The strategy was led by resident's views and focused all the development along the B3354, Main Road on mainly brown field sites. It was endorsed by the Parish Council in October. This has been formally submitted to Winchester City Council as part of the Local Plan Part 2 process and a 6-week consultation followed the Parish Council meeting.
Commonview are aware that developers/owners whose sites were not successful in receiving community support will be continuing to promote their sites. Welbeck Land who wish to develop the land east of Highbridge Road has completed a mailshot to everyone in the Parish in their own consultation. They have indicated they are preparing to apply for planning permission, despite it not being supported by the extensive consultations conducted by Commonview, and it not being part of the development strategy for the village.
Commonview feels any planning application would be premature as the housing target for Colden Common covers a 20-year period and any site allocations for housing outside the existing settlement boundary should be dealt with by the Winchester District Local Plan Part 2. Until the settlement boundary is changed as part of Local Plan Part 2, any application for this site (or any other outside the current boundary) should be refused under current policy as the development outside the existing settlement boundary.
The recently adopted Local Plan Part 1 is the policy which gave Colden Common the target to provide around 250 homes and under policy MRTA2 it states:
"Sites outside settlement boundaries will only be permitted where, following an assessment of capacity within the built-up area, they are shown to be needed, or to meet a community need or realise local community aspirations identified through a Neighbourhood Plan or other process which demonstrates clear community support"
In order to shape the future of the village, you can have your say!
1) To defend the development strategy from challenges from all Parish Council unendorsed sites, and achieve a community led plan for the village, you can show your continued support for the strategy by e-mail or written replies via the Parish Office in the Community Centre. The deadline has been extended until the 30th November. After this date all representations made will be forwarded to Winchester City Council.
2) If you choose to reply to the Welbeck Land consultation document please e-mail Commonview or drop a letter into the Parish Office. This is so Commonview can continue to work effectively with the Community.
Commonview will continue to act as a link with the Community and Winchester City Council, and aim to keep residents informed of key dates and how you can help.
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