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For the following reasons:
Although the PCC are demanding government financial support for the
infrastructure regarding the 6,000 additional homes planned from
2027 to 2034, this same principle is not being applied to the
development of 8,387 homes up to 2027. This inconsistent approach
is not acceptable given that there is a clear lack of
infrastructure support for the housing estates already being built
around St James, Milton, for example. Consultation exercises with
PCC and the Housing Community Association (HCA) have not resolved
this lack of infrastructure.
The transport situation is rapidly reaching a critical stage.
Traffic is expected to grow by 41% by 2026 under the PCC current
plan. Consultants to PCC have confirmed that some road junctions
cannot cope with more traffic already and further development is
only going to make things worse. The PCC development plan does not
address the additional traffic issues.
There are already dangerous levels of air pollution, which have
been monitored in congested areas of the city. The PCC plan does
not address this unhealthy situation
School capacity is already full and additional classrooms which
cause a reduction in playground space in schools and their rising
class sizes could be a contributing factor to 20% of children aged
10 being obese and a 10% being overweight. Their plans do not
include the development of new schools to match the increasing
housing. Existing education facilities could help with this
problem.
Health provision has not been expanded in the housing plan. In the
existing Portsmouth plan we had health uses proposed for the
redundant St James' land. However, under the emerging plan, this
has been changed to additional housing only.
QA Hospital recently stated that “bed-blocking”
patients were causing problems. The existing health facilities
could ease this problem.
It is estimated that nationally there are 1 million people
suffering from dementia who are going to need help. Mental health
issues and self-harming rates for 10 to 24 year olds are
increasing, requiring more facilities to support them.
Furthermore there is a need for more GP surgeries in Portsmouth to
match the increased housing plans. Again this has not been
addressed in the PCC plans. St James' Hospital is one such facility
that could help address the above health provision issues in its
current form.
Finally, Portsea Island cannot expand its natural boundaries and we
are already the most densely populated city outside of London.
There needs to be a future plan that restricts an arbitrary
increase in housing numbers which, if pursued, would be to the
detriment of the welfare of the majority of its citizens.
This ePetition ran from 02/10/2017 to 15/12/2017 and has now finished.
Nobody signed this ePetition.
The issues raised by the petition - including the provision of sufficient transport, education, health infrastructure to support the planned numbers of new homes and the associated impacts on air quality - were also recognised as key concerns in the responses to the Issues and Options consultation (published August 2017) and will be taken into account in the development of the new Portsmouth Local Plan.
We recognise that infrastructure provision is key for the future development of the city. The breadth and nature of the issues raised in the consultation will warrant further consideration and additional technical work. There will two main elements in our the approach to assessing housing numbers for the city; firstly, a technical exercise in quantifying housing need in-line with the most recent government proposals on a new standard calculation methodology and the expected update to the National Planning Policy Framework in spring 2018. And secondly, assessments considering the capacity, sustainability and deliverability of housing in the city, including (but not limited to):
• Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment:
setting out the availability of sites to deliver housing and
economic land including the constraints faced by individual sites
and whether they can be overcome.
• An updated Infrastructure Delivery Plan: Identification of
the infrastructure requirements to support the development of the
city, to include transport, flood defences, green infrastructure,
utilities, education, health, emergency services, community and
cultural facilities, waste and affordable and supported
housing.
• Viability Assessment: Testing of whether the costs of
developing particular sites would make the development strategy for
the future of the city undeliverable.
• Sustainability Appraisal: Assessment of proposed sites,
policy options and draft policies in terms of social, economic and
environmental objectives.
• Habitats Regulations Assessment: Considers whether any
proposals would be likely to have a significant effect on a
European site of importance, either individually or in combination
with other plans or projects, under the Habitats Regulations.
There will be further opportunities to comment upon the technical work undertaken and the Council's draft proposals for the future development of the city.