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Friday, October 14 2011, 09:21 GMT

Council approves consultation draft of the Local Plan

Last night the Council approved for public consultation the Draft Eastleigh Borough Local Plan 2011-2029.  The Plan, which sets out a strategic vision and planning policies for the Borough over the next 18 years, will now be published ready for a nine week period of consultation starting on Friday 28 October 2011.

The Draft Local Plan provides details of development to meet our future housing requirements and includes:

  • the Strategic Development Area remains deleted
  • the protection of gaps between communities
  • the greenfield housing requirement has come down from 8000 to 4700
  • three preferred locations for a total of 3700 homes as part of large scale developments on greenfield sites
  • proposals for a bypass for Botley village
  • proposals for around 1000 homes on smaller greenfield sites throughout the borough
  • that the Council is repeating its objection to gravel at Hamble airfield and proposes no greenfield allocations at Hamble
  • policies for the control of new development across the borough

Public Consultation Programme

The public consultation programme will run from Friday 28 October 2011 to Tuesday 3 January 2012 throughout the borough and will include:

  • Staffed public exhibitions across the Borough – dates and venues tbc
  • Media information and publicity ie press releases etc
  • Web pages and the opportunity to comment  online
  • Copies of the Local Plan will be available at the Civic Offices, libraries, town/parish council offices or for purchase from the civic offices. 

When the consultation period has closed the Council will carefully consider all the representations and comments that have been made. These will all be reported to Cabinet along with a revised version of the Local Plan in summer 2012.  

DATE –  14 October 2011

ISSUED BY – Steve Collins TEL – 023 8068 8205

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