Planning Policy

Planning Policy deals with the preparation of the Local Plan. The Local Plan is a series of documents which set out the planning policies for Winchester District to guide development. The statutory documents which comprise the Development Plan include:-

The saved policies in the Winchester District Local Plan Review 2006;
The Local Plan Part 1 - Joint Core Strategy 2013;
The Denmead Neighbourhood Plan 2015;
Hampshire Minerals and Waste Plan 2013;
Policies Maps (n.b) the policies maps for LPP2 are in the process of being updated following adoption of LPP2 on 5 April 2017.

The Council has also adopted a series of Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs) which set out non-statutory planning guidance.

Sustainable Low and Zero Carbon Built Development – implementation of Local Plan Part 1 policy CP11
The Government has announced (March 2015) updates to its policy on housing standards and zero carbon homes - https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/planning-update-march-2015 These affect the Council’s implementation of Policy CP11 of the adopted Local Plan Part 1. While policy CP11 remains part of the Development Plan and the Council still aspires to achieve its standards for residential development (Code for Sustainable Homes Level 5 for energy and Level 4 for water), Government advice now sets a maximum standard of 110litres/day for water efficiency and the equivalent of Code Level 4 for energy. Therefore, for applications determined after 26 March 2015, Local Plan policy CP11 will be applied in compliance with the maximum standards set out in Government advice.

Other useful links:
- Winchester City Council Planning (Development Management) web pages
- South Downs National Park Planning Policy web pages