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The Odiham Society Established 1978 Registered Charity No. 277285 Member of the Civic Voice |
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Planning Hatchwood Farm Odiham Parish Council (OPC) has organised a public meeting connected to the proposed development at Hatchwood Farm, please click HERE for details. OPC will be distributing fliers in hard copy. Bell Cornwell is currently undertaking a local consultation exercise in advance of the submission of a planning application for development at Hatchwood Farm, Odiham. This will be an unfamiliar process to many OdSoc members. The Bell Cornwell website contains lots of plans and diagrams that should be viewed by members who wish to find out more: www.bell-cornwell.co.uk Click HERE to view the Odiham Society responce to Bell Cornwell. The Odiham Society Executive Committee would urge you all please to submit your own responses to Bell Cornwell, copied to others as you deem appropriate, but especially to the Odiham Parish Council at planning.consultation.@odiham.org.uk, by the Bell Cornwell deadline of Friday 27 April 2012. However, Odiham Society would like to point out that this proposed application might very well be just the first of many around Odiham, as developers try to take advantage of the present weakness in Hart's planning position, as more fully explained in the attached response. Odiham Society fully accepts that more houses are needed in Odiham, not in two or three large housing estates, but in small local developments, which has been the pattern of development here for many years and could well continue if allowed to do so. National Planning Policy Framework The Government has now published its National Planning Policy Framework which members can download and read. (click here) Crucial in the future planning process will be neighbourhood planning, which is explained (relatively simply) in the introductory guide (click here) provided by the Communities and Local Government. The Society promotes the conservation of the architectural and natural environment of Odiham parish and its surrounding countryside. It monitors all planning applications, and opposes those which would significantly damage or degrade the local environment. The Society maintains close liaison with the Parish and District Councils, and participates in public inquiries as necessary. Click here to go to our links page where you can move on to view important planning documents such as the Odiham and North Warnborough Conservation Area Statements and the Village Design Statement. Links will also take you to Hart District Council sites where current planning applications may be viewed. Currently the Government is preparing a new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and sent their proposals out for consultation. Civic Voice has concerns about the proposals and has initiated a Campaign for fair planning to support local civic societies and to ensure that current planning safeguards are not abandoned. Learn more about Civic Voice’s campaign, including a summary of NPPF Key Issues and a summary of their submission to NPPF by clicking here.
In October 2011 The Odiham Society responded to the consultation document. To see our response click here.
This response was supported by our local Member of Parliament, the Rt. Hon. James Arbuthnot. To see this letter of support click here. In 2010, prior to the publication of the Government’s NPPF proposals, the Society had responded to Odiham Parish Council’ consultation exercise about the future planning and development strategy for Odiham and North Warnborough which was to have covered the period over the next twenty years. Click here to learn what the Society said on your behalf in December 2010. |
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