The consultation on the Building a Better Future Plan has now closed.
Thank you to everyone who responded to our survey, sent in your comments via email or post, and attended any of our exhibition events - your views will be crucial in shaping the final Plan.
We will now spend some time analysing the results before reporting back on this webpage later this year.
These findings will also include the results from the consultations on the Waterlooville Town Centre Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) and St. Faith’s Conservation Area Review.
You can view materials that provide more information about the Local Plan below:
View the full Draft Building a Better Future Plan
View the overview Draft Building a Better Future Plan Brochure
Alternatively, you can visit our Go Vocal digital engagement platform to read more about the Plan.
View the Go Vocal page for the Building a Better Future Plan
There are also a series of supporting evidence base documents that have informed the Plan that can be found at the bottom of this page.
NB - No comprehensive policies map has been published for this draft Plan. Instead, some mapping has been included as figures in the draft Plan. A full policies map will be published for the Regulation 19 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.
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. Please note that any sites submitted at this stage will not be considered for inclusion in Draft Local Plan. Any sites submitted now and/or during the forthcoming consultation will be assessed at the next stage of plan production (Pre-Submission).
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