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APPENDIX

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY STRUCTURE PLAN 1996-2011 (REVIEW) (ADOPTED MARCH 2000)

Policy MDA4

The development of a new community at Basingstoke will:

· Provide for at least 4000 dwellings within the period 2001 -2011;

· Make an appropriate allowance for small and medium-sized businesses to meet local community needs;

· Provide a mixed-use district centre to serve the local needs of the new community but focus on Basingstoke for higher order facilities and services;

· Allow for specific recreation or community facilities required by the long-term development of Basingstoke;

· Provide for access roads, public transport, traffic management, traffic control and information systems and facilities for walking and cycling directly serving the Major Development Area and in that part of the wider Transportation Strategy Area affected by the proposal and contribute where appropriate towards the provision of major transport schemes, including those identified in Policy T18;

· Where appropriate, provide for a local gap or gaps to retain the setting and identity of neighbouring villages within which permission will not be given for development which visually or physically diminishes the amount of open or undeveloped land;

· Where appropriate provide for local gaps or gap to retain separation between the new community and the edge of the existing urban area;

· Provide for the retention and protection of the existing woodland areas within the new community and take advantage of the opportunity to consolidate and extend the woodland area.

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