Submitted Eastleigh Borough Local Plan (2016-2036) Track Change
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ED33 Submitted Eastleigh Borough Local Plan (2016-2036) Track change version showing initial proposed modifications July 2019 Please note that this track change version of the modified plan doesn’t show revisions to existing policy numbers, paragraph numbers or to any of the existing page number cross-references currently included. This is because of the likelihood of these changing further as policies and supporting text are subject to detailed discussions as part of the examination hearings. These will all be revised accordingly where required at the post examination stage. ED33 Foreword This document is Eastleigh Borough Council’s new plan for the Borough which looks ahead to 2036. We need a new plan because our existing plan (the Eastleigh Borough Local Plan Review 2001 - 2011) is now out of date. There have been many changes nationally and locally since it was adopted and we must have new policies to address these. Preparing a new plan has given the Council a chance to look afresh at what sort of places and facilities we need for our communities now and in the future. To establish what our priorities should be, we have investigated a wide variety of existing and future needs in the Borough. From these we have developed a plan to help guide development over the coming years up to 2036. Much of the development needed already has planning permission and the plan sets out the number of dwellings and location of sites with planning permission. The Council has been gathering evidence to inform decisions about the additional growth needed that cannot be located in existing urban areas. The approach chosen is for a strategic growth option north of Bishopstoke and Fair Oak, delivering new homes, jobs, facilities and infrastructure including a new link road. A draft of the Local Plan covering the period 2011-2029 was first published in October 2011 and further versions were published up to 2014. However the Government’s Planning Inspector failed to support the Local Plan due to insufficient housing provision. This version addresses issues identified by the Inspector and extends the plan to cover the period 2016-2036. Consultation responses that were received on the revised pre-submission plan and the key strategic issues consultation have now been considered and the Local Plan has been updated. This plan is published for public consultation. This is the plan that the Council propose to submit to the Planning Inspectorate along with any changes as a result of the public consultation. The plan, additional changes and any objections to its soundness that cannot be resolved by the Council are sent to the Planning Inspectorate for examination. 1 Eastleigh Borough Local Plan 2016-2036 | June 2018Track change version with initial proposed modifications – July 2019 ED33 Foreword .......................................................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1: Introduction..................................................................................................................... 4 What is this about? ........................................................................................................................................................ 4 How does this fit with the Corporate Plan? .................................................................................................................. 5 What should I look at? ................................................................................................................................................... 5 What happens next? ...................................................................................................................................................... 6 How to use this document............................................................................................................................................. 6 Chapter 2: Eastleigh Borough – characteristics and issues ............................................................. 8 General overview ........................................................................................................................................................... 9 A prosperous place – housing, skills and employment mix, infrastructure and town and local centres .................... 10 A green Borough – environment and transport .......................................................................................................... 15 A healthy community .................................................................................................................................................. 21 Environmental capacity and development issues ....................................................................................................... 24 Chapter 3: Vision, Objectives and Strategy for new development ................................................. 25 Vision ........................................................................................................................................................................... 25 Objectives .................................................................................................................................................................... 25 Strategy for new development .................................................................................................................................... 26 Chapter 4: Strategic policies .......................................................................................................... 29 Overview of strategic policies ...................................................................................................................................... 29 Sustainable Development ............................................................................................................................................ 29 Settlement hierarchy ................................................................................................................................................... 31 New development ....................................................................................................................................................... 32 Strategic Growth Option .............................................................................................................................................. 39 Countryside, countryside gaps and the coast.............................................................................................................. 52 Historic Environment ............................................................................................................................................... 6059 Green infrastructure ................................................................................................................................................ 6261 Community facilities ................................................................................................................................................ 6463 Transport ................................................................................................................................................................. 6564 Key diagram ............................................................................................................................................................. 7270 Chapter 5: Development Management Policies ......................................................................... 7473 General criteria for new development .................................................................................................................... 7473 Climate change ........................................................................................................................................................ 7877 Pollution ................................................................................................................................................................... 8886 Public utilities and communications ........................................................................................................................ 9291 Nature conservation ................................................................................................................................................ 9594 Heritage assets .................................................................................................................................................... 103102 2 Eastleigh Borough Local Plan 2016-2036 | June 2018Track change version with initial proposed modifications – July 2019 ED33 Transport ............................................................................................................................................................. 107105 Economy .............................................................................................................................................................. 112110 Housing ................................................................................................................................................................ 121119 Community facilities ............................................................................................................................................ 133130 Community, leisure and cultural facilities ..........................................................................................................