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Friday, September 30 2011, 08:52 GMT

Update to Local Plan

The Draft Eastleigh Borough Local Plan, which sets out a strategic vision and planning policies for the Borough over the next 18 years and was agreed by Cabinet on Monday 10 October 2011 and subsequently full Council on Thursday 13 October 2011 for public consultation between 28th October 2011 and 3 January 2012.

Eastleigh Borough Local Plan 2011-2029 (Draft for Consultation)

Additional documents: 

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

• the reduction of greenfield housing from 8000 to 4700
• three preferred locations for a total of 3700 homes as part of large scale development on greenfield sites
• proposals for a bypass for Botley village
• proposals for around 1000 homes on smaller Greenfield sites throughout the borough
• the Strategic Development Area remains deleted
• gaps between communities have been protected
• that the Council is repeating its objection to gravel at Hamble airfield and proposes no Greenfield allocations at Hamble
• proposals for a bypass at the junction of Heath House Lane/Sundays Hill at Hedge End

Public Consultation Programme

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

• Staffed public exhibitions across the Borough – dates and venues tbc
• Media information ie press releases etc
• Web pages
• Copies of the Local Plan will be available at the Civic Offices, libraries, Town/Parish Councils.
 
Once the consultation period has closed the Council will consider all representations and comments that have been made. These will all be reported to Cabinet along with a revised version of the Local Plan.  The revised version will be considered by Cabinet in summer 2012. 

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