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Eastleigh Borough Local Plan 2011-2029

Local Plan 2011-2029: Pre-submission consultation

As you will know, the Council is preparing a new Local Plan for the borough. PreSub Local Plan Front Cover

The pre-submission Local Plan and its updated sustainability appraisal, Habitats Regulations assessment and transport assessment were agreed by Cabinet and Council for consultation on 26 July 2012.  They were published on 17 August and the closing date for comments was Friday 12 October 2012.  These are the versions of the Local Plan and its related assessments and appraisals that the Council intended to submit to the Secretary of State for formal examination (along with other supporting evidence). 

The consultation on these documents has now closed.

This was intended to be the final consultation before the plan is submitted for examination.  However the outcome of the pre-submission consultation means that we have to change the plan and the programme for preparing it .

Programme update 20 May  2013:

Following the consultation on the pre-submission Local Plan the Council’s intention was to progress the Local Plan to examination in 2013.  However, a small number of representations have raised issues that mean we have to reconsider some of the Local Plan’s proposals. Hampshire County Council’s withdrawal of a major residential development site, means new residential allocations needed to be found, and that this meant that the programme for preparing the Local Plan would be delayed.   In addition,we also need to address concerns expressed by the Highways Agency about the transport assessment. .  After consideration of all the issues, we have concluded that we must repeat the draft and pre-submission consultation stages for the Local Plan.   

On 16 May 2013, the Council’s Cabinet agreed a new programme for preparing the Local Plan – the revised Local Development Scheme (LDS) May 2013.  You can see the new LDS on our website.

In the meantime, we are investigating alternative site options, and we have commissioned further work on transport assessment.  We are also updating other parts of our evidence base – see below.  Work is also progressing on the implementation of some of the sites that have already been identified through the Local Plan so far.  Permission has been granted for the development of the strategic site at Boorley Green and the housing site north of Pylands Lane, and negotiations are in progress on a number of other sites.

Statement of Community Involvement

We are inviting comments on an update of the Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) which sets out how the community is to be involved in planning matters.

Sustinability Appraisal Scoping Report

The Sustainability Appriasial Scoping Report has been updated. It sets out baseline data about the borough and identifies key sustainability issues that the plan will need to address along with a framework for the sustainability appraisal.

Programme update 10 January 2013:

Following the consultation on the pre-submission Local Plan the Council’s intention was to progress the Local Plan to examination in 2013.  However, a small number of representations have raised issues that mean we have to reconsider some of the Local Plan’s proposals.  In particular, the County Council in its capacity as landowner has stated that its land west of Woodhouse Lane, Hedge End will not be made available for development during the plan period.  In addition, concerns have been expressed by the Highways Agency about the transport assessment undertaken for the Plan and the County Council’s acceptance of that assessment in its present form.  The Borough Council is reviewing its position and discussing these representations with HCC as landowner, HCC as the highway authority and the Highways Agency.  It is likely that alternative housing sites will have to be found, and further transport assessment work undertaken.  Once a conclusion has been reached, the Council will review the Local Development Scheme which sets out the programme for preparing the Local Plan.  Further updates will be posted on this website as they become available.

Viewing the Pre-submission Local Plan and related documents:

The pre-submission Local Plan and related appraisals, assessments and other supporting evidence can be viewed below, and are also available for inspection at the Civic Offices, town and parish council offices and public libraries in the borough.  Documents can be purchased, prices £45.00 for the Local Plan, £25.00 each for the draft appraisals/assessments, incl. p&p.

All representations received are now available to view on this web-site here .  Documentation made available does not include addresses or contact details.

The consultation on the pre-submission Local Plan was advertised in the Southern Daily Echo and a copy of the advertisement is available here.  Attention was also drawn to the pre-submission Local Plan consultation in the Council’s free newspaper, the Borough News, and in the Planning Policy & Design Team August newsletter.

As well as the appraisals and assessments, other parts of the Plan’s evidence base have also been updated, and will now need to be updated further.  The Council is also preparing a number of other documents relating to the Local Plan and how it was prepared.  A Statement of Consultations has been completed which explains how the Council has undertaken consultations on the emerging Local Plan, related evidence and other documents.  An Equalities Impact Assessment has also been prepared. Other documents in preparation include an infrastructure delivery plan, a duty to cooperate statement, a statement of compliance with the National Planning Policy Framework, a statement of compliance with the South East Plan, a soundness self assessment, an assessment of legal compliance.  These will be made available on this website as soon as possible.

Following the end of the pre-submission Local Plan consultation on 12 October 2012, the representations received are being analysed, and consideration is being given to whether any of them can be resolved by minor amendments to the Local Plan or to the proposals map. If it appears possible we will be in touch with the respondent to suggest how their comments might be dealt with.

Contacts

If you have any questions or need help understanding the plan, please contact:

Julia Norman, LDF Manager, Planning Policy & Design Team, Eastleigh Borough Council, Civic Offices, Leigh Road, Eastleigh, Hants, SO50 9YN.

Tel. 023 8068 8240, E-mail. localplan@eastleigh.gov.uk 

Downloads

Pre-submission Local Plan Document  (15mb)
Pre-submission Policies Map - North  (9mb)                 List of updates and corrections      
Pre-submission Policies Map - South  (9mb)             to the Pre-submission Policies maps
Habitats Regulations Assessment Screening Report  (2mb)
Transport Assessment  (5mb) & Appendices   (13mb)
Consultation Form (download) - Consultation Form (online)
Guidance Notes  

Statement of Consultations  Document  (Appendices below)

Consultation Appendices Volume 1

Consultation Appendices Volume 2

Consultation Appendices Volume 3

Consultation Appendices Volume 4

Consultation Appendices Volume 5

 

Links

Context -Local Development Framework   

Sustainability Appraisal Report  
Local Plan Evidence Base
Search full representations.

 

 


Previous Consultations

Draft Eastleigh Borough Local Plan 2011-2029
Consultations on proposed changes, appraisals and assessments 1 June – 13 July 2011

An initial review of the comments received on the draft Local Plan and further evidence particularly on employment land suggested that we needed to propose some changes to the draft site allocations.  We also needed to consult on the appraisals and assessments that had informed the preparation of the draft Local Plan.  We therefore undertook a consultation on the following documents commencing 1 June 2012, with a closing date of 13 July 2012:

Draft proposed changes to site allocations  (6mb)
Draft Sustainability Appraisal Report  (4mb)
Draft Habitats Regulations Assessment  (2mb)
Draft Transport Assessment  (2mb)
Draft Transport Assessment Appendices  

Draft Local Plan 2011-2029

The draft Local Plan was published for consultation on 28 October 2011.  The consultation period extended to 3 January 2012.  In response to this consultation the Council received some 2700 representations from around 1200 individuals and organisations.  The representations can be viewed here.

The following documents were published: 

Draft Eastleigh Borough Local Plan 2011-2029

Consultation Representations (28 October 2011 - 3 January 2012)

Full versions of the representations can be viewed by using the online search facility here:

Search full representations.

Summary details of all representations made on the draft Local Plan 2011-2029 are available through the link below. 

Summary details of representations from 28th November 2011 - 24th April 2012.

 

 

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