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Hart District Council’s

Authority Monitoring Report

2016 / 2017

Published: March 2018

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Contents

1 Introduction 3

2 Local Development Scheme 4

3 Community Infrastructure Levy 4

4 Neighbourhood Planning 4

5 Duty to Cooperate 7

6 Housing Development 8

Dwelling Completions 8

Permitted Dwellings 8

Brownfield Land 8

Affordable Housing 9

7 Economic Development 10

Industry and Office 10

Retail 10

Leisure and Hotels 11

8 Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace Capacity 11

Appendices

Appendix 1 Local Development Scheme (5th Revision) 13

Appendix 2 Progress of Neighbourhood Plans 15

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1 Introduction

1.1 This Authority Monitoring Report (AMR) covers the monitoring period of 1 April 2016

to 31 March 2017 and relates to Hart District (Figure 1). It provides monitoring

information pertaining to certain key planning issues including progress against the local

plan timetable, housing and economic development, neighbourhood planning, the duty to

cooperate and provision of SANG (Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace).

Figure 1: Map of Hart District

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2 Local Development Scheme

2.1 This section of the AMR looks at Hart's progress in the production of policy documents

judged against the timetable in the Local Development Scheme (LDS). The Local Plan

Strategy and Sites is the only development plan document relevant to the monitoring

period.

2.2 The LDS that was in place during the monitoring year was the 5th Revision which can be

seen at Appendix 1. This was later updated in April 2017, December 2017, and again in

March 2018 (the 8th Revision).

2.3 The updates to the LDS were made largely in response to resourcing issues. Those issues

were addressed through an arrangement whereby East Hampshire District Council took

on the running of the Hart Planning Policy service from February 2016 to February 2017.

During that time considerable progress was made towards a draft ‘Regulation 18’ Plan

which ultimately went out to consultation in April 2017.

2.4 During the monitoring period, various evidence base documents which inform the Local

Plan were prepared and published on the planning policy webpages1. These include:

Landscape Capacity Study – 2016

Playing Pitch Strategy – 2016

Built Facilities Strategy – April 2016

Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment (GTAA) – August 2016

Open Space Study – October 2016

Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA) – November 2016

Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) – November 2016 (since superseded)

Employment Land Review (ELR) Update – November 2016

Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) – December 2016

Whole Plan and CIL Viability Study – December 2016

Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) – March 2017

3 Community Infrastructure Levy

3.1 The Council does not operate a CIL. It does however intend to produce one, the

timetable to be confirmed.

4 Neighbourhood Planning

4.1 The Localism Act 2011 introduced Neighbourhood Planning as a new way for

communities to decide the future of their areas through community-led planning policy

documents. Neighbourhood Plans can include planning policies and allocations of land for

different uses.

1 https://www.hart.gov.uk/Evidence-base

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4.2 Appendix 2 sets out the progress achieved in the production of Neighbourhood Plans in

the monitoring year and records when Neighbourhood Plans have reached key stages in

the process, as set out in the Neighbourhood Plan Regulations2.

4.3 Within the monitoring period, two parishes were designated as Neighbourhood Plan

areas:

Crondall parish designated as a Neighbourhood Area on 1 September 2016

Blackwater and Hawley parish designated as a Neighbourhood Area on 6 October

2016

4.4 Two Neighbourhood Plans were ‘made’ within the monitoring period:

Rotherwick received the Examiner’s Report on their Neighbourhood Plan on 30 June 2016. Following the Neighbourhood Plan Referendum on 3 November 2016, the Plan

was ‘made’ on 15 December 2016.

Winchfield received the Examiner’s Report on their Neighbourhood Plan on 4

October 2016. Following the Neighbourhood Plan Referendum held on 2 February

2017, the Plan was ‘made’ on 30 March 2017.

4.5 Odiham published their submission Neighbourhood Plan and undertook a consultation

on 26 August to 14 October 2016. The Examiner’s Report was received on 22 December 2016.

4.6 At 31 March 2017, there were 10 Neighbourhood Planning areas in Hart. Figure 2

illustrates the status of Neighbourhood Planning areas in Hart at 31 March 2017.

4.7 Further information on the designation of Neighbourhood Plan areas within Hart, and

links to parish websites showing Neighbourhood Plans, can be found at

http://www.hart.gov.uk/towns-parishes

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Figure 2: The status of Neighbourhood Planning areas in Hart at 31 March 2017

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5 Duty to Cooperate

5.1 In preparing local plans local authorities have to address strategic planning matters that

cross administrative boundaries. The duty to cooperate is the mechanism for ensuring

that this happens. The duty applies to local planning authorities, county councils, and

other public bodies prescribed in legislation3.

5.2 Table 1 summarises relevant duty to cooperate discussions and actions that have taken

place in the year April 2016 – March 2017. The activity relates solely to activity with the

prescribed duty to cooperate partners. It does not include activity with other key

organisations that are not duty to cooperate bodies, for example some of the

infrastructure providers such as water companies. The duty to cooperate activity is set

out under various topic areas.

Topic Area Key actions and outcomes achieved

Housing Undertaken a joint Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA) with

Rushmoor and Surrey Heath Councils in line with Government

guidance (published November 2016). A joint consultation on the

methodology and a draft SHMA and stakeholder workshop was held.

Standard methodology was agreed for SHLAAs (Strategic Housing

Land Availability Assessment) / SHELAAs (Strategic Housing and

Economic Land Availability Assessment) with Rushmoor and Surrey

Heath Councils to enable a consistent assessment of potential housing

capacity.

Employment Land Undertaken a joint Employment Land Review (published November

2016) with Rushmoor and Surrey Heath Councils in line with

Government guidance. A joint consultation on the methodology on

site assessment was undertaken.

Environment Collaboration with Enterprise M3 Local Enterprise Partnership to

secure a loan for the purchase of the land at Bramshot Farm for

Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace (SANG). This would mitigate

development within its 5km catchment against the Thames Basin Heath

Special Protection Area.

Correspondence from Rushmoor Borough Council requesting SANG

capacity to mitigate up to 1,500 net new dwellings to assist with the

delivery of their Local Plan. A Memorandum of Understanding with

Rushmoor was prepared after the monitoring period providing SANG

for 1,500 new homes in Rushmoor Borough.

Waste Supply,

Waste Water and

Water Quality

Following advice from the Environment Agency (EA) the Council

undertook a Water Cycle Study to fully understand the issues of water

supply, waste water and the Water Framework Directive that could

impact on the local plan. The Water Cycle Study was commissioned

jointly with Rushmoor and Surrey Heath to cover all three authorities

and published May 2017. It has been used to inform preparation of the

Local Plan in addition to the Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP).

Gypsies,

Travellers and Preparation of the Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment

(GTAA, published August 2016) included the engagement of Hart’s

neighbouring authorities to establish their need and highlight any core

3 Prescribed in the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012 as amended by The

National Treatment Agency (Abolition) and the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential, Transitional and

Saving Provisions) Order 2013

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Topic Area Key actions and outcomes achieved

Travelling

Showpeople

issues and provision in adjoining areas. Hampshire County Council’s

Gypsy Liaison Officer was represented on the GTAA Steering Group

and provided advice throughout the commission. No cross-border

issues were identified.

Transport Working with HCC on identifying the transport impacts associated

with different strategic growth options.

Flood Risk The Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (published December 2016)

entailed joint working with EA and HCC as Lead Local Flood

Authority.

Health Ongoing dialogue with both the North East Hampshire & Farnham

Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and North Hampshire CCG

regarding the provision of adequate health care facilities in the District.

CCG input has been sought on the IDP and shaping site allocation

policies for the Draft Local Plan.

Education Ongoing dialogue with HCC as the Local Education Authority has

helped to identify where new or expanded education facilities will be

required as part of their annual review of pupil place planning. This has

consequently informed the IDP as well as Policy I8 in the Draft Local

Plan which safeguards land adjacent to Calthorpe Park School in Fleet

and Robert May’s School in Odiham to allow expansion. Table 1: Actions and outcomes achieved throughout the monitoring period with duty to cooperate bodies

6 Housing Development

6.1 This section analyses the housing development within the district in the monitoring year.

Dwelling Completions

6.2 Between 1 April 2016 and 31 March 2017, there were 623 dwelling completions in Hart.

Year Dwelling Completions (net)

2014/15 338

2015/16 705

2016/17 623

Permitted Dwellings

6.3 At 1 April 2017, there were 2,821 dwellings with outstanding planning permission. 1,475

of these were permitted within the monitoring period. Some of the major applications

permitted can be seen below:

High Ridge Farm, Hook (60 dwellings)

Bartley House, Station Road, Hook (53 dwellings)

Land to the north of London Road, Hook (548 dwellings)

Land between Moulsham Lane and Broome Close, Yateley (150 dwellings)

6.4 Of the 2,821 dwellings with outstanding planning permission, 917 of these were under

construction at 1 April 2017.

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Brownfield Land

6.5 In 2016-17, 295 of the 623 dwellings (47%) were on previously developed land (Figure 3).

6.6 Of the 2,821 dwellings with outstanding planning permission at 1 April 2017, 1,056 of

these are categorised as previously developed land.

Figure 3: Percentage of residential completions built on brownfield land since 2011.

6.7 The Housing and Planning Act 2016 introduced a requirement for local planning

authorities to compile and maintain a register of brownfield land suitable for housing4.

The register forms part of the housing supply evidence, alongside the SHLAA, that will

feed in to the Local Plan.

Affordable Housing

6.8 Table 2 shows completions in Hart district split by affordable and market housing.

Year Net affordable

housing completions

Net market housing

completions

Affordable housing

%

2011-12 208 118 64%

2012-13 22 175 11%

2013-14 46 218 17%

2014-15 70 268 21%

2015-16 155 550 22%

2016-17 131 492 21%

Table 2: Affordable housing completions 2011 – 2017

4 The brownfield register can be found online here http://www.hart.gov.uk/Current-planning-policy-guidance

35% 34%

69% 67% 72%

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Greenfield Land

Brownfield Land

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6.9 Of the 623 housing completions in 2016-17, 131 of these are affordable.

6.10 Of the 2,821 dwellings with outstanding planning permission, 803 of these are affordable

units.

7 Economic Development 7.1 This section analyses the economic development within the district in the monitoring

year. The Employment Land Review (ELR) 20165 lists the current employment sites in

Hart district.

Industry and Office

7.2 The employment floor space completions in Table 3 reflects three developments: a new

industrial unit at Bunkers Hill Farm, Rotherwick (208m2); a storage and distribution

building at New Farm, South Warnborough (1080m2); and a new building for B1 use at

Causeway Farm, Hartley Wintney (545m2). The employment floor space losses account

for the high volume of office to residential conversions taking place in the district6.

Amount of employment

floor space completed (m2)

Amount of employment

floor space lost (m2)

1,833 13,945

Table 3: Employment floor space (B1, B2 and B8 uses) completions 1 April 2016 – 31 March 2017

Retail

7.3 The retail floor space completions in Table 4 comprises the Aldi supermarket extension

in Blackwater.

Amount of retail floor space

completed (m2)

Amount of retail floor

space lost (m2)

201 0

Table 4: Retail floor space (A1-A5 uses) completions 1 April 2016 – 31 March 2017

5 Available at https://www.hart.gov.uk/Evidence-base 6 Whilst not in the monitoring year it is worth noting that at the time of publishing the AMR the Council’s

Planning Committee had agreed in February 2018 to make a non-immediate Article 4 direction withdrawing

permitted development rights from employment uses to residential, see Paper C at

https://www.hart.gov.uk/sites/default/files/4_The_Council/Council_meetings/B_February/18%2002%2014%20PAPE

R%20C%20Article%204%20Direction%20for%20Employment%20Land.pdf and draft minutes at

https://www.hart.gov.uk/sites/default/files/4_The_Council/Council_meetings/B_February/18%2002%2014%20Draft

%20Minutes%20EW.pdf

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Leisure and Hotels

7.4 The leisure and hotel floor space completions in Table 5 reflects the completion of the

Hart Leisure Centre in Fleet.

Amount of leisure floor

space completed (m2)

Amount of leisure floor

space lost (m2)

6,312 0

Table 5: Leisure and hotel floor space (D2 and C1 use) completions 1 April 2016 – 31 March 2017

8 Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace Capacity

8.1 To facilitate residential development within the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection

Area (SPA) zone of influence, the Council adopted an Interim Avoidance Strategy7. This

enables developers to mitigate development via financial contributions towards off-site

SANG (Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace) and SAMM (Strategic Access

Management and Monitoring). SANG is intended to direct people away from causing

habitat disturbance on the SPA.

8.2 The Interim Avoidance Strategy contains two SANG sites: one at Hitches Lane, Fleet;

and one at Hawley Meadows, Blackwater. These are both at full capacity.

8.3 A breakdown of all the SANGs within Hart can be viewed in Table 6. At the end of the

monitoring period there were seven adopted SANGs in Hart and seven SANGs to be

delivered within the next few years.

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SANG Ownership

Likely

adoption

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Size (ha) Total Capacity

(units)

Amount of

SANG

allocated

(units)

Remaining

unallocated

capacity at 31

March 2017

(units)

Public SANG

Hitches Lane Hart District Council Adopted 20.7 1,078 1,078 0

Hawley Meadows and Blackwater Park Hampshire County Council Adopted 9.1 1538 153 0

Dilly Lane / Queen Elizabeth II Fields Hart District Council Adopted 6 310 310 0

Bramshot Farm Hart District Council 2017 33.5 1,745 0 1,745

Albany Park North Hart District Council 2018/19 5.76 300 300 0

Albany Park South Hart District Council 2018/19 10.86 565 0 565

Hawley Place Hart District Council 2019/20 17.35 779 125 779

Moulsham Lane Hart District Council 2019/20 5.1 265 265 0

North East Hook Hart District Council 2019/20 12.9 672 550 122

Private SANG

Bassetts Mead Hook Parish Council Adopted 8.9 464 414 50

Crookham Park Taylor Wimpey Adopted 24.6 854 Data not available Data not available

Swan Lakes Yateley Town Council Adopted 4.44 127 78 09

Land off Sandhurst Road, Yateley Private ownership Adopted 2 104 104 0

High Ridge Farm Private ownership tbc 5.4 Data not available Data not available Data not available

Table 6: SANGs in Hart

8 Release of share of Hawley Meadows and Blackwater Park SANG to Rushmoor Borough Council and Surrey Heath Borough Council reduces the total capacity in Hart from

475 units to 153 units. 9 Remaining capacity given to Surrey Heath Borough Council

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Appendix 1: Local Development Scheme (5th Revision)

Hart District Council

Local Development Scheme (5th Revision) With effect from 2nd October 2015

This Local Development Scheme (LDS) sets out Hart District Council’s timetable for preparing its Local Plan

(2011-2032). It supersedes the LDS 4th Revision that was published in April 2014. The new Hart Local Plan will

comprise two Development Plan Documents.

Timelines for Hart Local Plan Development Plan Documents (DPDs)

Local Plan: Strategy and Sites DPD

Sets out the overall development strategy, key policies and sites or broad locations for delivering housing,

economic growth, infrastructure, and environmental protection. It relates to the whole district.

Stage Date

Consulting on scope of the Sustainability Appraisal The SA scoping report sets out the

sustainability objectives used to appraise the

effects of the DPD.

April 2014

Regulation 18: Preparation of a Local Plan Opportunity for interested parties and

statutory consultees to be consulted as the

plan is prepared.

Consultation on Housing Development

Options Paper, and Sustainability Appraisal

took place 14th August 2014 to 10th October

2014

Consultation on a ‘Refined Housing Options

Paper’ to take place in Winter 2015

Consultation on a Draft Local Plan ‘Preferred

Approach’ and Sustainability Appraisal:

Summer 2016

Regulation 19: Publication of a Local Plan

The Council publishes the plan it intends to

submit. There follows a period of at least 6

weeks for comments into legal compliance and

soundness.

Autumn 2016

Regulation 22: Submission The Council submits the Local Plan to the

Secretary of State with the representations

received.

Winter 2016

Examination Planning Inspector tests the plan for legal compliance and soundness.

Spring 2017

Adoption Subject to the outcome of the examination, the Council formally adopt the plan.

Summer 2017

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Development Management Polices DPD Policies and proposals that assist the development management process, either by adding detail to the Strategy and Sites DPD, or covering issues not covered in that document. It relates to the whole district.

Stage

Date

Consulting on scope of the Sustainability Appraisal The SA scoping report sets out the sustainability objectives used to appraise the effects of the DPD.

Summer 2017

Regulation 18: Preparation of a Local Plan Opportunity for interested parties and statutory consultees to be consulted as the plan is prepared.

Autumn 2017

Regulation 19: Publication of a Local Plan The Council publishes the plan it intends to submit. There follows a period of at least 6 weeks for comments into legal compliance and soundness.

Winter 2017

Regulation 22: Submission The Council submits the Local Plan to the Secretary of State with the representations received.

Spring 2018

Examination Planning Inspector tests the plan for legal compliance and soundness.

Summer 2018

Adoption Subject to the outcome of the examination, the Council formally adopt the plan.

Autumn 2018

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Appendix 2: Progress of Neighbourhood Plans Achievements in the monitoring year appear in bold/red text.

Neighbourhood

Plan Area

Designation of

Neighbourhood

Area agreed

Regulation 1410

consultation

commencement

Regulation 16

consultation

commencement

Receipt of

Examiners

Report

Referendum Adoption

Blackwater &

Hawley 6 October 2016 - - - - -

Crondall 1 September 2016 - - - - -

Crookham

Village 7 August 2014 - - - - -

Dogmersfield 6 August 2015 - - - - -

Fleet 15 April 2015 - - - - -

Hartley

Wintney 2 October 2014 - - - - -

Hook 2 October 2014 - - - - -

Odiham 7 August 2014 14 October 2015 26 August 2016 22 December 2016 - -

Rotherwick 2 October 2014 15 December 2015 29 April 2016 30 June 2016 3 November 2016 15 December 2016

Winchfield 8 January 2015 18 March 2016 18 July 2016 4 October 2016 2 February 2017 30 March 2017

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