Core Strategy Submitted
 
Did you comment on the Pre-Submission Publication?

The Pre-Submission Havant Borough Core Strategy was published between 31 March and 17 May 2010.  A total of 146 different consultees made a total of 667 representations.  A summary of the main issues raised in the representations can be viewed www.havant.gov.uk/havant-11121  and are also available to view at our Customer Services desk.

Havant Borough Council submitted the Core Strategy to the government for examination by an independent Planning Inspector on Wednesday 2 June 2010. Inspector, Mr Geoff Salter MRTPI has been appointed by the Planning Inspectorate to conduct the examination and determine whether the Core Strategy is sound. A Pre Hearing Meeting took place on 27 July, when the Inspector set out how the examination will proceed and confirmed that he will consider all the written representations that have been received. The examination hearings are scheduled to commence 10.00am on 7 September 2010, after which the Inspector will produce a report that will be binding on the council.  The running order and list of invited participants is available here

The Submission Core Strategy consists

of the Pre-Submission Core Strategy and

the Schedule of Changes that have been made by the council to the Core Strategy and the submission documents.  The schedule lists all the changes along with reasons for the changes. 

All the submission documents including the Core Strategy, the Schedule of Changes, the Proposals Map, the Sustainability Appraisal, the evidence base, copies of all representations duly made and a summary of the main issues raised are available to view on the council’s website at www.havant.gov.uk. They are also available for inspection at the Civic Offices, Havant, Hampshire, PO9 2AX, Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm.

The Submission Core Strategy including the Schedule of Changes and the Proposals Map will be available for inspection at libraries listed overleaf and on the mobile library.  It will be available at Waterlooville Community Centre while Waterlooville library is closed for refurbishment.  Submission Core Strategy DVDs with copies of all the Submission documents will also be available at the libraries. The deposit point addresses and their opening times are as follows:

• Havant Library, Meridian Centre, Mon 9am - 5.30pm, Tue 9am - 5.30pm, Wed 9am - 1pm, Thu 9.30am - 6pm, Fri 9am - 6pm, Sat 9am - 5pm, Sun 10am - 2pm
• Emsworth Library, 23 High Street, Emsworth, Mon 9.30am - 1pm, Tue 9.30am -1pm, 2pm - 5pm, Wed closed, Thu 9.30am -1pm, 2pm - 5pm, Fri 9.30am - 1pm, 2pm - 7pm, Sat 9.30am - 1pm, Sun closed
• Leigh Park Library, 50 Park Parade, Mon 9am-5pm, Tue 9am - 5pm, Wed closed, Thu 9am - 7pm, Fri 9am - 7pm, Sat 9.30am - 4pm,  Sun closed
• Hayling Library, Elm Grove, Mon 9.30am - 7pm, Tue 9.30am - 5pm, Wed 9.30am - 5pm, Thu closed, Fri 9.30am - 7pm, Sat 9.30am - 1pm, Sun closed
• Waterlooville Community Centre, 10 Maurepas Way, Waterlooville, Mon - Sat 9.30 -3.30, Sun closed.

Please view here or telephone 0845 603 5631 to check a library is open.

Programme Officer, Lynette Duncan of Persona Associates, has been appointed for the purposes of coordinating the examination of the Core Strategy and is dealing with all related procedural, administrative and programming matters. The Programme Officer is independent of the council and will work directly with the Inspector and her contact details are as follows:

Lynette Duncan

Havant Borough Council, Civic Offices, Havant, Hampshire, PO9 2AX

Mobile: 0754 2247 535

Email: lynetteduncan@personaassociates.co.uk

Change of Government - Will it affect Havant Borough Council's Local Development Framework?

On the 6 July the Secretary of State formally revoked the regional spatial strategies with the aim of returning decision making powers on housing and planning to local councils.

We have taken guidance and advice from both the Government Office for the South East and sought an independent legal opinion both of whom advise that we should continue to progress our Core Strategy.

Our full statement ‘Havant Borough Council Core Strategy – Comments relating to the Impact of the Revocation of the South East Plan’ can be viewed online here along with further advice given to Havant Borough Council by QC, Peter Towler, regarding the implications of the abolition of the South East Plan (SEP). 

The council considers that whilst the revocation of the SEP has created some uncertainty, much of the SEP is covered by existing national policy or the Havant Core Strategy has provided a local policy position. An initial view is that the comprehensive evidence that justifies the policies in the Core Strategy remains sound. The Core Strategy is aimed at creating a sustainable borough where local communities will see change for the better with new jobs, homes and facilities delivered where they are locally needed. The council would therefore seek the Inspector's support in charting a positive path through the current policy uncertainty to enable the borough to continue the positive planning of the local area.

Public Service Village Update

Havant Borough Council has started work preparing for the refurbishment and extension of the Civic Offices from October this year.

By September 2011 services provided by Havant Borough Council, Connexions, Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB), the National Health Service (NHS) Learning & Disability Team and Hampshire County Council’s Children’s and Adult Services will be brought together in the refurbished building.

During the construction and refurbishment works services to the public provided by Havant Borough Council and CAB will continue from the Civic Offices although there will be changes to:

• layout of reception
• car parking arrangements for visitors and staff
• location of staff teams
• location of committee and other meetings held by the council.

 The NHS Learning Disability Service, which currently operates from the Civic Offices will temporarily relocate to offices in River Way, Havant, during the refurbishment.

More than just refurbishment of the Civic Offices

The refurbishment of the Civic Offices, Phase 1 of the Public Service Village site is intended to attract other investors to the wider Civic campus area, leading to new development.

Havant Borough Council has produced the PSV Supplementary Planning Document to guide the development and growth in the wider public service village area beyond Phase 1. This includes land and car parks associated with the Civic Offices and other land and buildings in the immediate area. This guidance is for developers, landowners, councillors, interest groups and members of the general public.

More information about this can be found here or by telephoning 023 9244 6019 or when visiting the Civic Offices.