It is totally contrary to a number of Local Plan policies as it sits in the countryside. The applicants were given a number of concerns by planning officers in both 2018 and 2019 regarding their proposals.

It sits on a road which, despite being a 30mph limit with flashing speed repeater signs has a poor accident record including several serious injuries. Bizarrely the planning application transport assessment claims the road to Botley is unrestricted (it is a 40mph limit outside Burridge).

The period for public comment runs until 7th August. Please do let me have copies of any comments to swoodward@fareham.gov.uk

Along with a plan of the development:

for the following reasons:

a) the development would result in the loss of priority habitat, for which insufficient justification has been provided. The loss of priority habitat, comprising a complex ecosystem of ground flora, woodland fauna and soils would be substantially altered by the proposal, and the proposed mitigation measures are not sufficient to compensate for loss of habitat or achieving a net gain in biodiversity.

b) the development would have an unknown level of impact on protected species within the woodland environment, namely foraging/commuting bats and dormice. These species are protected by the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended), and insufficient information has been provided within the application to demonstrate that they would not be harmed by the development proposal.

The right way to increase medical provision for the North if Whiteley development is to build a new surgery. Squeezing a quart into a pint pot is not the right approach.

should have insisted on extra medical provision.

There are ways to improve the layout and capacity of the existing car park which the surgery owners have consistently refused to address such as having a dedicated IN and OUT. We remain keen to work with them to improve matters.