritage assets, as well as ideas about the design of the new dwellings that you would like to see in the Parish.
The Open meeting is to take place at the Boxgrove Village Hall on Saturday April 27 , 2024. Details are yet to be finalised, but we have invited other local interest groups to attend to make this a thoroughly inclusive event, so please make a note in your diary. A separate announcement about the other groups attending will also be published.
The Neighbourhood Plan team have been undertaking a detailed assessment of potential housing sites in the parish. These include all those identified by Chichester District Council (CDC) and those which have responded to our ‘call for sites’.
We have invited representatives of a shortlist of these, which we consider to be viable, to meet with us to discuss their proposals.
Depending on the outcome of these meetings, details of the favoured sites will be presented to the residents of the parish, at our planned Open meeting on 27th April 2024.
The team are also reviewing our existing policies such as design and considering the impact of any developments on the existing biodiversity, important views, and wildlife corridors in the parish. We will be looking for interested volunteers at the April meeting, to assist with this exercise.
The team are also concerned about other potential commercial developments in the parish. The Saltbarn development on the A285 was withdrawn before a planning decision was made but there are signs that this may be re submitted in the future. There is a consultation taking place about a massive 60,000sqm speculative logistic/warehouse complex at Templebar in Strettington, and we have also been informed of a preliminary application for a solar development somewhere on Boxgrove Common.
Please follow progress on our website where future updates will be posted.
David Leah
Chair of Boxgrove Neighbourhood Plan Team
5 February 2024
The final Plan can be viewed here - Boxgrove Neighbourhood Development Plan
The Appendices can be viewed here:
Appendix 1 Community Aspirations
Appendix 2 Townscape Appraisal Map Boxgrove
Appendix 3 Townscape Appraisal Map Halnaker
Basic Conditions Statement
Consultation Statement
Consultation Statement Appendix A
