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)}
• Technical housing standards – nationally described space standard - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Development Strategy and Sites

• 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)}
• 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)}
• National design guide
• National model design code
• Levelling up and Regeneration Act
• WCC high quality places supplementary planning document
• WCC pre-app advice service
• Conservation Area Appraisals and Technical Assessments
• HCC Townscape assessments for Winchester and Whiteley
• Local Register of Historic Parks and Gardens
• Planning for the Historic Environment - Winchester City Council
• Trees in relation to Design, Demolition and Construction BS5837:2012
• Cycle Infrastructure Design (publishing.service.gov.uk)
• Design Guidance for the Control of Shopfronts and Signs
• Fire and Rescue Service Guidance for Commercial and Domestic Planning Applications 

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)}
• Winchester City Council Climate Emergency Declaration
• Climate Change Act (2008)
• Carbon Neutrality Action Plan
• Green Economic Development Strategy
• Part O Building Regulations on Overheating
• CIBSE TM59 ‘Design Methodology for the Assessment of overheating risk in Homes’
• Part L Building Regulations on the conservation of fuel and power
• The Planning and Energy Act 2008
• LETI Operational Modelling Guide
• BREEAM certification
• Code for Sustainable Homes
• Community Energy South and Hampshire County Council
• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Whole Life Carbon Assessment

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)}
• The Economic Strategy for 2010-2020

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)}
• Winchester City Council declares a Nature Emergency - Winchester City Council
• 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)}
• The Environment Act 2021
• The Council Plan 2020 - 2025
• Green and Blue Infrastructure principles set out by Natural England
• Natural England Urban Greening Factor for England
• Hampshire Integrated Character Assessment | Hampshire County Council (hants.gov.uk)
• South Downs Landscape Character Assessment (LCA) 2020 - South Downs National Park Authority
• South Downs National Park: View Characterisation and Analysis
• The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 (legislation.gov.uk)
• The Local Ecological Network Biodiversity Opportunity
• Solent Recreation Mitigation Partnership - Winchester City Council
• Solent-Recreation-Mitigation-Strategy-December-2017.pdf (portsmouth.gov.uk)
• The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (legislation.gov.uk)
• New Forest Strategic Access Management and Monitoring Strategy 2023
• The DEFRA Biodiversity Metric calculator
• Natura 2000 protected areas network
• The Birds Directive - European Commission (europa.eu)
• The Habitats Directive - European Commission (europa.eu)
• Water Framework Directive - European Commission (europa.eu)
• Water Stress 2021.doc (iow.gov.uk)
• Dark Skies Technical Advice Note (TAN) - South Downs National Park Authority
• National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (legislation.gov.uk)
• Environment Act 1995 (legislation.gov.uk)
• Winchester City and its Setting - Winchester City Council
• Solent Waders & Brent Goose Strategy – coastal bird conservation, waders and brent geese data and mapping
• Strategic Environmental Appraisal (SEA directive 2001/42/EC)
• Open Space Improvement Action Plan 2022
• CIEEM Guidelines for Ecological Impact Assessment in the UK and Ireland
• 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)}
• Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (legislation.gov.uk)
• Local Flood Risk Management Strategy (LFRMS) | Hampshire County Council (hants.gov.uk)
• Policy Framework for Gaps PUSH, December 2008
• Catchment Approach to Flood Risk Management | Hampshire County Council (hants.gov.uk)

Nutrient Neutrality

• Nutrient Neutrality Principles
• Nutrient Budget Calculator
• Nutrient Neutrality - What developers need to know - Winchester City Council

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
• Parks and Open Spaces Survey 2018
• Active design Sport England

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)}
• Local Transport Plan Hampshire County Council
• Winchester Movement Strategy
• Winchester Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan
• Winchester Walking Strategy (2014)
• Air Quality Action Plan (Winchester City centre)
• Air Quality SPD
• Hampshire County Council Transport Contributions Policy 2007
• Winchester City Council Residential Parking Standards SPD (2009)
• Transport for South East (TfSE) Strategy
• HCC Technical guidance notes
• Department of Transport’s Gear Change – a bold vision for cycling and walking
• HCC travel plans guidance
• Department for Transport LTN 1/20
• Mobility hubs guidance CoMoUK
• Inclusive Mobility. A Guide to Best Practice on Access to Pedestrian and Transport Infrastructure (publishing.service.gov.uk)
• Future of mobility: urban strategy (publishing.service.gov.uk)
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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 (November 2024) ^{(pdf, 2.8mb)}
• Nutrient Neutrality Topic Paper (July 2024) superseded ^{(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 (November 2024) ^{(pdf, 6.9mb)}
• Carbon Neutrality and Embodied Carbon Topic Paper (July 2024) - Superseded ^{(pdf, 6.4mb)}

Historic Environment

• A guide to making your historic building more energy efficient (2023) ^{(pdf, 1.3mb)}
• WCC Criteria for identifying non-designated heritage assets and locally listed buildings
• Historic England Register of Historic Parks and Gardens
• The Winchester Historic Environment Record - Winchester City Council
• Heritage at Risk Register | Historic England
• Local Heritage Listing: Identifying and Conserving Local Heritage | Historic England
• Non-Designated Heritage Assets and Locally Listed Heritage Assets - Winchester City Council
• Scheduled Monument Consent | Historic England
• Statements of Heritage Significance: Analysing Significance in Heritage Assets | Historic England
• National Heritage List for England Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the General Permitted Development Order (GPDO)
• Farm Buildings and Traditional Farmsteads | Historic England
• Historic Farm Buildings - Winchester City Council
• Listed Buildings - Winchester City Council
• Archaeology Projects - Winchester City Council
• Winchester: An Archaeological Assessment - Oxbow Books

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/

Other documents

• National Planning Policy Framework 2023
• The Localism Act 2011
• Statement of Community Involvement 2024
• Regulation 18 Representations
• Strategic Issues and Priorities Consultation Document and Responses
• Local Plan Regulation 18 Document (Draft Local Plan)
• The Equality Act (2010)
• Village Design Statements and Neighbourhood Plans
• Local Nature Recovery Strategy Hampshire County Council
• Winchester future 50 project
• Waste Management Guidelines | Winchester City Council
• Noise policy statement for England - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• Welborne Plan by Fareham Borough Council in 2015
• South Downs Local Plan - South Downs National Park Authority
• Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) - Winchester City Council
• The Building Regulations 2010 (legislation.gov.uk)
• Professional Practice Guidance on Planning and Noise (ProPG)
• Central Winchester Regeneration SPD - Winchester City Council

Last Updated: Wednesday 13 November 2024