North of Fareham Strategic Development Area

Area Action Plan

The Area Action Plan (AAP) for the Strategic Development Area (SDA) is a Development Plan Document that will set out detailed objectives, community and infrastructure provisions, the disposition and phasing of land uses for the area the north of Fareham. It will develop the Core Strategy policy approach for the SDA in more detail alongside a masterplan.

The AAP must be subject to Sustainability Appraisal assessment under the Habitats Regulations and be informed by Evidence Studies.

Preparation Timetable

The document will undergo various stages of preparation, including public consultation, before it is adopted. The timetable is set out in the Local Development Scheme.

Strategic Development Area AAP Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report

The Strategic Development Area AAP Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report (5.72) was available for comment between 6th July 2009 and 11th August 2009. The responses received are summarised in Appendix A to the report 'Responses to Consultation in the Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report and Baseline Information for the SDA Area Action Plan' (121 Kb)

Community Consultation

SDA Visioning Events

Two events were held to contribute to the development of a vision and set high level development principles to inform the plans for the Strategic Development Area through both the Fareham Core Strategy and SDA Area Action Plan. The full reports (including executive summaries) of the workshops held on 27th March and 19th June 2009 and separate executive summary documents are available to download:

Executive Summary and Report for the 27th March Visioning Event (1.90 Mb)
Executive Summary from the 27th March Visioning Event (147 Kb)
Executive Summary and Report for the 19th June Visioning Event (1.15 Mb)
Executive Summary from the 19th June Visioning Event (157 Kb)

Questionnaires

In June and July 2009 a questionnaire was made available to the people of Fareham offering them the opportunity to make their views known regarding the make up, character and content of the SDA to ensure that there was an opportunity for local people to contribute to the construction of a vision for the development of the SDA. A report of the SDA questionnaire outcome (647 Kb) is available.

At the same time a questionnaire was also made available to members of the council's E-panel to probe in more depth the outcomes of the 27th March workshop and to gauge the responses to those outcomes of a statistically profiled population sample representative of the wider population of Fareham. A report of the E-panel questionnaire for the SDA (550 Kb) is available.

Summary report identifying common themes, actions and direction from all the Visioning Events and Questionnaires (290 Kb)

Community Liaison Group

Public consultation is also assisted by the Community Liaison Group which was established to bring together relevant community interests vital to the successful delivery of the SDA, in order to identify and discuss any relevant issues which might arise during the course of planning and developing a new sustainable community to the north of Fareham.