The Winchester District Local Plan Part 1 - Joint Core Strategy covers Winchester District but does not include the area that lies in the South Downs National Park (SDNP). The area covered by the SDNP now has its own adopted Local Plan https://www.southdowns.gov.uk/first-south-downs-national-park-local-plan-adopted/
The Local Plan Part 1 is the long term strategic plan for development within Winchester District, and includes the strategic vision, objectives and the key policies needed to achieve sustainable development in Winchester District to 2031. It identifies the amount of development, broad locations for change, growth and protection, including allocating strategic sites.
To get to this stage of the Local Plan, a considerable amount of work and consultation has been carried out, including; Frontloading; Issues and Options; Preferred Option; Blueprint; Plans4Places; and Pre-Submission.
The Plan was subject to Examination by an independent Inspector during October/November 2012. The Council received the Planning Inspector's final report on 11th February 2013 and subsequently adopted the Plan on 20 March 2013. The adopted version of the Plan is available to view / download on the Local Plan Part 1 page below.
The statutory documents which comprise the Development Plan are currently:
- The Local Plan Part 1 - Joint Core Strategy 2013;
- The Local Plan Part 2 - Development Management and Site Allocations 2017;
- The Denmead Neighbourhood Plan 2015;
- The Gypsy,Traveller and Travelling Showpeople DPD 2019;
- Hampshire Minerals and Waste Plan 2013.
- The Policies Maps
In applying the Development Plan, the Council needs to take account of government policy. There is one area in particular where this has changed since adoption of Local Plan Part 1 as follows: