The Hart Local Plan Strategy and Sites 2016-2032
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Hart Local Plan Hart Local Plan: Strategy and Sites 2016 - 2032 Proposed Submission Version February 2018 Making Hart a great place to live Hart Local Plan Strategy and Sites 2016-2032 Proposed Submission Version Foreword Welcome to our Proposed Submission version of the Hart Local Plan: Strategy and Sites 2016-2032. This Local Plan outlines how we will balance future development requirements with the need to protect the special qualities of Hart. It includes policies setting out how we will protect and enhance our natural and built environment and our heritage assets. We recognise that there are considerable pressures for development over the plan period. These include the need for new homes as well as other forms of development. Through policies in this Plan we will seek to ensure that a range of housing types, including affordable housing, are provided to meet the varied needs of residents as they move through their stages of life. The Plan will apply all available measures to deliver new homes that are of a good design, adaptable with adequate living space. This Plan has been prepared following several rounds of consultation with residents and stakeholders and using a range of technical evidence and advice. Many different points of view have been expressed, and in this version of the Plan we have done our best to respond to opinions that have been submitted. However, we recognise that there may still be more to be said, and this version will be open for consultation for a further six week period. Any comments on this version of the Plan will be taken into account by an independent Inspector during the Plan’s Examination in 2018. We hope that we will be able to formally adopt the Local Plan following the examination and put in place an up to date and positive framework to guide future development within Hart. Councillor David Neighbour Leader Hart District Council 1 The Local Plan should be read as a whole. Proposals will be judged against all relevant policies. Hart Local Plan Strategy and Sites 2016-2032 Proposed Submission Version Contents Foreword .......................................................................................................... 1 Introduction ..................................................................................................... 6 What is the Local Plan for? ................................................................................................................ 6 What is the purpose of this stage of the Local Plan? .................................................................. 6 How to make comments .................................................................................................................... 7 What happens next? ............................................................................................................................ 8 Context ............................................................................................................ 9 National planning policy, guidance and legislation ........................................................................ 9 South East Plan...................................................................................................................................... 9 Local Enterprise Partnership ............................................................................................................. 9 Hampshire County Council Policy ................................................................................................... 9 Evidence base ...................................................................................................................................... 10 Sustainability Appraisal ...................................................................................................................... 10 Habitats Regulation Assessment ..................................................................................................... 10 Stakeholder engagement .................................................................................................................. 10 Duty to Co-operate .......................................................................................................................... 11 Neighbourhood Plans ........................................................................................................................ 11 The District’s key characteristics ................................................................................................... 12 Figure 1 Location of Hart District................................................................................................... 13 Settlement Hierarchy ........................................................................................................................ 14 Figure 2 Hart’s settlement hierarchy ............................................................................................. 14 Fleet (including Church Crookham and Elvetham Heath) ................................................... 15 Yateley .............................................................................................................................................. 15 Blackwater & Hawley .................................................................................................................... 15 Hook ................................................................................................................................................. 15 Hartley Wintney ............................................................................................................................ 16 Odiham & North Warnborough ............................................................................................... 16 Population and Housing .................................................................................................................... 16 Housing Market Area ........................................................................................................................ 17 Economy and Employment .............................................................................................................. 17 Retail and Shopping ............................................................................................................................ 18 Sport and Leisure ............................................................................................................................... 19 Health and Wellbeing ........................................................................................................................ 19 Education and Schools ...................................................................................................................... 20 2 The Local Plan should be read as a whole. Proposals will be judged against all relevant policies. Hart Local Plan Strategy and Sites 2016-2032 Proposed Submission Version Transport and Travel ........................................................................................................................ 20 Motorways and Strategic Roads ................................................................................................ 20 Rail ..................................................................................................................................................... 21 Airports............................................................................................................................................ 21 Local Travel ..................................................................................................................................... 21 Environment and Heritage ............................................................................................................... 21 Flooding and Water ........................................................................................................................... 22 Water and waste water .................................................................................................................... 22 Telecommunications ......................................................................................................................... 22 Identifying the Key Issues for the Hart Local Plan: Strategy and Sites 2016-2032 .............. 23 Vision and Objectives ................................................................................... 24 Vision ..................................................................................................................................................... 24 Objectives ............................................................................................................................................ 25 Sustainable Development ............................................................................ 27 Policy SD1 Sustainable Development ....................................................................................... 27 Spatial Strategy ............................................................................................. 28 Spatial Strategy and Distribution of Growth ............................................................................... 28 Policy SS1 Spatial Strategy and Distribution of Growth ...................................................... 28 Figure 3 Key diagram ...................................................................................................................... 30 Hartland Village..................................................................................................................................