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Detailed Summary of Responses Received to the Regulation 18 Consultation on the Draft Hart Local Plan Strategy and Sites 2011-2032, and the Council’S Response

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Detailed Summary of Responses Received to the Regulation 18 Consultation on the Draft Hart Local Plan Strategy and Sites 2011-2032, and the Council’S Response CD6b Detailed summary of responses received to the Regulation 18 consultation on the Draft Hart Local Plan Strategy and Sites 2011-2032, and the Council’s Response JUNE 2018 Contents Purpose of this document ....................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 4 General Comments ............................................................................................................................. 4 Evidence Base ..................................................................................................................................... 5 Vision and Objectives .............................................................................................................................. 9 Our Settlement Hierarchy ................................................................................................................. 11 Our Spatial Strategy .............................................................................................................................. 12 Policy SS1 Spatial Strategy ................................................................................................................ 12 Managing Growth ................................................................................................................................. 19 Policy MG1 Sustainable Development .............................................................................................. 19 Policy MG2 Previously Developed Land ............................................................................................ 19 Policy MG3 Housing-led .................................................................................................................... 21 Policy MG4 Employment Land .......................................................................................................... 22 Policy MG5 Development in the Countryside ................................................................................... 23 Policy MG6 Gaps between Settlements ........................................................................................... 24 Sustainable Communities ..................................................................................................................... 28 Policy SC1 Hartland Village ............................................................................................................... 28 Policy SC2 Murrell Green .................................................................................................................. 33 Policy SC3 Land at Cross Farm .......................................................................................................... 39 Policy SC4 Sun Park ........................................................................................................................... 42 Policy SC5 Land Allocations for New Homes..................................................................................... 43 Policy SC6 Mix for Market Housing ................................................................................................... 48 Policy SC7 Self and Custom Build Homes .......................................................................................... 49 Policy SC8 Affordable Housing .......................................................................................................... 50 Policy SC9 Rural Exception Sites ....................................................................................................... 53 Policy SC10 Specialist Housing .......................................................................................................... 54 Policy SC11 Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople ............................................................ 55 Sustainable Economic Development .................................................................................................... 56 Policy ED1 New Employment ............................................................................................................ 56 Policy ED2 Safeguarding Employment Land and Premises (B Use Classes) ...................................... 58 Policy ED3: The Rural Economy ........................................................................................................ 61 Policy ED4 Town, District and Local Centres ..................................................................................... 61 Policy ED5 Primary Frontages in Fleet Town Centre ......................................................................... 63 Policy ED6 Secondary Frontages in Fleet Town Centre .................................................................... 63 Policy ED7 District Centres ................................................................................................................ 64 Page 1 of 85 Natural and Built Environment ............................................................................................................. 65 Policy NE1 Thames Basin Heath Special Protection Area (TBHSPA) ................................................. 65 Policy NE2 Landscape ........................................................................................................................ 67 Policy NE3 Biodiversity and Geodiversity ......................................................................................... 68 Policy NE4 Managing Flood Risk ....................................................................................................... 69 Policy NE5 Water Quality .................................................................................................................. 69 Policy BE1 Historic Environment ....................................................................................................... 71 Policy BE2 Design .............................................................................................................................. 72 Policy BE3 Sustainable Water Use .................................................................................................... 73 Policy BE4 Renewable and Low Carbon Energy ................................................................................ 74 Policy BE5 Pollution .......................................................................................................................... 74 Infrastructure ........................................................................................................................................ 75 Policy I1 Infrastructure ...................................................................................................................... 75 Policy I2 Green Infrastructure ........................................................................................................... 77 Policy I3 Transport ............................................................................................................................ 78 Policy I4 Open Space, Sport and Recreation ..................................................................................... 80 Policy I5 Community Facilities .......................................................................................................... 81 Policy I6 Broadband or Successor Services ....................................................................................... 82 Policy I7 Phoenix Green Flood Alleviation ........................................................................................ 82 Policy I8 Strategic SANG .................................................................................................................... 83 Policy I9 Safeguarded Land for Education ........................................................................................ 84 Monitoring and Implementation .......................................................................................................... 84 Supporting Text (paras 393-436) ...................................................................................................... 84 Page 2 of 85 Purpose of this document This document (CD6b) provides a detailed summary of the representations made on the Regulation 18 Hart Draft Local Plan Strategy and Sites and a response as to how the issues raised have been taken into account. It is effectively part of the Statement required under Regulation 22(1)(c) and as such is referred to in paragraph 5.9 of the Consultation Statement (CD6a). The issues raised are set out under various policy or other headings. Page 3 of 85 Introduction General Comments ______________________________________________________________________________ Number of respondents: 17 Number of objections: 2 Number of general comments: 14 Number of supports: 1 ______________________________________________________________________________ Summary of Responses Support/Comments Support the recognition of Duty to Co-operate with neighbouring authorities and acknowledgement that housing is a cross boundary issue. Reference to meeting neighbouring authorities’ unmet need is weak and only two authorities are mentioned. Suggest an uplift is required to meet unmet housing need from London and a reference is added on meeting unmet need from Runnymede. Support the uplift to Hart's housing target to address the need for affordable rented properties. The mechanism to maximise delivery of affordable housing
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