Planning guidance

Affordable housing

The Council is consulting on a draft Affordable Homes in New Developments Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) from 8 November 2024 to 5pm 20 December 2024. For more information please see the Affordable Homes in New Developments SPD webpage.

• Affordable Housing Technical Advice Note 2024
• First homes interim planning policy statement
• Affordable housing financial contributions calculator
• Affordable housing financial contributions technical advice note

Cycle and Car Parking in New Development 

• Cycle and Car Parking Standards in New Development Supplementary Planning Document (adopted 7 December 2023)

Viability 

• Viability Appraisals for New Development Supplementary Planning Document (adopted 2 November 2023) 

Biodiversity

• Biodiversity planning technical advice note

Thames Basin Heath special protection area

The SPA – general information 

• South East Plan Policy NRM6 Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area (adopted May 2009)
• Policy NBE3 Thames Basin Heaths special protection area (SPA) and the supporting text in the adopted Hart Local Plan 2032.
• Areas in Hart district affected by the SPA (map)
• Thames Basin Heath special protection area delivery framework 2009

Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace – SANG 

• Council owned/controlled SANG allocation criteria agreed by cabinet on 1 October 2020 and updated November 2022. This sets out the criteria against which we will consider an allocation of council-owned/controlled SANG capacity. We will not give priority for the allocation of council-administered or managed SANG to any development that does not meet the above allocations policy. Please email all SANG requests to sang@hart.gov.uk.
• Suitable alternative natural greenspace (SANG) map and capacity - published May 2024
• SANG tariff 2024/2025
• Guidelines for creation of SANG – August 2021

Strategic Access Management and Monitoring

• Tariff for strategic access management and monitoring (SAMM) from 1 April 2024

Other guidance

Please contact us if you need any of the following reports in a different format.

• The Community Infrastructure Policy sets out our requirements for new development. This is usually secured through S106 planning obligations, often in the form of financial contributions.
• We set out details of the amounts received from contributions from S106 planning obligations in our developer contributions page
• Basingstoke Canal catchment map
• Colt Hill Wharf Clubhouse, Odiham catchment map
• Edenbrook Country Park, Hitches Lane catchment map
• Developers' contributions towards children's services facilities 
• Fleet Pond catchment map
• Frogmore Leisure Centre, Yateley, catchment map
• Hart leisure strategy
• Hartley Wintney commons catchment map
• Hazeley Heath, Hartley Wintney, catchment map
• Illuminated advertisements
• Odiham Common catchment map
• Odiham village design statement
• Planning technical advice note - privacy, daylight and sunlight: the 45 and 25 degree guideline
• Transport contributions policy
• Yateley village design framework supplementary planning document