Extracts from the Harting Parish Meeting
held on 19 October 2017
SDNPA Local PlanPre-Submission Consultation
The Plan is landscape capacity led – not housing target driven
Local Plan Policies referred to in the meeting
PolicySD90 / Housing Allocation ‘Land at Loppers Ash’
SD91 / Housing Allocation ‘Land North of the Forge’
SD25 / Development Strategy
SD30 / Replacement Dwellings
SD31 / Extensions, annexes and outbuildings
SD12 / Historic Environment Strategy
SD13 / Listed buildings
SD14 / Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation of HistoricBuildings
SD15 / Conservation Areas
SD21 / Public Realm, Highway Design and Public Art
Other documents on which there is consultation:
-the South Harting ‘inset map’ which shows the settlement boundary
- the Sustainability Appraisal
both are available on the SDNPA website (see below).
Where to find the Pre-Submission Plan & the Sustainability Appraisal
PetersfieldTown Hall / Mon – Fri 9am – 5pmChichester Library / Mon – Fri 9am – 7pm, Sat 9am – 5pm
Paper copies:
On-line: (Ctrl + click simultaneously on this link)
The Pre-Submission Plan can be downloaded in four parts or can be read on-line via the ‘Consultation page’ link. Other documents available include the Sustainability Appraisal and, grouped alphabetically, the Settlement Inset Maps (part of the Policies Map).
Ways to respond to the Pre-Submission Plan & the Sustainability Appraisal
By email to or by post to South Downs Local Plan, Planning Policy, South Downs National Park Authority, South Downs Centre, North Street, Midhurst, West Sussex GU29 9DH.
Give your name and postal address because anonymous comments will not be accepted. If you choose to e-mail or write, it is essential that you clearly identify the policy, paragraph etc you are commenting on. (Note: all comments are published on the SDNPA website)
Download a Comments Form
Download the Form fromthe web page above and return it by email (address as above). The Form has three parts: A for Personal Details, B for Representations and C for anything else not covered by Part B. Representations can be on any of the Plan Policies, the Sustainability Appraisal and the Policies Map etc. Part B has to be completed for each representation you make. For your comments to have the most impact, for eachrepresentation you should tick the appropriate boxes about the soundness (see below) of the SDNPA’s Plan and give your reasons.
Comment on-line (use the Local Plan web address above, click on ‘Consultation Page’, then on ‘Respond by making comments on the consultation document’ near the bottom of that page)
There is a ‘How to respond guide’ (use the web address above), but the Guide does not make it clear that whenever you click on the ‘Add a comment’ box you will be asked ‘Do you consider the document is Sound?’. You cannot submit a comment on a policy until you have answered the question. If you think it is unsound, you can also tick a box indicating in what way it is unsound and then give your reasons. (Note: If you consider a policy to be unsound, then the Plan is also unsound).
You do not have to make all of your comments at one time. When you ‘Submit’ a comment, it will be saved; you can edit any of your comments at any time up until the deadline (see the ‘Guide’).
If you wish to comment on one of the other documents, such as the Sustainability Appraisal, they can be found under ‘Supporting Documents’ on the ‘Respond to this Consultation’ page.
Soundness
The criteria are outlined on page vi of the paper version of the Plan and the ‘Have your say’ page on-line. If, for example, there is a short-coming in the evidence supporting a policy, that policy would not be justified. However, if a policy will not meet objectively assessed needs, then it would not have been positively prepared.
Queries
Contact the Planning Policy team by email at or telephone on 01730 814810.
The deadline for responses is 23.59 on 21 November 2017