Planning guidance

Affordable housing

• Affordable Homes in New Developments Supplementary Planning Document (adopted 6 March 2025)
• Affordable housing financial contributions calculator
• Affordable housing financial contributions technical advice note

Cycle and Car Parking in New Development 

• Cycle and Car Parking Standards in New Development Supplementary Planning Document (adopted 7 December 2023)

Viability 

• Viability Appraisals for New Development Supplementary Planning Document (adopted 2 November 2023) 

Biodiversity

• Biodiversity planning Technical Advice Note

Solar equipment on residential buildings

• Installing Solar Equipment on Residential Buildings Technical Advice Note

Thames Basin Heath special protection area

Policy approach to SPA mitigation

• South East Plan Policy NRM6 Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area (adopted May 2009)
• Policy NBE3 Thames Basin Heaths special protection area (SPA) and the supporting text in the adopted Hart Local Plan 2032.
• Areas in Hart district affected by the SPA (map)
• Thames Basin Heath special protection area delivery framework 2009

Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace – SANG 

• Council owned/controlled SANG allocation criteria agreed by cabinet on 1 October 2020 and updated November 2022. This sets out the criteria against which we will consider an allocation of council-owned/controlled SANG capacity. We will not give priority for the allocation of council-administered or managed SANG to any development that does not meet the above allocations policy. Please email all SANG requests to sang@hart.gov.uk.
• Suitable alternative natural greenspace (SANG) map and capacity - published October 2025
• SANG tariff 2026/2027
• Guidelines for creation of SANG – August 2021

Strategic Access Management and Monitoring

• Tariff for strategic access management and monitoring (SAMM) from 1 April 2026

Privacy, daylight and sunlight

• Planning technical advice note - privacy, daylight and sunlight: the 45 and 25 degree guideline

Yateley Village Design Framework

• Yateley village design framework supplementary planning document

Odiham Village Design Statement

• Odiham village design statement

Developer Contributions to Infrastructure

The Hart Local Plan 2032 contains policies regarding infrastructure and developer contributions.  Also see:

• Hampshire County Council Guidance on Planning Obligations and Developer Infrastructure Contributions
• Financial contributions | Transport and roads | Hampshire County Council
• Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan
• Health Contributions for GP Provision
• Community Infrastructure Policy adopted 2014.
• Hart leisure strategy
  • Basingstoke Canal catchment map
  • Colt Hill Wharf Clubhouse, Odiham catchment map
  • Edenbrook Country Park, Hitches Lane catchment map
  • Fleet Pond catchment map
  • Frogmore Leisure Centre, Yateley, catchment map
  • Hartley Wintney commons catchment map
  • Hazeley Heath, Hartley Wintney, catchment map
  • Odiham Common catchment map
• Infrastructure Funding Statements set out details of developer contributions secured from planning obligations

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