Local Plan
Local Plan Part 1: Joint Core Strategy Adopted 2013
Following consideration by the South Downs National Park Authority and Winchester City Council both planning authorities adopted the Winchester District Local Plan Part 1 – Joint Core Strategy Development Plan Document on 19 and 20 March 2013 respectively.
The adopted Local Plan Part 1 covers the administrative area of Winchester District including the area of the South Downs National Park Authority that lies within the District.
The Local Plan Part 1 can be viewed at the bottom of this page, split into several separate documents. For ease of reference the table below sets out the titles of each chapter.
| Chapter 1 | Introduction and Background |
| Chapter 2 | Profile of Winchester District |
| Chapter 3 | Development Strategy |
| Chapter 4 | Spatial Strategy - Winchester Town |
| Chapter 5 | Spatial Strategy – South Hampshire Urban Areas |
| Chapter 6 | Spatial Strategy – Market Towns and Rural Area |
| Chapter 7 | Core Polices – Active Communities |
| Chapter 8 | Core Policies – Prosperous Economy |
| Chapter 9 | High Quality Environment |
| Chapter 10 | Infrastructure Implementation and Monitoring |
| Appendix A | Saved Policies |
| Appendix B | Glossary |
| Appendix C | Evidence Base |
| Appendix D | Monitoring Framework |
| Appendix E | Infrastructure Delivery Summary |
| Appendix F | Housing Trajectory |
The legal challenge to the adoption of the Winchester District Local Plan Part 1 - Joint Core Strategy received on 30 April 2013 was heard in the High Court on the 11 & 12 Feb 2014.
The Court has now given Judgement on the challenge which can be viewed or downloaded from the document list.