Plans and policies

Find out about planning policies, the Local Plan and Neighbourhood Planning

The Development Plan

Local Plan

New Hart Local Plan

View the new local plan webpage for information about our progress on a new local plan for Hart.

Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan

Neighbourhood plans  

There are currently made neighbourhood plans for the following Parishes:

  • Crondall
  • Crookham Village
  • Dogmersfield
  • Fleet
  • Hartley Wintney
  • Hook
  • Odiham and North Warnborough
  • Rotherwick
  • Winchfield
  • Yateley

To view the district's made neighbourhood plans and for further information about neighbourhood planning please view our Neighbourhood Planning webpage.

Hampshire minerals and waste plan 

  • Hampshire, Portsmouth, Southampton, New Forest National Park and South Downs National Park minerals and waste plan (adopted October 2013). For up-to-date information visit the Hampshire County Council website

South East plan 

Community involvement in planning 

The statement of community involvement sets out council policy for consultation on the local plan, supplementary planning documents, neighbourhood plans and planning applications. 

Shapley Heath garden community project   

As part of the government’s garden communities programme, we explored the opportunity for a new community at Shapley Heath. This project has now concluded (see Cabinet minutes 4 November item 73). 

We will take the learning into consideration when we prepare the next local plan, and will consider reasonable alternatives for significant housing growth.  

National planning policy 

National Planning Policy Framework, December 2024

Indicative Local Housing Need (December 2024 – new standard method).

A new local plan must be consistent with national policy.

National planning policy is a material consideration in the determination of planning applications.

The December 2024 NPPF and local housing need figures followed a consultation on Proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning system.  Hart District Council’s response to that consultation is available below.