US1 RESERVOIR - HAVANT THICKET
Land at Havant Thicket is
safeguarded for the possible construction of a
reservoir.
457. Portsmouth Water plc purchased land
in Havant Thicket in 1965 for the purpose of constructing a large,
open storage reservoir. It is likely that this will be needed
before the end of the Local Plan period. Safeguarding the land, as
identified on the Proposals Map, will assist the development of
future plans and enable long term planning to minimise
environmental damage and to maximise opportunities for uses other
than pure water storage.
458. Should the reservoir be
constructed, there would be implications affecting the Sir George
Staunton Conservation Area, the designated Historic Parks and
Gardens landscape and wildlife interests. All these impacts would
need to be assessed from an environmental point of view. The
safeguarding policies for a reservoir is not intended to prejudice
the outcome of the findings of these assessments, all of which need
to be taken into account in any detailed proposals for the
construction of such a reservoir.
US2 WATER SUPPLY INDUSTRY USE - KINGSCROFT
FARM, HAVANT
Land is allocated at Kingscroft
Farm, Havant, as an extension to Portsmouth Water plc's premises to
meet the needs of the water supply industry.
459. If the proposal for a reservoir at
Havant Thicket is implemented, the scheme would involve the
construction of a treatment works and a service reservoir for which
the company considers the most suitable site would be at Kingscroft
Farm, Havant. In recognition of the Company's possible long-term
land requirements arising from the scheme and to assist the Company
in developing its capital programme, the Council accepts that land
at Kingscroft Farm, as identified on the Proposals Map, is suitable
for water supply uses.
460. It will be a requirement of the
development of the site for substantial landscaping to be provided
to the site's northern and western boundaries. The Water Company
has expressed a willingness to discuss with English Nature and the
Council the future management of the land in the Company's
ownership to the west of the allocated site adjoining the Hermitage
Stream. The Council welcomes this willingness in view of the nature
conservation interest and open land importance of the land in
question.
US3 TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Telecommunications equipment
that would harm the visual qualities and amenity of its
surroundings, or damage the quality of environmentally sensitive
areas, will not be permitted unless there is a need for the
equipment and there are no alternative sites that are technically
suitable.
461. Modern telecommunications are an
essential and beneficial element of the economy and part of an
industry that is continuing to develop rapidly. Government policy
aims to facilitate the growth of telecommunications, whilst
retaining the visual qualities and amenities of the surrounding
area. Particular attention will be paid to the need to protect the
best and most sensitive environments within the Borough, such as
the
AONB,
SAC
,
SPA,
SEMS,
SSSIs, the Ramsar
site,
SINCs,
LNRs, listed
buildings and conservation areas. In order to keep the
environmental impact of new apparatus to a minimum, it should be
carefully sited and designed. Opportunities for the sharing of
masts, or the use of existing buildings to site new antennae should
be maximised.
US4 SEWERS
Planning permission for
development which will materially increase foul and surface water
discharges to sewers will be refused unless the Local Planning
Authority is satisfied, having regard to the advice of the
Environment Agency and Southern Water Services Limited, that
either:
(i) adequate drainage capacity
exists; or
(ii) new infrastructure is to be
provided or
a contribution made towards its
provision by the developer. Development will be required to be
co-ordinated with the provision of the necessary drainage
infrastructure.
462. The development of a greenfield
site or increased density on a site being redeveloped may increase
the volumes of sewage being discharged to the existing sewerage
systems. If the existing infrastructure does not have sufficient
capacity then surcharging can result which would seriously affect
properties downstream of the development. Where the new or existing
surface water sewerage system discharges to an open watercourse it
will be necessary to consult the Environment Agency.
Electricity Power
Lines
463. Built development under and
immediately adjacent to electricity power lines will be considered
on amenity grounds. The Council will have regard to advice of the
National Radiological Protection Board concerning the
electro-magnetic effects of high voltage overhead lines (132 kV and
above) in determining planning applications for planning permission
on adjacent sites for housing, education, employment and other
forms of land use in which people spend a large proportion of their
lives and in responding to proposals for high voltage overhead
lines which may pass close to or through built-up areas.