Reports for the upcoming Cabinet and Council meetings for consideration of the Publication (Regulation 19) Building a Better Future Plan can be found below when available:
These meetings are expected to be well attended, and seating will be available on a first-come, first serve basis. Members of the public are encouraged to view the meetings via livestream (which is available by following the meeting links above).
If approved, consultation on the Publication Plan Building a Better Future Plan is not scheduled to start until 20th July 2026. Please do not submit any feedback until the consultation starts. Further information about how to make comments will be available on this webpage in due course. Please make sure you sign up for email bulletins on the Local Plan to make sure that you are notified when the consultation goes ‘live’.
View evidence base studies supporting the Building a Better Future Plan.
A Local Plan forms the starting point in every planning decision. The plan sets out the vision for future development in the borough, identifies what areas should be developed, and what requirements and standards apply to development proposals.
Every area in England and Wales should have an up-to-date Local Plan in place and review it at least every five years. The council is preparing ‘The Building a Better Future Plan’ which will set out how the Borough should be developed into the future. This will be the new Local Plan for Havant Borough.
View the Local Development Scheme webpage.
The Building a Better Future Plan will address the needs and opportunities for development in the Borough, and set out how much, what type and where development will take place. Critically, the Plan also sets out the infrastructure which will be needed to support the Local Plan and the environmental safeguards that will be put in place.
The limited available land for development in Havant Borough means in practice the 'Call for Sites' never closes. Interested parties are therefore encouraged to submit potential sites for consideration through the Local Plan process at any time. Any sites submitted will be considered in the next update to the Council’s Strategic Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment (SHELAA) which is updated at least annually.
If you have already submitted a Call for Sites submission in 2022, you do not need to re-submit information you have already given us. The submission forms are provided below for any new sites. Please use the relevant response form/s below and email: planning.design@havant.gov.uk