THE VISION: Established local businesses are doing well and new businesses emerging. There is an increase in tourism and with more people working closer to or at home, using the local facilities and networks. The local economy is circular and thriving.
Below you can see our individual policies for this chapter. Click to expand the aims, issues and objectives.
Supporting current business and encouraging new provides opportunities for local people and boosts the local economy enabling better self-reliance. Home working has become `` common since Covid-19 restrictions stimulating the demand for work-spaces, lunch time cafes, and other service providers. Knock on benefits of less commuting is reduced traffic. Feedback from the community emphasises the desire to establish stronger links between local students and local employers: although this is not within NDP remit.
Aim: To safeguard existing employment space in the parish, while also supporting additional provision.
Key policy points:
- Existing employment is safeguarded against change of use
- Criteria against which new employment uses should be considered are adhered to
Indicators of success:
- Number of employment sites (measured against baseline)
There has been passionate feedback from residents about measures to enable an economically vibrant, mixed-use centre in Liphook to attract additional footfall to the village centre. This policy aims is to enhance the historic village square, which could house a flexible space/covered market and improve the look and feel of the public realm.
Aim: To support a vibrant village centre with a mix of uses.
Key policy points:
- Existing uses safeguarded against change of use
- Public realm improvements are undertaken including enhancing the village square, identifying a suitable site for a covered market, providing new and improved
Indicators of success:
- Report on uses in the village centre (benchmarking report?)
- % units providing upper floor residential
- % loss of retail floorspace to other uses
- % historic buildings in use
- Number proposals incorporating public realm improvements
- Site for covered market identified
The attractive location of the parish, regarded as the gateway to the South Downs National Park, coupled with its proximity to a great number of regionally and nationally significant visitor attractions, presents and opportunity for the parish to develop itself as both a destination and base for sustainable rural tourism.
Aim: To become a gateway to the South Downs National Park for visitors.
Key policy points:
- Appropriate visitor infrastructure is provided in the Parish
- Additional staying visitors are attracted
- Improved connectivity between the Parish transport hubs and the SDNP and local attractions/ facilities
Indicators of success:
- Visitor survey – number of staying daytrips
- Visitor satisfaction survey
- Value of tourism to local economy
- Number of facilities available to support tourism
- Signage audit
