Local Plan 2040 – Evidence Base

The Winchester District Evidence Base is information collected on key aspects of the social, economic and environmental characteristics of the district,  to inform the preparation of planning documents including Local Plan and other policies.  Reports and documents will be added as they are agreed and finalised so please check these pages regularly

Local Plan

• Proposed Submission Local Plan (Regulation 19) ^{(pdf, 26.1mb)}

Local Plan Viability 

• Local Plan Viability Report (July 2024) ^{(pdf, 1.9mb)}
• Local Plan Viability Report Appendix I - Assumptions Summary (July 2024) ^{(pdf, 953kb)}
• Local Plan Viability Report Appendix II - Typology Results (July 2024) ^{(pdf, 1.2mb)}
• Local Plan Viability - Interim Stage 1 report ^{(pdf, 2.7mb)}​​​​​​
• Local Plan Viability - Interim Stage 1 Report Appendix II ^{(pdf, 586kb)}
• Local Plan Viability - Interim Stage 1 Report Appendix III ^{(pdf, 755kb)}
• Local Plan Viability Study Briefing Note of work to date September 2022 ^{(pdf, 1.8mb)}
• Local Plan Viability Study: Current Working Stage Appendix I September 2022 ^{(pdf, 673kb)}
• Local Plan Viability Report Further Information (August 2024) ^{(pdf, 935kb)}
• Local Plan Viability Report Further Information - Appendix 1: Assumptions Summary (August 2024) ^{(pdf, 2mb)}
• Local Plan Viability Report Further Information - Appendix 2: Typology Results (August 2024) ^{(pdf, 2.4mb)}
• Local Plan Viability Report Further Information - Appendix 2a: Sample Appraisal Summaries (August 2024) ^{(pdf, 1.7mb)}
• Local Plan Viability Report Further Information - Appendix 3: Site Allocation Testing Results (August 2024) ^{(pdf, 1.7mb)}
• Local Plan Viability Report Further Information - Appendix 3a: Appraisal Summaries (August 2024) ^{(pdf, 1.7mb)}
• Local Plan Viability Report Further Information - Appendix 4: Commercial Results (August 2024) ^{(pdf, 1.7mb)}
• Local Plan Viability Report Further Information - Appendix 5: Market Values and Research Overview (August 2024) ^{(pdf, 1.2mb)}
• Local Plan Viability Report Further Information - Appendix 5a: Co-Star Extracts (August 2024) ^{(pdf, 9.1mb)}

Duty to Cooperate

• Duty to Cooperate - Statement of Compliance (September 2024) ^{(pdf, 753kb)}

Housing

• Winchester District Strategic Housing Market Assessment Update (July 2024) ^{(pdf, 1mb)}
• Winchester District Strategic Housing Market Assessment (February 2020) ^{(pdf, 4.9mb)}
• Future Local Housing Need and Population Profile Assessment (January 2020) ^{(pdf, 676kb)}
• Strategic Housing and Employment Land Availability Assessment 2021 (December 2021)
• Interim Position Statement of Student Accommodation in Winchester to inform the Local Plan 2038 ^{(pdf, 718kb)}
• Windfall Assessment report ^{(pdf, 796kb)}
• Settlement Hierarchy Review 2022 September 2022 Update Final* ^{(pdf, 734kb)}
• Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment (GTAA) (October 2022) ^{(pdf, 2.4mb)}
• Pitch Deliverability Assessment (PDA) (October 2022) ^{(pdf, 808kb)}

Development Strategy and Sites

• Settlement Hierarchy Review (August 2024) ^{(pdf, 807kb)}
• Development Strategy and Site Selection 2022 ^{(pdf, 2.4mb)}
• Development Strategy and Site Selection 2022 - Appendix 3 ^{(pdf, 16mb)}
• Settlement Hierarchy Review 2022 (November 2022) ^{(pdf, 795kb)}
• Settlement Hierarchy Review 2021 ^{(pdf, 361kb)}
• Sutton Scotney Site Selection Information August 2024 ^{(pdf, 949kb)}

Design

• Workshop 1 report - Design Policy ^{(pdf, 2.1mb)}
• Workshop 2 report - Winchester Town Centre ^{(pdf, 16.4mb)}
• Workshop 3 report - Market Towns and Rural Villages ^{(pdf, 9.9mb)}

Carbon Neutrality

• Embodied Carbon Policy Options (June 2023) ^{(pdf, 4.9mb)}
• Net Zero Carbon Targets August 2023 ^{(pdf, 2.9mb)}
• Net Zero Energy Target Report (September 2022) * ^{(pdf, 2.1mb)}
• WinACC Renewable Energy in Winchester District (February 2022) ^{(pdf, 982kb)}
• Renewable Energy Study for Winchester District Development Framework (December 2008) ^{(pdf, 1.4mb)}

Economy

• Employment Land Study (July 2024) ^{(pdf, 8.2mb)}
• Employment Land Study (April 2020) ^{(pdf, 5.3mb)}
• Town Centre Uses Study 2024 ^{(pdf, 1.7mb)}
• Town Centre Uses Study 2024 Appendices ^{(pdf, 3.8mb)}
• Retail, Leisure and Town Centre Uses Study (August 2020) - Main Report and Appendix A ^{(pdf, 9.7mb)}
• Retail, Leisure and Town Centre Uses Study (August 2020) - Appendix B and Appendix C ^{(pdf, 3mb)}

Environment

• Landscape Character Assessment 2022 - Main Document ^{(pdf, 39.3mb)}
• Landscape Character Assessment 2022 - Appendices ^{(pdf, 1.4mb)}
• Review of the Need for Nutrient Neutral Development in the Budds Farm Wastewater Treatment Works catchment (June 2020) ^{(pdf, 2.1mb)}
• HCC Air quality framework ^{(pdf, 87.5mb)}
• Biodiversity Action Plan
• Habitats Regulation Assessment (HRA) (October 2022) ^{(pdf, 19.3mb)}
• Environment Agency - Solent & South Downs (SSD) Position on Water Efficiency and Planning August 2023 (18/08/23) ^{(pdf, 302kb)}
• Review of Settlement Gaps (July 2024) ^{(pdf, 14.8mb)}

Flood Risk

• Level 2 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (July 2024) ^{(pdf, 55.5mb)}
• Flood Risk Sequential Exception Test Statement (July 2024) ^{(pdf, 1.1mb)}
• Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (June 2023) ^{(pdf, 471kb)}

Recreation and Leisure 

• Winchester City Council Playing Pitch Strategy & Action Plan (April 2018) ^{(pdf, 1.2mb)}
• Green Infrastructure Framework web portal - Natural England
• Natural England - GI mapping database
• WCC Open Space Assessment 2022 ^{(pdf, 11.7mb)} Please Note: population data error for Olivers Battery (Page 70). Should read population: 1493

Transport

• Strategic Transport Assessment (August 2024) ^{(pdf, 14.1mb)}
• Strategic Transport Assessment (July 2024) ^{(pdf, 15.8mb)}
• Local Plan 2038 Transport Assessment Stage 1 Report (September 2020) ^{(pdf, 8.7mb)}

Infrastructure

• Infrastructure Delivery Plan (August 2024) ^{(pdf, 3.9mb)}
• Infrastructure Delivery Plan (July 2024) ^{(pdf, 2.5mb)}

Topic Papers

• Health Topic Paper (August 2024) ^{(pdf, 963kb)}
• Student Accommodation Topic Paper (July 2024) ^{(pdf, 695kb)}
• Nutrient Neutrality Topic Paper (July 2024) ^{(pdf, 1mb)}
• Housing Topic Paper (July 2024) ^{(pdf, 1.6mb)}
• Heritage Topic Paper (July 2024) ^{(pdf, 1mb)}
• Gypsy and Travellers Topic Paper (July 2024) ^{(pdf, 1.9mb)}
• Development Strategy and Site Selection Proposed Submission Plan Topic Paper (July 2024) ^{(pdf, 2.4mb)}
• Development Strategy and Site Selection Proposed Submission Plan Topic Paper Appendix 3 (July 2024) ^{(pdf, 17.9mb)}
• Carbon Neutrality and Embodied Carbon Topic Paper (July 2024) ^{(pdf, 6.4mb)}

Historic Environment

• A guide to making your historic building more energy efficient (2023) ^{(pdf, 1.3mb)}

Integrated Impact Assessment (IIA)

• Integrated impact Assessment (IIA) Regulation 19 - Non Technical Summary (July 2024) ^{(pdf, 629kb)}
• Integrated impact Assessment (IIA) Regulation 19 - Main Report (July 2024) ^{(pdf, 15mb)}
• Integrated Impact Assessment (IIA) Regulation 19 - Appendices A to E (July 2024) ^{(pdf, 19mb)}
• Integrated Impact Assessment (IIA) Regulation 19 - Appendix F (July 2024) ^{(pdf, 37.5mb)}
• IIA Report non- technical summary (October 2022) ^{(pdf, 708kb)}
• IIA Main Report (October 2022) ^{(pdf, 87.9mb)}
• IIA Main Report Erratum (November 2022) ^{(pdf, 1.5mb)}
• IIA Appendices A-E (October 2022) ^{(pdf, 104.7mb)}
• IIA Appendix F (October 2022) ^{(pdf, 53.8mb)}
• IIA Appendix F Erratum (November 2022) ^{(pdf, 48mb)}
• IIA Appendix F Erratum (November 2022) Version 2 ^{(pdf, 48mb)}
• Integrated Impact Assessment (IIA) Scoping Report (July 2020) ^{(pdf, 16.5mb)}

Habitats Regulation Assessment (HRA)

• Habitats Regulation Assessment (HRA) Regulation 19 Report - (July 2024) ^{(pdf, 26mb)}
• Regulation 18 Habitat Regulations Assessment Report (October 2022) ^{(pdf, 19.4mb)}
• Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) Scoping Report (July 2020) ^{(pdf, 4.7mb)}

PfSH (Partnership for South Hampshire)

• PfSH Spatial Position Statement (December 2023) ^{(pdf, 1.6mb)}
• Strategic Green and Blue Infrastructure Opportunities in South Hampshire (Part 2) (September 2023) ^{(pdf, 23.6mb)}
• Green Belt/ Green Infrastructure Design Study (May 2023) ^{(pdf, 21.4mb)}

Vision for Winchester

One Great Win is engaging the people of Winchester in order to create a 2020–2030 Vision for the city. For further details go to: https://www.onegreatwin.com/

Last Updated: Wednesday 4 September 2024