Planning - Planning Constraints
Apart from government guidance and policies of the Local Plan and village design statements, other documents need to be taken into consideration when dealing with planning applications, such as Article 4 Directions, contaminated land and land at risk of flooding.
Village Design Statements
The documents are compiled by parishes in consultation with us. They are then considered by the Planning Policy Panel and approved to be part of the decision-making process for planning applications.
Parish documents available are:
Beech Village Design Statement Chawton Village Design Statement Buriton Village Design Statement East Meon Village Design Statement Farringdon Village Design Statement Grayshott Village Design Statement Four Marks Village Design Statement Horndean Village Design Statement Lasham Village Design Statement Liss Village Design Statement Medstead Village Design Statement Ropley Village Design Statement Rowlands Castle.Village Design Statement Catherington Conservation Area study and character appraisal covers this part of Horndean parish but the document does not carry the same weight as village design statements. Alton Town Design Statement
Article 4 Directions Article 4 Directions are issued by us where specific control over development is required because the character of an area of acknowledged importance would be threatened.
These directions are not issued lightly and mean that planning permission is required for any development, including that which would otherwise be classed as ‘permitted development’. They are usually applied over an area rather than an individual property and are registered as a Local Land Charge.
East Hampshire has Article 4 Directions on areas of land at:
Pigeon Copse, Hillbrow Road, Liss Lovedean Lane/Hinton Daubney Hill, Catherington Old Barn Farm, Hewshott Lane, Liphook Land at Hawthorn Lane, Four Marks Land to rear of The Horse and Groom Public House, Newton Valence Hinton Manor, Catherington, Horndean Marsh Farm, Steep Catherington Lith, Catherington, Horndean Wishanger Farm and New Farm, Headley Warren Hill, Liss North of Barefoots Farm, Hawkley Bowleswood Farm, Headley Road, Grayshott
Flood risk
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
The East Hampshire AONB covers the middle part of East Hampshire, including Petersfield and Liss. The status of an AONB gives a high level of protection to the landscape. The areas of East Hampshire outside the AONB (including Liphook, Bordon/Whitehill and Alton to the north and Horndean, Clanfield and Rowlands Castle to the south) are covered by policies that protect the countryside against development The Local Plan contains planning policies giving protection to the landscape in the AONB and in the remaining parts of East Hampshire. We are now working on a Local Development Framework (LDF), which is the successor to the Local Plan.
There is further informaton our LDF pages
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