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Hampshire County Structure Plan Review

Meeting of the Joint Advisory Panel: November 2002

GOSPORT BOROUGH LOCAL PLAN

BOROUGH LOCAL PLAN REVIEW: CURRENT PROGRESS AND ISSUES

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_ The Gosport Borough Local Plan was adopted in 1995 with an end date of April 2001.

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_ The first Review of the Gosport Borough Local Plan was approved for placing on deposit by the Council's Policy & Organisation Board on 18 September 2002. Publication will be in November or December, depending on printing of the Proposals Map.

_ Subsequent progression of the Plan Review following the consultation period will be dependent on the proposed transitional arrangements to a system of Local Development Frameworks to be announced shortly by the ODPM.

_ The PPG3 Urban Capacity Study for Gosport Borough was also agreed in September and will be published concurrently with the Local Plan Review. The Study takes a realistic approach to sites coming forward.

_ The post 1996 housebuilding rate for Gosport is 222 units per year, compared with a baseline requirement of 199 in the Structure Plan Review.

_ For Gosport Borough residential permissions and agreed allocations for the period to 2011 already exceed the Structure Plan allocation in policy H1 by 26%. This is causing Members increasing concern given its consequences for sustainability and town cramming.

_ Well over 90% of housing sites are brownfield.

_ The current rapid rate of development of brownfield sites will mean fewer sites available in the next Structure Plan period.

_ There are no reserve sites or MDAs in the Gosport Borough area.

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_ The other main issues at present are:

    - Addressing frequent and sometimes conflicting reviews of Defence land; some sites are being released while other establishments are expanding.

    - Providing for more sustainable development, particularly by balancing new housing with new and diverse employment on a range of sites as part of the PAER initiative.

    _ Providing adequate affordable housing on constrained brownfield sites.

    _ Safeguarding significant areas of international nature conservation importance.

    _ Addressing traffic congestion and access to the Gosport peninsula in particular.