Havant Borough Local Plan (Allocations) Publication Version October 2013
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Cover Image to be inserted Havant Borough Local Plan (Allocations) Publication version October 2013 This page is left deliberately blank 2 Commenting on the Publication Local Plan (Allocations) The Publication Local Plan (Allocations) has been produced in accordance with Regulation 19 of the Town and County Planning (England) Regulations 2012. Havant Borough Council proposes to submit this plan and accompanying submission documents, including the Sustainability Appraisal (SA), Policies Map and Statement of the Representation Procedure to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government under Section 20 of the Act in early 2014. The Publication Local Plan (Allocations) and accompanying submission documents are available to view at the Public Service Plaza and online at www.havant.gov.uk Any person can make any representations on the Publication Local Plan (Allocations) and accompanying documents relating to the ‘soundness’ of the document and any other comments the consultees may wish to make. Questionnaires have been produced to aid this process and are available at the Public Service Plaza and to download from Council’s website. Representations on the Publication Local Plan (Allocations) must be received by Havant Borough Council between 11 October and no later than 23:59 on 22 November 2013. Representations should be submitted to: Planning Policy Team Havant Borough Council Public Service Plaza Civic Centre Road Havant Hampshire PO9 2AX Email: [email protected] Telephone: 023 92446539 Representations can be accompanied by a request to be notified at a specified address of any of the following: The Local Plan (Allocations) has been submitted for independent examination The publication of the recommendations of any person appointed to carry out an independent examination of the Local Plan (Allocations) The adoption of the Local Plan (Allocations) Representors can also request to participate at the examination hearings. Please note that comments received cannot be treated as confidential as all comments must be publicly available in accordance with government regulations. Havant Borough Council and East Hampshire District Council are working in partnership and information may be shared across the two organisations. Please ensure your name and address is included in all correspondence as the council is unable to consider anonymous submissions. If you correspond by email please ensure you include your postal address. This document is available in many other formats. To request any of these formats please contact 023 92446609. 3 This page is left deliberately blank 4 Contents 1. Introduction 7 2. Strategic Policies and Allocations 12 Policy AL1 Presumption in Favour of Sustainable Development 12 Policy AL2 Urban Area Boundaries and Undeveloped Gaps between Settlements 13 Policy AL3 Town, District and Local Centres 14 Policy AL4 Coastal Change Management Areas 16 Policy AL5 Cross-Borough Bus Rapid Transport Route 16 Policy AL6 Havant Thicket Reservoir Pipeline 17 Policy AL7 Hermitage Stream 18 Policy AL8 Local Green Spaces 18 3. Development Allocations: The Five Areas of the Borough 20 4. Emsworth 26 Policy EM1 Emsworth Housing Allocations 27 Policy EM2 Emsworth Employment Allocation 30 5. Havant and Bedhampton 31 Policy HB1 Havant and Bedhampton Housing Allocations 32 Policy HB2 Havant and Bedhampton Employment Allocations 44 Policy HB3 Havant and Bedhampton Mixed Use Allocations 51 6. Hayling Island 59 Policy HY1 Hayling Island Housing Allocations 60 Policy HY2 Hayling Island Mixed Use Allocations 62 7. Leigh Park 64 Policy LP1 Leigh Park Housing Allocations (Sites) 65 Policy LP2 Leigh Park Housing Allocations (Garage Courts/Parking Areas) 71 Policy LP3 Leigh Park Mixed Use Allocations 73 8. Waterlooville 77 Policy WA1 Waterlooville Housing Allocations 79 Policy WA2 Waterlooville Mixed Use Allocations 85 9. Development Management Policies 91 Policy DM17 Contaminated Land 91 Policy DM18 Protecting New Development from Pollution 91 Policy DM19 Small Shops outside Town, District and Local Centres 91 Policy DM20 Historic Assets 92 Policy DM21 Shopfronts, Signs, Security Shutters and Advertisements 93 Policy DM22 New Cemeteries 94 Policy DM23 Sites for Brent Geese and Waders 94 Policy DM24 Recreational Disturbance to Special Protected Areas (SPAs) from Residential Development 95 Policy DM25 Managing Flood Risk in Emsworth 97 Glossary Appendices Appendix 1: Evidence Based Studies Appendix 2: Saved Local Plan (2005) Policies continued overleaf 5 Appendix 3: Housing Sites with Planning Permission as at 1st April 2013 Explanatory note for Appendices 4 to 5 Appendix 4: Policies Map Appendix 5: Town, District and Local Centre Inset Maps 6 1. Introduction What is the purpose of the Allocations Plan and what is it status? 1.01 The Havant Borough Local Plan (Allocations) follows on from the adopted Havant Borough Local Plan (Core Strategy). This document plans for the delivery of the Borough’s vision for growth and prosperity up to 2026, which is set out in the Havant Borough Local Plan (Core Strategy). Together these plans provide the Borough with up-to-date policies to encourage investment in new jobs, provide enough land for new homes and protect its special environment. 1.02 For the remainder of this document the Havant Borough Local Plan (Allocations) will be called the Allocations Plan and the Havant Borough Local Plan (Core Strategy) will be called the Core Strategy. 1.03 The main aim of the Allocations Plan is to allocate land to help deliver from 2013-2026 the development requirements for housing and employment set out in the Core Strategy. It also replaces the remaining saved policies for the Havant Borough District-Wide Local Plan and includes a number of policies in addition to those in the Core Strategy. These additions cover identified planning policy gaps, that emerged through the introduction of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) in 2012. 1.04 Together the Core Strategy and the Allocations Plan form the Havant Borough Local Plan, which is part of the Development Plan for the Borough. The Development Plan is unique to each local authority area and provides the framework or ‘rules’ for guiding decisions on planning applications in the area. 1.05 The Core Strategy was adopted in March 2011 and sets out the development requirements needed for the Borough’s growth and prosperity from 2006 to 2026. This includes 6,300 new homes and 162,000 square metres of new employment floorspace. Some of these requirements have already been met through development that has taken place and through planning permissions granted since 2006. This document details the development sites necessary to meet the remainder of the Core Strategy’s development requirements until 2026. 1.06 Upon adoption, the Allocation Plan will become part of the statutory Development Plan for the Borough and the remaining saved policies from the Havant Borough District-Wide Local Plan will be replaced. Figure 1.0 illustrates the formal stages the plan is taken through to adoption in accordance with the Town and County Planning (England) Regulations 2012. 7 Figure 1.0: Local Plan (Allocations) Draft Consultation Local Plan Evidence Six weeks public Early community consultation including * gathering engagement local exhibitions (Regulation 18) Publication of the Local Plan (Regulation 19) Six weeks public consultation Representations relating to the Publication Plan (Regulation 20) Submit Local Plan to Secretary of State (Regulation 22) Notify all those who made representations Submission includes copies of representations and summary of issues Independent Examination (Regulation 24) Inspector invites participation from those who wish to be heard Adoption Publication of inspector’s recommendations (Regulation 25) Adoption of the Local Plan (Regulation 26) How have policies in the Allocations Plan been formulated and allocated sites selected? 1.07 The process for formulating policies and selecting sites is complex and has involved many considerations. The most important of these are: Evidence Base: All the development sites identified in the Allocations Plan are supported by an up-to-date, relevant and proportionate evidence base in accordance with the requirements of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and the Town and County Planning (England) Regulations 2012. The key studies in the evidence base include the Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA), the Employment Land Review (ELR), the Viability Assessment, the Strategic Infrastructure Delivery Plan, Strategic Transport Assessment, the Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) and the Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA). A list of the studies and reports comprising the Allocations Plan Evidence Base is set out in Appendix 1. Sustainability Appraisal: The Allocations Plan and its preparation meet the requirements of the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Directive. The policies and sites identified in the plan have been appraised against sustainability objectives on an iterative basis. These iterations identify how emerging policies help to achieve the relevant social, environmental and economic objectives and recommend how sustainability could be improved. These recommendations have been taken into account in the drafting of this plan. 8 Duty to Co-operate: The Council engaged positively a wide range of public bodies and neighbouring authorities in the preparation of this plan, including the Solent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), Partnership for Urban