THE VISION: Our Plan will deliver well designed affordable community focused homes of the right size and tenure within 10-minute walk, wheel chair or bike ride to the main village facilities. Houses allow growth and adaptation to serve all phases of life, promoting health & wellbeing. The architecture uses passive energy and low carbon building materials and there is increased biodiversity and reduced carbon emissions.
Below you can see our individual policies for this chapter. Click to expand and collapse the aims, issues and objectives.
The BLNDP is not allocating sites for development in the plan, however policy BL1 seeks to ensure that any development within the Parish is directed to the most appropriate, sustainable locations, where there is easy access to the main village services and facilities. This will help to protect the wider landscape of the Parish and safeguards against the coalescence of the individual Parish settlements. The policy supports the re-use of previously developed brownfield sites in preference to greenfield. It also supports a compact and walkable neighbourhood to address the potential additional strain of development in the parish on road systems – particularly for developments that are furthest away from the centres facilities.
Aim: To ensure that development is directed to most appropriate sustainable locations and that any new major developments are well connected to existing settlements and provide strategic links as required.
Key policy points:
- Minimise impact on natural and historic environment
- Retain rural nature of parishes villages and hamlets – avoiding coalescence
- Develop sustainable growth & vitality – meeting housing and employment need
- Provide required additional community facilities
- Enable travel within the village to be mainly by foot or bike
- Prioritise the use of brownfield in preference to greenfield
Indicators of success
- Number of brownfield sites developed (inside/outside settlement boundary)
- Number of greenfield sites developed (inside/outside settlement boundary)
- Distance between individual settlements
- Strategic links provided as part of major development – number / location
Housing currently available in the parish is primarily detached and semi-detached. There are fewer terraced homes and flats with lack of affordable housing and waiting lists. Estimates suggest 50 affordable houses are required per annum of the NDP period (950 in total) which is above the overall indicative housing number for the area. The aging population estimates B&L Parish will have a higher than average population of over 75s and those with long term health problems or disabilities by 2036 and this, together securing a reasonable supply of homes for those on average incomes, as well as affordable housing, are key drivers for this policy.
Aim: To meet housing needs within the parish
Key policy points:
- New dwellings delivered in the Parish contribute to local housing needs: focus on smaller homes (in terms of bedroom size); 75%:25% rental v market
- At least 25% affordable homes delivered as First Homes as required by legislation
- Affordable homes are well integrated with market homes
- Provide support for specialist housing
- Support self/custom build
Indicators of success
- Number of new homes delivered
- % of affordable homes on eligible sites
- % split of affordable homes delivered
- Number of custom build plots delivered
Research shows that social wellbeing and quality of life is enhanced by improving the built environment where we live and spend our time.
The NDP builds on the diverse and unique characteristics and design features of the existing housing in the parish. It is developing a series of design codes specifically for the parish that adheres to South Downs Design Codes and National Design Code to ensure the best possible quality and consistency of design across the Parish.
Aim: To ensure that all development is of a high quality and contributes positively to local character
Key policy points:
- Development is designed to integrate with local surroundings, changing need and natural environment, deliver to design codes and guidance, tree planting, soft landscaping, promote sustainable transport, protected views
- Development at the edge of settlements is designed to be less dense so as to enable a more natural blend into the wider countryside
Indicators of success:
- Number of proposals quoting the BL Design Guidance and Codes and other guidance
- Number of trees planted as part of new developments
- Number of proposals that impact negatively on local amenity
- Number of proposals that make provision for improvements to main highway approaches
- Density of development proposals
Climate change is the biggest threat mankind has faced and governments at all levels all over the world are declaring climate emergencies: the rate of climate change is one of the fastest, if not the fastest, its likely the planet has ever faced and has been driven by human initiatives. The UK has committed to net zero by 2050.
Bramshott and Liphook Parish has commissioned the Centre for Sustainable Energy to prepare a study emissions. It found that, compared to the East Hants and the national level, we have higher than average emissions per household on all estimates of consumption of goods and services, housing, travel, food and diet.
The purpose of this policy is to seek to address this by supporting development that is designed to reduce energy consumption and incorporate more sustainable forms of energy generation on site.
Aim: To support measures that will help to mitigate climate change.
Key policy points:
- Development incorporates features that reduce energy consumption, specifically: site orientation to maximise solar gain, thermal efficient features, water efficiency, low carbon sustainable design, EV charging points
- Existing historic buildings are retrofit to improve energy efficiency
- Community-scale renewable energy schemes are supported
Indicators of success:
- Number of community energy schemes developed
- Number of historic buildings retrofit
- Comparison of BL emissions compared to 2022 baseline report
- Number of new homes incorporating sustainable features
- Number of EV charging points installed
