Friday, October 14 2011, 09:21 GMT
Council approves consultation draft of the Local Plan
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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