Matter 4/248 Hart Local Plan Examination 10/18 On behalf of Winchfield Parish Council (WPC) with the support of Crondall Parish Council (CPC), Dogmersfield Parish Council (DPC), Hartley Wintney Parish Council (HWPC), Odiham Society and the Whitewater Preservation Society. Matter 4 Hearing Statement jb planning associates Chells Manor, Chells Lane, Stevenage, Herts, SG2 7AA e-mail
[email protected] url www.jbplanning.com tel 01438 312130 fax 01438 312131 1 Hart Local Plan Examination Matter 4 Hearing Statement for Winchfield Parish Council (Respondent ref: 248) Matter 4: Housing: the spatial distribution of new housing 4.3) Is the proposed distribution of housing set out in Policy SS1 supported by the Sustainability Appraisal, and will it lead to the most sustainable pattern of housing growth? 1. In WPC’s Matter 1 statement and Regulation 19 representations, it explains how the SA work undertaken completely fails to demonstrate that the HLPSS has been formulated based on a sound process of SA and testing of reasonable alternatives. Identified development options and alternatives have been chosen so as to justify a political decision, without due regard to the available evidence, which points to more sustainable growth options. Murrell Green/Winchfield 4.10) Is there a need for a new settlement Murrell Green/Winchfield within the Plan period? 2. There is clearly no need for a new settlement within the Plan period to meet housing needs; a point acknowledged by HDC1. 3. WPC’s representation on Policy SS1 strongly challenges the need for a new settlement Area of Search (AoS) to be identified in the HLPSS in view of Hart’s extensive housing supply pipeline, which is sufficient to meet longer term needs beyond the end of the Plan period2.