Chawton Parish Plan 2014

SUPPORTING AND IMPROVING VILLAGE LIFE FOR OUR COMMUNITY

Introduction This Parish Plan has been prepared by the Chawton Parish Plan Group. The Group was established by a number of residents who were concerned at the increasing impact on the village of tourism and pressure for additional housing, encouraged by a White Paper on Local Government in 2006 which expressed an aim of “giving local people and local communities more influence and power to improve lives”. The principles of this White Paper have subsequently become enshrined in the Localism Act 2011. The Localism Act 2011 introduced new powers for people to make Neighbourhood Plans, with reduced interference from central government. These new powers are in addition to existing opportunities for community involvement, which are already part of the planning system. Neighbourhood Plans will have direct legal enforceability at local parish level, and both Chawton Parish Council and the Parish Plan Committee have agreed to proceed without delay, as a first step, with the preparation ofa Parish Plan, which in due course might be used as evidence to help to inform and to encourage involvement in a Neighbourhood Plan. With the encouragement and backing of East Hampshire District Council and Chawton Parish Council, a public meeting was called in October 2010 to which all residents in the Parish were invited together with representatives of businesses and other organisations active in the Parish. Following this meeting a steering committee of volunteers was formed, which led to the formation in January 2011 of the Chawton Parish Plan Group. The stated objectives of the Group are:

For the benefit of the community of Chawton and the wider community visiting Chawton to prepare, review, “implement and work with others to secure implementation of a Parish Plan for Chawton.”

CHAWTON PARISH PLAN 2014 1 Misty view across Chawton: © Peter Wright

This document is the result. It identifies those things that we would like tosee changed or retained in the Parish and, at its heart, provides an Action Plan to help achieve those desired outcomes. It is intended that it will constitute important evidence to underpin and inform future plans and proposals. Some of the actions are for the Parish Council. Some are for other Agencies and the Parish Council will take the lead in planning, reminding and encouraging in those areas. Actions which are not within the remit of the Local Authorities will only happen if we can find volunteers to lead, organise and work together to make them happen. For that reason it is proposed that the Parish Plan Implementation Committee should have an ongoing function in taking those actions forward and keeping this plan under regular review. This plan sets out the proposals to achieve this, encouraging involvement of all village residents giving responsibility for their immediate environment with suggested targets being part of enhancing the whole village environment. Since its inception in 2012 the National Planning Policy Framework has taken effect replacing much of the previous central guidance. Regional guidance in the form of the South East Plan has been repealed and East Hampshire District Council and the South Downs National Park Authority have been working towards the adoption of a revised Local Plan by June 2014; after which the National Park will move towards a park wide Local Plan from 2017.

2 CHAWTON PARISH PLAN 2014 Chawton Parish

The Parish of Chawton exhibits, with the exception of the Shrave, a low density form of settlement pattern, confined to farms and the small village of Chawton, which has a population not dissimilar to that of Jane Austen’s day. The village centre was around the junction of the old east-west London-Winchester route, and the north- south Gosport/Southampton to Basingstoke route. By-passed by the A31/A32 in 1971, the heart of the village lies where the roads meet outside Jane Austen’s former home. The roads are now known as the Winchester Road and the Old Gosport Road. The pub, school, recreation ground, church cricket club, tea shop and the village hall are all within a few hundred paces of this central point.

There are two additional settlement areas within the Parish of Chawton: Firstly, the detached part of Chawton that was left on the Alton side after the A31 bypass was completed. This comprises the row of dwellings fronting Winchester Road running off the Butts roundabout, and along Mounters Lane, and ultimately to Chawton Park Road and Northfield Lane. This area lies outside the South Downs National Park and therefore faces different issues so far as future housing and other development are concerned. Secondly, the Shrave, which is an easterly extension from and physically attached to the village of Four Marks running along the ridge parallel to the A31 by-pass. Likewise this area falls outside the South Downs National Park. In recent years the Parish has changed from being a quiet residential backwater. The association with Jane Austen now attracts a large number of visitors into the village, in the region of 35,000 a year visiting Jane Austen’s House in the village centre, many from overseas. Most of these visitors tend to wander around the village after visiting the museum and expect to see the village as a whole kept as something of a tourist attraction. It is reasonable to say that the name of the village is now sufficient to attract more than just Jane Austen aficionados. Typically when the village opens its gardens to the public at weekends up to 7,000 people will come, many from long distances, to browse around the parts they are not normally able to see, and also the annual firework display which in 2013 is estimated to have attracted some 2,000 spectators.

CHAWTON PARISH PLAN 2014 3 Jane Austen’s house: © Peter Wright

The increasing importance of the Chawton House Library and its setting at Chawton House also increases the profile and desirability of Chawton as a place of resort. Furthermore Chawton has become one of the gateways to the South Downs National Park and this must be coupled with the increased international and local interest in Jane Austen and the increasing profile of both Jane Austen’s House Museum and Chawton House. An increase in visitors arriving equipped for walking and cycling is already noticeable. It is desirable to plan for the needed infrastructure for this and the further increase which is considered certain In addition to Village run events, we experience other random and uncoordinated events hosted by third parties such as the ramblers association, cycling groups and other national groups who use Chawton as the base for a day’s outing. These events can cause pressure, since a large number of vehicles are present in the Village centre throughout the day and do not move on after a couple of hours. This in turn causes problems for the general visitors who generally stay for a couple of hours. It is logical that those who enjoy outdoor pursuits (and may not even realise their negative impacts on the Village) could easily relocate their parking from the village centre with no impact on their enjoyment of the Village and its surrounding area.

4 CHAWTON PARISH PLAN 2014 Consultation

Preparation of the Parish Plan has followed guidelines and advice from both national and local sources. Throughout the process the Committee has been guided by the ‘Parish and Community Toolkit’ published by Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE) the national umbrella organisation of the Rural Communities Councils (RCC). Additionally, advice has been received from Community Action Hampshire (the RCC for Hampshire), EHDC Community Officers and the Hampshire Youth Service. The views of the South Downs National Park Authority, have been heard. It was decided that the views of the residents would be sought through the medium of a questionnaire. The purpose of this survey was to sample residents’ opinion as to the most significant issues and a copy of the questionnaire was distributed to every household and business in the Parish in March 2011. The returns to that survey were analysed by the Committee. They showed that the overwhelming majority like living here. In particular they like the rural environment, the tranquillity, the attractiveness of the village, its community spirit, the fact that it has a primary school, and its accessibility. The connection with Jane Austen was cited also as an attraction. The major issues highlighted in the returns were firstly the increasing impact of traffic coupled with inadequate parking space, and secondly the provision of housing and future housing development in the parish. Other issues highlighted were a lack of services (for example a poor bus service, no village shop), a lack of activities for various sectors of the community, and concerns about crime. Whilst the connection with Jane Austen was seen by many as an attraction, the impact of tourism resulting primarily from that connection was also highlighted as a negative issue. As we look forward to the future, we believe that this Plan should seek to set out a path that will make it possible in a rapidly changing world to preserve those things that make Chawton a good place to live and work in, and to tackle those aspects of the village that tend to detract from this. We believe that our consultation demonstrates that there is an acceptance that there needs to be change but that this must be coupled with preservation in order to achieve long-term benefit for the Village and its residents.

CHAWTON PARISH PLAN 2014 5 The plan recommends the creation of two implementation groups:

A Chawton Parish Plan Implementation Committee: to monitor delivery of the Action Plan and provide support to the Parish Council.

A Social Activities Committee: to support and coordinate the social and fundraising activities of organisations within the Parish

Key Issues identified in consultation 1 Traffic and Parking The major issue revealed in our survey related to traffic, with over 60% of respondents highlighting this as their major concern. Parking is inextricably linked with traffic in the Village. Due to its historic layout, a significant number of listed buildings and gradual expansion around the central linear development, Chawton has struggled to provide parking capacity as the demand for cars and parking continues to grow, this is primarily due to the inability of existing dwellings to add off-road parking in a manner that is in keeping with the Village style. This issue is further exacerbated by the layout of the Village as dwellings, often close to the road within their various curtilages, generally have no option to provide vehicular access to the side or rear. The net effect is that many residents have to resort to on-road parking or the use of the Village car park. The lack of suitable parking facilities in the Village both for residents, for visitors, and for parents around the school, coupled with what was considered to be inappropriate use of Winchester Road as a cut through by drivers travelling between the A31/A32 roundabout and the B3006 leading to the A3, Alton to Selborne Road, were cited by the majority of those respondents. Many respondents expressed the fear that any further increase in the number of tourists visiting the village, related in particular to the recent inclusion of the village in the South Downs National Park, will exacerbate these problems. With regard to use of Winchester Road as referred to above by through traffic, half of respondents cited excessive speed and volume as their main concerns.The issue of parking goes hand in hand with the issue of general traffic use. The two issues are intrinsically linked and a holistic approach to them is needed. We believe that it is more effective to endeavour to remove the problem areas rather that endeavour to manage them individually.

6 CHAWTON PARISH PLAN 2014 Residents have increasing “difficulty in parking safely and without endangering the safety of others... ” Congestion in Chawton centre: Robert Isaac Particular issues in this area are: 1. The visual environment of the key central sites is seldom seen as its best. The visual impact on the street scene of the vehicles detracts from the historic setting 2. Residents have increasing difficulty in parking safely and without endangering the safety of others in both Winchester Road and the Gosport Road. Residents are often confronted with a situation where they cannot park on street as they would wish in terms of minimising inconvenience to neighbours. Residents of The Terrace have to compete with visitors to park near their homes. Residents with vans and equipment in those vans have concerns over security. 3. Visitors are increasingly at a loss as to where to park be they visiting the National Park for recreation or the literary centres of the Jane Austen House Museum or Chawton House. 4. The delivery of children to the School is a matter of contention and safety. 5. Disabled parking has not been addressed. 6. The increased popularity of events such as Chawton Fireworks and open gardens means the stage has been reached where parking is a major issue. 7. Use of the recreation ground and cricket field, which is used by Chawton Cricket Club and by the School. 8. The main part of the existing car park is not hard surfaced though in 2013 East Hampshire has usefully repaired this area. There are no bay markings to guide parking and users unintentionally park in a position that fails to best use the limited space. 9. The over parking means at peak times vehicles parked on the highway, particularly Winchester Road, are blocking large vehicles, particularly buses, passing through with the potential to damage services to the community.

CHAWTON PARISH PLAN 2014 7 10. Parking on pavements is increasing and this is unacceptable for pedestrian safety particularly for the disabled. 11. The lack of spaces inhibits those wishing to visit both for Jane Austen and those seeking to enjoy the countryside around Chawton. Some of these issues may only apply only on certain days, for example the firework display and open gardens weekend, and at certain times of the day, for example school opening and closing times. Nevertheless we believe that a single all embracing solution is required to cater not just for these occasions, but for others that may occur in the future. The increase in visitors on summer weekends is now also a regular feature requiring light touch management to enable all to enjoy Chawton. Our objective here will be to enable residents and visitors both to the Village and the National Park to enjoy a safer and more pleasant environment of Chawton.

1 Action Plan for traffic and parking

A summary of the proposals is included as an Appendix to this document. We will work with the Highway and other local authorities, and explore appropriate fund raising avenues where necessary to achieve the following: 1.1 Traffic We need to reduce drastically the volume and speed of traffic in the village, and to limit its speed. It is not considered appropriate or acceptable that the roads in the village should be used without any further restraint on both the volume and speed traffic; apart from the 30 mph speed limit. The necessary steps might include a further speed limit reduction, physical obstacles to force traffic to proceed more slowly, or even a complete closure of the roads to through traffic. This could, for example, involve closing off the access at one end of the village to through traffic and tourist traffic with provision for buses, emergency vehicles and residents to pass through. These provisions need to dovetail particularly with the proposals on Parking in the next section. They also need to avoid increased signage which is incompatible with the preservation of the appearance of the village core Conservation Area.

8 CHAWTON PARISH PLAN 2014 1 Action Plan for traffic and parking (continued)

There is limited opportunity to encourage and facilitate the use of public transport, cycling and walking. With this in mind the Parish Council has introduced some lockable cycle stands. The signposting of Chawton for those walking and cycling from Alton needs substantial improvement; from Alton Station and at the Butts Bridge. This should aim to enable walkers and cyclists to find their way to the underpass under the A31.

The underpass then needs to be improved to facilitate use by cyclists and those using mobility aids, particularly at the entrance and exit areas, balancing the respective needs and safety of all, including equestrian users. Discussions have taken place with Alton Town Council and Hampshire County Council. These discussions need to be acted on.

1.2 Parking 1. The provision of a visitors’ car park or car parks on the fringes of the village, situated so as to avoid the necessity for visitors’ vehicles having to enter or pass through the centre of the village. The preferred solution would be one which enabled a well signed visitors’ car park that was approached without the need to pass through the village centre i.e. access and egress would be outside a barrier preventing through traffic but would need to be within an acceptable walking distance of places of tourist resort particularly the Jane Austen Museum. 2. Improvement to surfacing and markings in existing car parks which would become residents and disabled parking and parking for those visiting local businesses. 3. Regulation of, or prevention of on-street parking within the village: a. To enable residents to park close to their homes without having to compete for space with visitors. b. To provide safety for walkers including residents and tourists. c. To ensure the Conservation Area can be seen and appreciated unspoiled by substantial numbers of vehicles. d. To prevent the common situation where larger vehicles, particularly, buses are unable to pass because of parked vehicles.

CHAWTON PARISH PLAN 2014 9 The Heart of Chawton from the air: Chris Clarke

1 Action Plan for traffic and parking (continued)

4. This might involve the creation of a Restricted Parking Zone to enable control of parking without damage to the historic environment by avoiding the use of yellow lines or inappropriate and intrusive signage. 5. The improvement of facilities for dropping off by coaches, coupled with the provision of a layover area for coaches. This might be coupled with the provision of visitor parking but other possibilities require to be weighed in the finalisation of the way forward. 6. The improvement of facilities for private cars and coaches dropping off children at the village school in an environment that pays particular attention to the safety of the children. 7. The provision of facilities off centre for those using Chawton as a base for walking or cycling. It is logical that those who enjoy outdoor pursuits to improve their enjoyment, and that of others, might relocate their parking to the dead end of Old Gosport Road with no impact on their enjoyment of the Village and its surrounding area. The problem of this, producing some traffic in the Village Core, is an issue which would need to be considered and that consideration might require access and egress to be constructed from the area to the A32. The principal objective here will be to enable Chawton’s parking to be managed and enhanced with benefit to residents and to enable visitors both to the Village and the National Park to enjoy the environment and street scene of Chawton.

10 CHAWTON PARISH PLAN 2014 2 Development and Housing 1. After parking and traffic, development and housing attracted the most comments with over 50% expressing concern at the risk of erosion of the village’s character. 2. Some 30% of respondents were of the view that development that has been permitted in the past has been of a type inappropriate for our village. 3. 20% felt that there has been too much development in the village, with only a small number being of the view that there has been insufficient. 4. Our priority should be to ensure that development within the village meets the needs of those with a local connection to the village. We believe that there is a need for a greater mix of housing. The predominant mix of housing at present is weighted towards either larger houses, both historic and modern, and small traditional cottages. There is a need for medium sized houses to accommodate growing families and retired people, many of whom have been forced to leave the village due to the lack of appropriate housing to meet their changed circumstances. 5. The emerging East Hampshire Local Plan allows for the possibility of limited development to ensure the provision of affordable housing for local needs. For the parts of Chawton within the National Park housing should only be considered to meet the affordable housing needs of those with a strong established Chawton connection. This should be under the control of a Chawton based organisation. 6. Assuming the issues raised in this Plan may face funding difficulties the possibility of enabling development on the same site should not be ruled out. 7. Particular care in implementing these proposals must be taken to preserve the present Alton-Chawton gap and not allow its piecemeal erosion. This gap must therefore have boundaries that reflect the need to ensure it is logically defined by physical characteristics to prevent sprawl. The NPPF adopts this principle as part of its protection of the Green Belt. There is no reason at a local level, given the availability of such physical boundaries, not to apply a similar process to the Alton-Chawton Gap to prevent potential for doubt on boundaries and invite future erosion. 8. With regard to the Shrave different issues arise due to its physical attachment to Four Marks. Development has taken place recently that has diminished the environment of existing properties and there is concern that a wall of development is being created that may lead to further backland development to the detriment of the environment to the north-west of the A31 across the Mid Hants Railway cutting. CHAWTON PARISH PLAN 2014 11 2 Action Plan for control of development

1. Chawton Parish Council must be conceived as a community hub and as a focus for the growth of social objectives this plan seeks to achieve. It must be the confluence of community networks. Local projects may grow out of the interactions that happen as a result. 2. It is essential to bring the Parish Council and community groups further into a ‘partnership’ with external actors and build consensus around policy and development decisions. 3. Clearly, that challenge can only be successfully mounted if there is an effective and authentic connection between the Parish Council, community groups and actors external to that community. This must be achieved by public debate and avoiding breakages in potentially shared networks as groups coalesce into cliques. With this in mind as a first step Chawton Parish Council now facilitates two meetings a year for whole parish participation to debate evolving issues. It will seek to ensure representatives of the National Park and other relevant bodies can take part in these discussions and that our County and District Councillors are welcomed as part of that community policy evolution and monitoring. 4. The two implementation committees mentioned in on Page 6 will be actively involved in the evolution and implementation of the policies in this plan. 5. Cross boundary co-ordination with neighbouring Parishes will be of increasing importance. Alton Town Council, Four Marks and Medstead Parish Councils and Farringdon Parish Council, are all evolving their Neighbourhood Plans. Each will impact on particular aspects of Chawton and the friendly but too distant relationships need to be enhanced. The coordinating role of County and District Councillors and Officers is a key to such co-operation.

12 CHAWTON PARISH PLAN 2014 3 Amenities When asked what services they felt that the village lacked, 46% of respondents to the survey mentioned the lack of a village shop, followed by 26% who would like an improved bus service. A smaller percentage would like more activities within the village for the retired, young mothers and teenagers. Opportunities to satisfy these wishes should be in mind on all occasions when the potential to meet them arises and these issues are all ones the two committees mentioned on page 6 will always have in mind. Bus services to Winchester and Guildford via Alton Station pass along Northfield Lane and consequently involve users crossing the A31 from the village. There is no bus shelter due to repeated vandalism. For those seeking to visit the Open Access Land at Chawton Park Woods using the bus the lack of a footway between the bus stop and the access to the Land is an issue to be addressed. Chawton is blessed with both substantial countryside of high quality in the National Park and the areas of Chawton Park Woods owned by the Forestry Commission and designated as Public Access Land. This creates the conundrum that with a split of about 50/50 between the parts of the Parish in or outside the National Park the larger area of land for public resort is outside the National Park. The principal car park for the Chawton Park Woods is situated just within the Parish on the Medstead boundary at the junction of Red Hill and Boyneswood Road. Access to the woods on foot from Chawton involves crossing the A31 and passing under the railway bridge at Northfield Lane which is without footways and difficult sight lines. This interacts with the Alton Town Council Recreation Ground running from the Alton Sports Centre to Northfield Lane and the perceived danger inhibits access on foot. The Cricket Pavilion and changing rooms and its associated car park are in Chawton Parish. Car parking on occasions overflows onto the road. A coordinated approach to these issues both to ensure safety and to encourage maximum use of all these resources is needed. The Recreation Ground at the heart of the village is under the direct ownership and control of the Parish Council. The Council will seek to enhance its multiple use including children’s play, quiet enjoyment, recreation and for walking with or without dogs. The Shrave is part of Chawton Parish though physically attached to the village of Four Marks. It is subject to development which has diminished the environment of existing properties and that reduction on environmental quality must be mitigated. A wall of development up to the development boundary is being created. The Shrave lies along the A31 and the environment to the north-west across the Mid Hants Steam railway cutting is of particular importance given the adverse impact of the A31 on the environment to the south east. CHAWTON PARISH PLAN 2014 13 All development at the Shrave should ensure there is transition to the rural woodland and fields to the north-west. The diminution in environmental quality for existing properties should be compensated for by environmental improvements. In this respect the re-instatement of the footpath from the Shrave over the Mid Hants Railway Bridge should be pursued. This should provide a direct route to the Forestry Commission Access Land designated for public open space at the Eighteen Acre and Fourteen Acres Plantations. It is the County Council’s obligation to enhance access to Access Land and this is an appropriate location for such enhancement.

Chawton Woods: © Peter Wright

14 CHAWTON PARISH PLAN 2014 Implementing of action plans

As referred to on Page 6 an Implementation Committee will be created whose function will be to liaise with all relevant agencies and authorities. The Committee will co-ordinate the specific proposals contained in this plan. It will keep all aspects of this plan under review, consulting all relevant parties within the Parish where appropriate. Those parties will include not only and principally Hampshire County Council, East Hampshire District Council, Chawton Parish Council, and the South Downs National Park Authority, but also such organisations as the Council for the Protection of Rural England, English Heritage, Natural England, the Environment Agency and the community’s elected representatives. Improved communication between stakeholders needs encouragement in areas such as understanding the positive and negative aspects of their activities to reduce tension and maximise opportunities to utilise the current Village infrastructure. This must be balanced since, whilst advance information may be obtained by visitors on the internet and other means, we will not be able to brief all visitors to the village in advance. Improved signage is likely to be a possible solution to this issue, although the visual impact of this will need to be carefully considered. Financial support of any change and ongoing maintenance are issues to be addressed whenever the opportunity arises. For example, the heritage aspects of the Village benefits substantially from the visitors, yet generally does not provide any financial support for either change, or maintenance of the Village. Such support would in turn protect the incomes of heritage businesses, and not for profit organisations, and maintain the quality of life for other Village residents who are affected by their presence. The Committees referred to on Page 6 are seen as having a key role in coordinating events with all parties to ensure that their impacts are minimised. It should for example not cause significant impact if the ramblers, cyclists and visitors to the Jane Austen Museum had to walk for a minute or two from the Village boundary as part of their visit. The Committees should also be able to monitor desire in the community for new facilities and ensure events such as fireworks, fete, and open gardens are mutually supportive. The Parish Council will maintain the Recreation Ground to meet and enhance this space as outlined under Amenities.

CHAWTON PARISH PLAN 2014 15 Chawton cricket ground: © Peter Wright

Fostering existing community facilities such as the School, the Village Hall, the Church, the Cricket Club, Cassandra’s Cup, the Greyfriar and the Recreation Ground are essential to the maintenance of the Chawton community if it is not to simply move towards being a visitor attraction rather than a place to enjoy living. The balance between residents and visitors can be successfully maintained if the policies in this plan are acted on positively by all decision makers. The floods of 2014 have impacted on Chawton. The Parish will seek to ensure, in cooperation with our Partners, in particular Farringdon Parish Council, that comprehensive, urgent and coordinated action is taken to address the Lavant Stream’s capacity. The particular impact of development at the Shrave must always be considered by planners and partners in securing amenities, particularly access and outlook to the countryside as specified in on page 15.

Left: Flooding 2014 - Laura Rose

16 CHAWTON PARISH PLAN 2014 Conclusion

Chawton is a vibrant and friendly community. The aim of this Plan is to preserve this ethos for residents and visitors despite increasing pressures.

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CHAWTON PARISH PLAN 2014 17 Appendix 1 Traffic and Parking Action Plan

Issue Action Lead Agency

1. Traffic Reduce traffic volume in the village centre and eliminate CPC use as a rat run.

Reduce the speed of traffic through the village centre. CPC

Improve the environment within the village for other CPC road users, e.g. equestrian, pedestrian and cyclists.

Improve access from the village to Alton for pedestrians CPC and cyclists, including the disabled.

2. Parking Provision of a public car park on the fringes of the village to accommodate visitors and attenders at CPC village events.

Improvement of existing car parks. CPC

Provision of off street parking for residents. CPC

Regulation of on street parking within CPC the village centre.

Provision of parking for coaches. CPC

Provision of parking for school. CPC

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Partners Funding Sources Priority

National Lottery National Lottery, HCC High

HCC HCC High/medium

HCC, HCC, High/medium EHDC EHDC

HCC HCC High EHDC, ATC EHDC, ATC

HCC, EHDC, SDNP SDNP, National Lottery High Museum HCC

EHDC, CPC EHDC Medium Village Hall

EHDC, CPC EHDC, CPC Medium

HCC, HCC Medium EHDC

HCC, HCC, SNDP, Medium EHDC EHDC

HCC, EHDC, HCC, EHDC Medium School governors CPC

19 Appendix 2 Map of Chawton

20 Map of Chawton CHAWTON PARISH PLAN 2014

21 22 23 Index

Introduction 1 Chawton Parish 3 Consultation 5 Traffic and Parking 6-8 Action Plan 8-9 Development and Housing 11 Action Plan 12 Amenities 13 Implementing action plans 15 Conclusion 17

Appendix 1: Traffic and Parking Action Plan 18-19 Appendix 2: Map of Chawton 20-21

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As we look forward to the future, we believe “that this Plan should seek to set out a path that will make it possible in a rapidly changing world to preserve those things that make Chawton a good place to live and work in ”

Front and back cover photography: © Peter Wright