We urge Adur District Council to revisit the size and density of the New Monks Farm development of 600 houses and the IKEA development.  Our objections to this development are as follows:

1)  Lack of attention to traffic congestion on roads already full to capacity and gridlocked during busy times of the day.

2)  High pollution created by traffic in an area already overcrowded and in a highly polluted environment.

3)  IKEA are likely to have up to 2 million traffic movements per year.

4)  For each new house built there could be the addition on average of 2 cars per household.

5)  A major concern is the lack of low cost affordable homes.

6)  With 600 new houses being built the current infrastructure will be unable to cope so schools, doctor surgeries, hospitals, dentists, libraries and the police will be totally overwhelmed.

7)  There will be a massive increase to the risk of flooding due to building on an essential flood plain, which will have serious implications for the surrounding area.