BRAMSHOTT & LIPHOOK VISION OF COMMUNITY FOR THEIR NDP CONSULTATION EVENTPARISH
PLANNING POLICIES TO ALLOCATION OF IMPROVE MISSION STATEMENT: PROPOSED LAND APPEARANCE, USES MOVEMENT & FACILITIES ETC. WHAT FORMS ‘Listening to the community to deliver a Neighbourhood Development Plan to enhance the Parish of Bramshott and A NDP? Liphook, both now and into the future.’
PLANNING POLICIES TO SITE SPECIFIC The B&L NDP covers the whole parish of Bramshott & Liphook. INFLUENCE PLANNING LOCATION OF POLICIES DEVELOPMENT
A NEIGHBOURHOOD DEVELOPMENT PLAN (NDP)… CAN:
- Help local communities influence the planning of their area; VISION OF COMMUNITY AIM OF NDP CONSULTATION EVENT: FOR THEIR - Be used to develop a shared vision for a neighbourhood; PARISH Your comments will provide further evidence on - To obtain the community’s comments on the - Propose where new homes, shops, offices and other development the community’s vision and desires for the such as leisure and entertainment facilities and community centres visions and emerging draft planning policies; PLANNING POLICIES TO parish, and to allow the NDP to further develop should be built; ALLOCATION OF = IMPROVE PROPOSED LAND APPEARANCE, - To obtain the community’s comments on the initial suitable planning policies and land use proposals USES - Promote more development than is set out in the Local Plan; MOVEMENT & WHAT proposed options for land uses within the parish; for the refinement of the NDP. FACILITIES ETC. - Influence what new buildings should look like; FORMS - Be used to identify and protect important local green spaces, A NDP? allotments, play areas, parks & gardens; - Set out planning policies and land uses for an area; NDP CONSULTATION REGULATION 14 REGULATION 16 SUBMIT FOR NDP EXHIBITION & EXHIBITION & 6 WEEK CONSULTATION 6 WEEK CONSULATION EXAMINATION & PLANNING ENGAGEMENT EVENT REFERENDUM ENGAGEMENT EVENT PERIOD + DROP IN EVENT PERIOD + DROP IN EVENT POLICIES TO SITE SPECIFIC INFLUENCE PLANNING CANNOT: LOCATION OF POLICIES DEVELOPMENT - - Conflict with the strategic policies in the Local Planning Authority’s (LPA) Local Plan;
FEEDBACK ANALYSIS FEEDBACK ANALYSIS OF ANALYSIS OF PREPARESUBMISSION PRE GATHERING & ASSESSMENT FEB REFINEMENTOUTLINE OF PLAN EXAMINATION - Be used to prevent development included in the LPA’s Local Plan CONSULTATION PREPARE FURTHER 2019 FURTHER EVIDENCE ENVIRONMENTAL PREPARE PLAN FOR REPORTS + STRATEGIC (refer to EHDC’s current Regulation 18 consultation); GETTING INVOLVED AT THIS CONSULTATION EVENT! A NEIGHBOURHOOD DEVELOPMENT PLAN… GETTING INVOLVED AT THIS CONSULTATION EVENT! NDPs must be in general conformity with the strategic policies of the Local Planning Authority’s (LPA) Local Plan. PUBLIC SPORTS & COMMUNITY FACILITIES? - There are 7 presentations on display, one per Working Party setting out their visions and emerging draft planning policies. Bramshott & Liphook falls within two Planning Authorities, East
Hampshire District Council and South Downs National Park NDP CONSULTATION REGULATION 14 REGULATION 16 SUBMIT FOR - There are 7 presentations on display, one per Working Party setting out their visions and emerging draft NDP EXHIBITION & EXAMINATION & EXHIBITION & ENGAGEMENT EVENT 6 WEEK CONSULTATION 6 WEEK CONSULATION - Thereplanning is also policies. a presentation of emerging land use proposals for the Parish. Authority. ENGAGEMENT EVENT PERIOD + DROP IN EVENT PERIOD + DROP IN EVENT REFERENDUM
- - PleaseThere is read also the a presentation proposals and of useemerging the feedback land use forms proposals to provide for the your Parish. comments. The proposed final Neighbourhood Development Plan must comply ECO HOMES? ANALYSIS FEEDBACK FEEDBACK WHAT ANALYSIS OF ANALYSIS OF PREPARESUBMISSION PRE GATHERING & RENEWABLE - Speak with the Steering Group and Working Party members available. OUTLINE PLAN ASSESSMENT EXAMINATION REFINEMENT OF MIXED USE - Please read the proposals and use the feedback forms to provide your comments. with both EHDC and SDPNA’s Local Plans and strategic policies. CONSULTATION PREPARE FURTHER FURTHER EVIDENCE ENERGY? ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENTS?PREPARE PLAN FOR ELSE IS REPORTS + STRATEGIC GREY WATER - ConcentrateSpeak with the on Steeringissues which Group have and potential Working toParty be addressedmembers available.by an NDP, local knowledge is invaluable! RECYCLING? As lead Planning Authority, EHDC arranges the independent DESIRED? - NewConcentrate facts or onevidence issues whichis vital, have provide potential details to on be where addressed the evidence by an NDP, has local been knowledge sourced from. is invaluable! examination, which if passed allows EHDC to arrange the local - Do not be afraid to say yes to anything you agree with, we need positives as well, because if someone referendum. - New facts or evidence is vital, provide details on where the evidence has been sourced from. else objects and there is no evidence of public support, a policy could be changed. - Do not be afraid to say yes to anything you agree with, we need positives as well, because if someone Once a NDP is approved at referendum, the policies take else objects and there is no evidence of public support, a policy could be changed. EVENING precedence over non-strategic policies in the LPAs Local Plans for ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES? Access & Movement Policies Community Policies Sports & Recreation Policies Housing Policies Heritage & Design Policies Public Services Policies Employment Policies that neighbourhood.
Access & Movement Policies Community Policies Sports & Recreation Policies Housing Policies Heritage & Design Policies Public Services Policies Employment Policies Your interaction as a member of this parish is necessary to ensure
this NDP complies with the community’s vision for our area. BRAMSHOTT & LIPHOOK WE ARE RECRUITING STEERING GROUP & WORKING PARTY MEMBERS! If you are interested in getting involved, please speak with a Steering Group member who will be happy to answer queries. NDP CONSULTATION EVENT We need interested, resourceful and enthusiastic members to help make the NDP a success! All types of experience, backgrounds, and interests can be of great benefit to developing an NDP.
Diversity is key to ensure that as many aspects as possible are explored, so that the final NDP reflects the vision of the COMMUNITY COMMENTS & ASPIRATIONS 7community POLICY of Bramshott THEMES& Liphook Parish. LARGER SURGERY, HUBS The Design Forum had a diverse range of voices that came WE ARE LISTENING… FOR PATIENT CARE BY together to share ideas and successfully explored the NURSES, MORE • Website: www.bramshottandliphookndp.uk or follow us on Facebook SELF CARE challenges and opportunities that the neighbourhood plan
SPORTS FOR ALL, MORE VARIETY needs• Facebook: to address.follow us on @BramshottandLiphookNDP FOOTBALL PITCHES, OF SHOPS, BMX TRACK, HISTORIC SKATEPARK, BUILDINGS AS After• Email: this [email protected] consultation 7 clear policy themes ‘To support an economically vibrant, SWIMMING POOL, SHOPS OR Community Policies mixed use centre, and to provide BOULES PITCH RESTAURANTS emerged, resulting in the publication of the Interim Report. • Post: NDP Administrator: facilities for all generations including COMMUNITY EachNDP Policy Office Theme is lead by a Working Party who have those living and working in the Parish.’ ASPIRATIONS beenc/o working The LMC on Office the visions and draft planning policies for FOR PARISH the2 theme. Ontario Way Liphook COMMUNITY The key vision for each theme are: BUSINESSES HUB, SOFT Hampshire SUPPORTING PLAY, STARTER LOCAL & RURAL GU30 7LD CHARITIES & BUSINESSES, GROUPS COVERED ‘Improving the circulation of people, ‘Improvement of existing facilities MARKET Access & Movement Policies and goods, around and through the Sports & Recreation Policies and planning for the future servicing STARTER HOMES, Parish.’ AFFORDABLE of additional sports and recreational HOMES, SELF BUILD, facilities for the community.’ VULNERABLE PEOPLE, DISTABLED ACCESS, ELDERLY & YOUNG FAMILIES 7 POLICY THEMES COMMUNITY’s COMMENTS & ASPIRATIONS The key vision for each theme are:
Summary of community’s comments made at the Design Forum. LARGER ‘Ensure new housing developments ‘To endeavour to provide better access Thecommunity’s larger the word, the more often it wasSURGERY, raised HUBS in the comments received. PROTECT Housing Policies Public Services Policies FOR PATIENT NATIONAL PARK contributes to the identified local to community healthcare, education aspirations raised at CARE BY BUT OPEN UP NURSES, MORE FOOTPATHS & housing needs of the Parish, whilst and to ensure high standards of the Design Forum. SELF CARE ACCESS having regard to affordability, design environmental sustainability and sustainability. Any new throughout the Parish.’ SPORTS FOR ALL, MORE VARIETY FOOTBALL PITCHES, OF SHOPS, development must respect our local BMX TRACK, HISTORIC These aspirations SKATEPARK, BUILDINGS AS environment, natural and built.. and SWIMMING POOL, SHOPS OR are currently being BOULES PITCH RESTAURANTS have a positive impact on the Parish.’ addressed through IMPROVED COMMUNITY COUNTRYSIDE COMMUNITY ACCESS ALONG SETTING, MORE the 7 Working RIVER WEY ASPIRATIONS NATIVE TREES, ‘To rediscover the heritage of the ‘Support and promote a vibrant ASPIRATIONS CORRIDOR, CYCLE PATHS TO Heritage & Design Policies Employment Policies Parties, through MORE FOOT & FOR FOR PARISH BORDON Parish and address issues of employment base within the gathering of factual CYCLE PATHS ENVIRONMENT aesthetics, in geographical areas Parish. Safeguard existing COMMUNITY evidence, BUSINESSES HUB, SOFT such as the village centre and with employment land and identifying SUPPORTING PLAY, STARTER regard to design details such as the new sites and opportunities, along consultation and LOCAL & RURAL CHARITIES & BUSINESSES, appearance of shop fronts and shop with small business creation, and analysis of GROUPS COVERED MARKET signs.’ promote stronger education/ information STARTER HOMES, workplace links.’ AFFORDABLE RADFORD PARK, gathered to date. HOMES, SELF BUILD, MORE OPEN VULNERABLE SPACES, PEOPLE, DISTABLED INCREASE ACCESS, ELDERLY & WILDLIFE YOUNG FAMILIES ENVIRONMENTAL
PROGRESS & EVENTS DESIGNATIONS & Since the issue of Feria’s Interim Report in AprilPROTECT 2018, the NDP have been NATIONAL PARK CONSTRAINTS BUT OPEN UP actively gathering evidence, consulting withFOOTPATHS key groups & and stakeholders in the community, and public bodies. ACCESS This map shows the A Travel Survey has been issued to businesses/employers within the Parish with environmental designations a further survey for their employees regarding travel to and within the Parish. and constraints on the DRAFT Bramshott & Liphook Neighbourhood Plan parish, including Special
IMPROVED Questionnaires have also taken place at localCOMMUNITY events. COUNTRYSIDE Protection Areas, Sites of ACCESS ALONG SETTING, MORE RIVER WEY ASPIRATIONS About thisNATIVE TREES,report CORRIDOR, Special Scientific Interest, CYCLE PATHS TO The Steering Group of theMORE NDP FOOT &have also beenFOR active BORDON at several consultation eventsCYCLE PATHS held by EHDCENVIRONMENT and Conservation Areas, and the As part of the process of developing the South Downs National Park. SDNPA. Bramshott & Liphook Neighbourhood Development Plan, a successful community Of importance is the visioning event was held in June 2017 and a NDP IN THE COMMUNITY remaining land outside of three day design forum was held in November RADFORD PARK, these constraints, which is MORE OPEN 2017. While the visioning event had a The NDP have been active and encouraging theSPACES, approximately 1/3 of the INCREASE community focus as it sought to uncover the community to get involved as Working Party WILDLIFE main issues of concern to local interest groups parish. Members! and residents, the design forum provided a The visioning event helped uncover some
Liphook Charity Bike Ride platform for more detailed development and key issues that were taken forward into the land allocation issues as it addressed subject design forum for further testing. Bramshott Open Gardens of housing growth and diferent development Dylans Ice Cream 10th Birthday Party scenarios.
The results of the visioning event can be found in a separate report and the various individual outcomes of the design forum have been captured in both slide shows and videos. All public materials are available on the Bramshott & Liphook Neighbourhood Development Plan website1.
This report seeks to draw interim conclusions from this consultation and engagement process The design forum was collaborative and so far. These conclusions focus on two areas: interactive, testing ideas and options. The frst focus of the report is setting out the range of draft planning polices that have emerged from the engagement work during 2017 (pages 18 — 45). These draft heading are supported by recommendations to develop these into more fully-formed planning policies.
The second is the issue of housing land allocations and how these can be addressed by the next stages of the neighbourhood plan process (pages 48 — 54).
There was engagement with a wide variety of views and opinions during the three days of the design forum. 1 https://bramshottandliphookndp.uk/
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HISTORY OF BRAMSHOTT & LIPHOOK
INTRODUCTION
Our parish is both geographically and in population one of the largest rural parishes in the district. It The general character of the area—including the heathlands—is nowadays substantially woodland, but comprises one major settlement, Liphook and seven smaller ones—the hamlets of Bramshott, still with some spectacular long-distance views to especially over the South Downs National Park to the Passfield/Passfield Common, Conford, Griggs Green, Hammer Vale, Hewshott and Bramshott Chase: there south and southwest of towards Weavers Down, and further away the Hangers and Butser Hill (in the are in addition smaller or more scattered areas of settlement more or less closely associated with Liphook South Downs). The valleys of the River Wey and its tributaries are the other most significant of the or the hamlets (for example, Burgh Hill, Hill House Hill/ Conford Park Gate, Bramshott Court). Historically, Parish’s landscape and landform. the parish comprised three Manors (Bramshott, Ludshott and Chiltley) and a detached portion of Oakhanger Manor (part of Conford) and two detached portions of Rogate-Bohunt Manor, as well as some The South Downs National Park [SDNP] boundary runs through the Parish. Therefore the Planning of the Royal Woolmer Forest. Authority is split between the SDNP and East Hampshire District Council [EHDC].
The ascendancy of Bramshott, with its Church, began to be challenged as links with other parts of the nation became more important: with the establishment of strategic routes—in particular between London TREES, HEDGEROWS AND WOODLANDS and the Navy at Portsmouth, and routes used by the Wealden and local iron industry—minor locations became sidelined where they were not on those most direct and convenient routes between the major Woodlands and hedgerows give structure to our rural landscape and provide the framework of field centres. patterns: it is most critically important when it forms the setting of our settlements and can be exploited in new developments to give character, cultural and physical continuity, and corridors for wildlife. By the turn of the century (1900) the area had become a popular place for country homes for the successful Individual trees add to this function and may provide landmarks as a result of their size, position or middle classes and this continued into the inter-war period. The presence of both good rail and reasonable individual interest. Not all critical trees, few rural wood lands and no hedgerows (outside Conservation road links encouraged the development of the area as a rural 'dormitory' for commuters to (primarily) Areas) are specifically protected. London; even at this time Liphook in particular - but the hamlets also to a lesser degree - were being developed in a disorganised way: the big stumbling block was the London-Portsmouth Road (by then of The map located on the internet at maps.easthants.gov.uk/easthampshire.aspx?&tab=maps [example course the A3) and it was apparently impossible to plan for the future until a route for its bypassing Liphook below] identifies such specimens and landscape features in the most pressured area of the parish— was resolved. Liphook village and its immediate hinterland.
There was therefore no local Development Plan but building A project has been mooted to record veteran and other especially valuable specimens and woodland was nonetheless permitted (or allowed on appeal on an ad hoc tree belts beyond the built-up areas, and this would be well worth following through. basis).Only for the last 35 or so years have we had a formally, publicly, reviewed planning framework.
The way in which Liphook developed between the first and second world wars was the classic "ribbon” form, along the roads radiating out from the centre.
Much of the history of development in Liphook from the 1960s has been the filling-in of the gaps between these ribbons. It is an issue for the NDP to consider how much further this can – or should - go and whether, in particular, there are areas there that should (in preference to other developable areas) remain unbuilt - and, if so, to what use they should be put.
COUNTRYSIDE & SETTING
Bramshott and Liphook is geographically a very large Parish: the majority of its populated areas lie near its southern and southwestern edge and the character of the Parish as a whole is predominantly rural— this image is reinforced by the emptiness of the heathland areas— mostly owned by the Ministry of Defence or the National Trust; elsewhere the farms that occupied the more productive land and river valleys have in the main been broken up and surviving agricultural landholdings consolidated.
Farming is no longer a dominant activity in this parish: much of the rest of the land, having first fallen prey in places to interwar ’ribbon’ development, is given over to garden and paddocks.
LAND USE ASSESSMENTS BY EHDC & SDNPA Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment Settlement: Liphook Sustainability Appraisal (SA) of the emerging East Hampshire Local Bramshott and Liphook Plan-Interim SA Report-December 2018 2016 Recommendation Excluded Adopted Settlement Policy Boundary Parish of Bramshott and Liphook EHDC LAA Sites SA comments Rejected SDNPA boundary
0 50 100 200 300 m Access to sites proposed to the north and south of A3 would appear to take access through the roadside services. This could have impacts on the strategic road network. There are areas of ancient woodland and SINC in this area, so there is also potential for adverse impacts on biodiversity. There are some fluvial flood risks. LIP-029, LIP030