Southbourne Allocation Development Plan Document

What is the Southbourne Allocation DPD?

The purpose of the Southbourne Allocation Development Plan Document (DPD) is to allocate a specific site or sites to enable the proposed development set out in policy A13 of the submission Chichester Local Plan 2021 - 2039 to come forward in a coordinated manner. The DPD will be used to identify where strategic development will be acceptable in Southbourne and will form part of the Development Plan. This will help the council to make decisions on relevant planning applications and this gives local communities, developers and investors greater certainty about which sites will be coming forward for development.

The Regulation 18 consultation

This is the first formal consultation stage in the preparation of the Southbourne Allocation Development Plan Document. The consultation period lasted for six weeks and took place between 31 October 2024 to 12 December 2024.

A public exhibition was held in Southbourne at St John's Church, Main Road, Southbourne, West Sussex, PO10 8LB on Wednesday, 20 November 2024 between 2pm and 7pm.

There were two primary documents produced for the Regulation 18 consultation. The main document presents three scenarios for future development within Southbourne and the supporting assessment framework identifies and assesses the planning issues associated with each option in more detail. These documents were also supported by a Sustainability Appraisal (SA) and an initial Viability Assessment.