Evidence base | Hart District Council

This includes background studies, monitoring reports and sustainability appraisals that inform the preparation of planning policies and guidance. For further advice please contact planningpolicy@hart.gov.uk or telephone 01252 774118

All supporting documents and reports can be found by clicking on a sub heading or alternatively at the bottom of this page.

Housing

Self-Build and Custom Build Register
This is a register of individuals and groups who wish to acquire serviced plots of land in Hart in order to build houses for those individuals to occupy homes. The register will help the Council gauge the demand for self and custom build homes within the district. Registration does not however guarantee that a suitable plot will be identified, or become available.

To be included on the register please complete the online form:

Self Build Register form

Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA)
The SHMA identifies the objectively assessed housing needs (OAHN) across the Housing Market Area (Hart, Rushmoor and Surrey Heath). It also assesses the need for different types of housing including affordable and specialist housing.

Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA) November 2016
Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA) Appendices November 2016

The 2014 SHMA has been superseded by the 2016 SHMA and is for historic reference only.
Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA) December 2014
Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA) Appendices December 2014

Cambridge Centre for Housing & Planning Research Validation letter

Affordable Housing Background Paper

Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) 2016
The Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) is a technical study which will inform the preparation of the Hart District Local Plan. Its purpose is to assess the amount of land available for housing development in the district. It is important to note that although the SHLAA is an important source of evidence to inform plan making, it does not make decisions about the future of sites. It is the development plan (the Local Plan and Neighbourhood Plans) which will determine which of those sites in the SHLAA are most suitable to meet housing needs and should be allocated. Accordingly the SHLAA is a policy neutral document. The inclusion of a site in the SHLAA does not mean that it will necessarily be allocated, or gain planning permission.

5 year housing land supply
Local planning authorities are required to identify and update annually a supply of specific deliverable sites sufficient to provide five years worth of housing against their housing requirements (The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) paragraph 47).

The Hart 5 Year Housing Land Supply document sets out the five year housing land supply position in Hart District at 1st April 2016.

Hart Five Year Housing Land Supply Position Statement, 1st April 2016

Site Assessments

High Level Housing Site Assessments and Sustainability Appraisal

The following 'high level' site assessments were carried out after the original high level site assessments. Some were for new sites, (i.e. submitted after the original site assessments had been carried out), others were updates to previous high level site assessments (for example in light of changes to the site boundary).

High level assessments for new sites:

SHL025 Land attached to Brook House, Crondall
SHL081 Vertu, Beacon Hill Road
SHL165 Land to the rear of Belee, Eversley
SHL167 Land between M3 and Railway
SHL176 Hawley House, Hawley
SHL177 Land at Croft Lane, Hartley Wintney
SHL178 Broden Stables and Stable Yard
SHL179 Bowenhurst Lane, Crondall
SHL180 Crondall Bee Farm
SHL181 Land south of Little Rye Farm
SHL192 140-150 Fleet Road
SHL193 Land south of Little Holt, Hook
SHL194 Land at Firgrove Road, Eversley
SHL195 Lismoyne Hotel
SHL196 Brookmeadow Farm
SHL197 Hartland Park
SHL199 Land at Calcott Park
SHL200 Scrapyard, Totters Lane, Potbridge
SHL204 Shapley Ranch, London Road
SHL205 Land rear of Taplins Cottage
SHL206 Land at Bears Green
SHL209 Winchfield Park B
SHL234 Land east of Redfields Lane
STR013 South East Hook

Updated assessments for sites

SHL001 & 002 Land north east of Hook
SHL039 Fermoy, Farnham Road
SHL084 Land at Winchfield Lodge
SHL174 Peacocks Nursey, Ewshot
SHL240 Strawberry Fields, Hound Green

Detailed Site Assessments
The following Detailed Site Assessments relate to sites allocated in the Draft Local Plan Strategy and Sites
2011-2032

SHL112a CEMEX A
SHL112a CEMEX A - photos and constraints

SHL112b CEMEX B
SHL112b CEMEX B - photos and constraints

SHL273 Land between Eversley Road and Firgrove Road, Yateley
SHL273 Land between Eversley Road and Firgrove Road, Yateley - photos and constraints

SHL033 Plough Meadow, South Warnborough
SHL033 Plough Meadow, South Warnborough - photos and constraints

SHL172 Granary Court, South Warnborough
SHL172 Granary Court, South Warnborough - photos and constraints

SHL062 Granary Field, Long Sutton
SHL062 Granary Field, Long Sutton - photos and constraints

SHL092 Land south of Riseley
SHL092 Land south of Riseley - photos and constraints

SHL197 Hartland Village
SHL197 Hartland Village - photos and constraints

STR011 Murrell Green
STR011 Murrell Green - photos and constraints Section A
STR011 Murrell Green - photos and constraints Section B
STR011 Murrell Green - photos and constraints Section C
STR011 Murrell Green - photos and constraints Section D
STR011 Murrell Green - photos and constraints Section E

SHL116 Cross Farm
SHL116 Cross Farm - photos and constraints

SHL100 Sun Park
SHL100 Sun Park - photos and constraints

Gypsy and Travellers

Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment 2016

Economy

The Council has adopted an Economic Development Strategy and Action Plan which set out the strategic direction for economic development in the District, with a focus on business and economic growth.

Employment Land Review

Employment Land Review 2016

Employment Land Review 2015

Hart Functional Economic Area

Hart Functional Economic Area 2014
Local Authorities are required to have a good understanding of the larger economic areas that they are part of in order to identify which neighbouring authorities they need to work with under the Duty to Cooperate in plan-making.

Retail

Retail, Leisure and Town Centres Study

Retail, Leisure and Town Centres Study 2015

Environment

Annual Biodiversity Monitoring Report 2014/15

Water Cycle Study 2017
Water Cycle Study 2017 - Appendices

North Hampshire Renewable Energy and Low Carbon Development Study 2010

Landscape Capacity Study 2016

Hampshire Character Assessment

Landscape Assessment 1997

Flood Risk

Strategic Flood Risk Assessment 2016
Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Addendum - Sequential Test - April 2017
Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Level 2 - April 2017

Dry Islands

Viability Study

Whole Plan and CIL Viability Study December 2016
Residential appendices
Non residential appendices

Open Space

Open Space Study 2016
Open Space Study Letter of Comfort

Playing Pitch Strategy 2016

Built Facilities Strategy 2016

Open Space, Sport and Recreation Study and Playing Pitch Strategy Overview Report and Executive Summary

Settlements

Settlement Hierarchy 2010

Urban Characterisation and Density Study (UCDS) 2010
Study of the six main settlements in Hart District – Fleet and Church Crookham, Yateley, Blackwater, Hook, Odiham and Hartley Wintney.