Required for the following types of *major applications:

• Full planning applications
• Outline planning applications

When:

• There is a Public Right of Way in close proximity to an application site and there may be implications resulting from the proposed development for public walking, cycling and horse-riding access.

Where there is a Public Right of Way within close proximity to an application site an assessment of the Right of Way should be undertaken. The level of detail should reflect the scale of the development and the extent of the access implications of the proposal. The statement must identify the location of the Public Right of Way in relation to the application site, the impact the development could have and what mitigation can be delivered.

Required for:

• Full planning applications
• Outline planning applications

In the event that the proposal is not fully policy compliant, then a viability assessment must be submitted with the application.

When:

• Residential schemes of 10 units and above or;
• Residential schemes which have a site area of 0.5 hectares or more or;
• If the site is part of an allocated housing site; or
• The application is part of a larger area of land which combined with the application site is at least 0.5 hectares in area or is capable of accommodating 10 or more units.

The affordable housing statement should include information about both the affordable housing and any market housing for example, the numbers of residential units, the mix of units with numbers of habitable rooms and/or bedrooms, or the floor space of habitable areas of residential units, plans showing the location of units and their number of habitable rooms and/or bedrooms, and/or the floor space of the units. If different levels or types of affordability or tenure are proposed for different units this should be clearly and fully explained. The affordable housing statement should include details of any registered social landlords acting as partners in the development.  The affordable housing statement should also include an affordable housing plan.  The Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Document confirms the details that the affordable housing plan must contain.

Archaeological Desk Based Assessment

Required for the following types of applications:

• Full planning applications
• Outline planning applications
• Full planning application with listed building consent

When:

• The development involves the disturbance of ground on previously undeveloped sites of over 0.5 hectares or is within an area of archaeological significance as shown on Hampshire County Council's Historic Environment Record .

Required for the following types of *major applications:

• Full planning applications
• Outline planning applications
• Reserved matter applications

The climate change statement should explain how the development will mitigate and adapt to climate change and make specific reference to policies: CC2 (management of flood risk and sustainable drainage systems); CC3 (Coastal Change Management Areas);  CC4 (Renewable and low carbon energy), NE1 (Protection of Nature Conservation), NE2 (Biodiversity Net Gain); NE6 (Trees, Woodland and Hedgerows) NE10 relates to the (Protection and Provision of Open Space) NE9 (Green Infrastructure) and D4 (Water Quality and Resources).

The climate change statement should demonstrate that:

• Green and blue infrastructure is incorporated into the design through approaches such as biodiversity net gain which will help to reduce CO2 concentrations and the use of sustainable drainage systems which help reduce the risk of flooding;
• Higher water efficiency standards (above Building Regulation) are adopted to contribute to alleviating water stress and consumption across the Borough;
• Sustainably sourced materials are reused and used;
• Energy efficiency is integrated into the design;
• Renewable and low carbon technologies are incorporated into residential and commercial developments of all sizes.

Required for the following types of applications:

• Householder planning applications
• Minor planning applications
• Major planning applications
• Section 73 planning applications
• Outline planning applications
• Reserved matters planning applications

When:

• All residential or retail development over 100 square metres (including extensions and annexes)
• All new dwellings even if less than 100 square metres.

The development may be liable for a charge under the Community Infrastructure Levy if it involves new or additional gross internal area for residential and non-residential buildings, including extensions or a new dwelling.  The answers to the questions in this form will enable the local authority to establish whether the development is liable for a charge and if it is, to calculate it accurately from the information on gross internal area that you provide. 

The form can be accessed via the planning portal .

A guidance note relating to the additional information form is also available via the planning portal .

Required for the following types of applications:

• Householder planning applications
• Minor planning applications
• Major planning applications
• Section 73 planning applications
• Outline planning applications
• Reserved matters planning applications

When:

• For all chargeable development

The Assumption of Liability form confirms who assumes liability for the payment of any community infrastructure levy required.  The form can be accessed via the planning portal .

Required for the following types of *major applications:

• Full planning applications
• Outline planning applications
• Reserved matters where local interest in them is known to exist or is reasonably foreseeable.

When a revised planning application is submitted following a refusal, or an amended planning application is submitted making substantial changes to a previously approved scheme, further community consultation must be undertaken.

Prior to submitting any major planning applications, applicants must write to and consult with the local community. The extent of consultation will need to be determined on a case by case basis having regard to the scale of the proposals and the likely extent of local interest.

In addition to this, exhibitions must be held in suitable publicly accessible local locations setting out proposals for the community to be able to view and comment upon. There is an expectation that exhibitions will be arranged for all major applications unless it has been agreed with Fareham Borough Council in advance that there is not likely to be sufficient public interest in the proposals.

These exhibitions should be staffed by developers/ their representatives and/or consultants in order to assist the community with their questions upon the proposals.   Fareham Borough Council recognises that where exhibitions are undertaken over a long period of time it may not be possible to staff the exhibition for the whole period. In these cases, the applicant should endeavour to staff the exhibition at least in part, at times which are likely to attract the greatest level of interest from the community.

The Council also recognises that in some instances it may be appropriate for applicants to create websites which display key plans and documents and enable interested parties to ask questions and provide comments on proposals.

Required for the following types of *major applications:

• Full planning applications
• Outline planning applications

When:

• All sites within 250 metres of a currently licensed or historic landfill site  or where former uses may have contaminated land and/or the land is known to be contaminated.

Sufficient information should be provided to determine the existence or otherwise of contamination, its nature and the risks it may pose and whether these can be satisfactorily reduced to an acceptable level. Where contamination is known or suspected or the proposed use would be particularly vulnerable, the applicant should provide such information with the application as is necessary to determine whether the proposed development can proceed. To identify whether a site could be affected by contaminants in the ground it will be necessary to consider the following;

• Site history (location, surroundings, topography),
• Site usage - nature of any industrial/ commercial use and chemical use and storage/ waste disposal (inc adjacent areas),
• Site geology, hydrogeology, geochemistry, hydrology,
• Site ecology and archaeology,
• Proximity to licensed or unlicensed waste facilities or presence of hazardous gases, · Naturally occurring harmful substances e.g. radon,
• Site walkover findings,
• Previous investigations,
• What will be exposed to the contaminants following development? e.g. humans, buildings and services, ground and surface water and the environment.

All submissions should include an assessment of the risks to humans, buildings and services, ground and surface water and the environment based upon preliminary findings. Commercial property searches that identify environmental risk are available over the internet, although it should be noted that these may not have access or refer to all available information relating to the previous use of a site and may not assess the site in the context of a new planning use. The pollution section of Environmental Health may be able to provide advice and help. Please contact us to discuss this in more detail.

Required for the following types of applications:

• All *major applications

And

• Householder applications
• Full planning applications
• Outline planning applications

When:

• The site is located within a critical drainage area.

The drainage strategy should provide the level of information and detail specified in the Lead Local Flood Authority's checklist .

Further guidance is available from:

The Lead Local Flood Authority 

Building Regulations Approved document  H Drainage and Waste Disposal

Required for the following types of applications:

• Householder applications
• Full planning applications
• Outline planning applications

When:

A biodiversity survey and report is likely to be needed where:

• any development that may affect a nationally designated habitat. You can see these sites on the website of Natural England 
• any development that may affect a locally designated nature conservation habitat. You can see these sites in the Fareham Borough Local Plan Proposals map at the planning portal 
• any development that may have an impact on a protected species
• any development that may have an impact on notable habitats

The Hampshire Biodiversity Information Centre checklist  can be used to ascertain whether ecological/protected species assessments need to be undertaken.

Where a proposed development may have possible impacts on wildlife and biodiversity, information should be provided on existing biodiversity interests and possible impacts on them to allow full consideration of them. Where proposals are being made for mitigation and/or compensation measures information to support those proposals will be needed. Where appropriate, accompanying plans should indicate any significant wildlife habitats or features and the location of habitats of any species protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010 or the Protection of Badgers Act 1992. Applications for development in the countryside that will affect areas designated for their biodiversity interests are likely to need to include assessments of impacts and proposals for long term maintenance and management. This information might form part of an environmental statement, where one is necessary. Certain proposals which include work such as the demolition of older buildings or roof spaces, removal of trees, scrub, hedgerows or alterations to water courses may affect protected species and will need to provide information on them, any potential impacts for them and any mitigation proposals for such impacts. Government planning policies for biodiversity are set out in National Planning Policy Framework .  The Council has developed a biodiversity checklist  to give detailed validation requirements for biodiversity and geological conservation.

Ecological assessments should be carried out by qualified ecologists meeting CIEEM's Competencies for Species Survey . 

Required for:

• Householder applications

When:

• Development is at ground level in Flood Risk Zones 2 and 3

And

• Full planning applications for *major development
• Outline planning applications for *major development

When:

• All development within Flood Risk Zones 2 & 3
• Sites of 1 hectare or more in area in Flood Risk

Zone 1

• Land which is been identified by the Environment Agency as having critical drainage problems
• Land identified in a strategic flood risk assessment as being at increased flood risk in the future
• Land that may be subject to other sources of flooding, where its development would introduce a more vulnerable use.

The FRA (Flood Risk Assessment) must apply the risk-based approach regarding the sequential and exception tests specified in the Planning Practice Guidance as appropriate. The FRA should identify and assess the risks of all forms of flooding to and from the development and demonstrate how these flood risks will be managed, taking climate change into account.  The FRA should identify opportunities to reduce the probability and consequences of flooding.  The FRA should include the design of surface water management systems including sustainable drainage systems (SUDs) and address the need for safe access to and from the development in areas at risk of flooding.  The FRA should be prepared by an applicant in consultation with the local planning authority with reference to their published local development documents and any strategic flood risk assessment.

The FRA should form part of an environmental statement when one is required by The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011 . The National Planning Policy Framework  provides guidance for both local planning authorities and applicants in relation to the undertaking of FRAs and the responsibilities for controlling development where it may be directly affected by flooding or affect flooding elsewhere.

Further guidance  is also provided by the Lead Local Flood Authority

Environment Agency's flood risk for surface water map 

Required for the following types of *major applications:

• Full planning applications

When:

• If the proposed development results in any changes or replacement to an existing system or the creation of a new one. All applications in areas where existing sewage flooding takes place.

All new buildings need separate connections to foul and storm water sewers. If your application proposes to connect a development to the existing drainage system, you should show details of the existing system on the application drawing(s). It should be noted that in most circumstances surface water is not permitted to be connected to the public foul sewers. Where the development involves the disposal of trade waste or the disposal of foul sewage effluent other than to the public sewer, then a fuller foul drainage assessment will be required including details of the method of storage, treatment and disposal. A foul drainage assessment should include a full assessment of the site, its location and suitability for storing, transporting and treating sewage. Where connection to the mains sewer is not practical, then the foul/non-mains drainage assessment will be required to demonstrate why the development cannot connect to the public mains sewer system and show that the alternative means of disposal are satisfactory.

An application should indicate how the development connects to existing utility infrastructure systems. Most new development requires connection to existing utility services, including electricity and gas supplies, telecommunications and water supply, and also needs connection to foul and surface water drainage and disposal.

Required for the following types of applications:

• Full planning applications
• Outline planning applications
• Reserved Matters

When:

• The applications will result in a net increase in overnight accommodation.

All applications are screened to determine if the application is likely to affect a Habitat Site and if it is, if that effect is likely to be significant.

Where likely significant effects cannot be ruled out (prior to the consideration of mitigation measures), an appropriate assessment is required.

The following key pieces of information should be submitted to support any Habitat Regulations Assessment screenings or Appropriate Assessments:

• Confirmation of whether a financial contribution is proposed towards the Bird Aware Solent Strategy or whether a bespoke package of measures is proposed;
• Confirmation of whether a financial contribution is proposed to mitigate the impact of recreational disturbance on protected sites in the New Forest (for further information see the report to the Executive
• Confirmation of the way in which the site has been used during the 10 years preceding the submission of the application.  If the land has had more than one land use (as specified in Natural England's guidance) a plan is required to confirm the location of each land use.  Each parcel of land must have the area annotated and be provided with a detailed chronology confirming when each parcel of land was used for each separate use.
• The land uses and areas must be used to complete a Nutrient Budget using Natural England's Nutrient Calculator.

It would also be useful if the form of mitigation proposed could be confirmed, for example the provision of a financial contribution towards a strategic project off-site or on-site mitigation.

Required for the following types of applications:

• Full planning applications
• Outline planning applications
• Full planning application with listed building consent
• Listed building consent

When:

• Where historical features may be affected; or
• Development within a Conservation Area; or
• Development affecting a Listed Building either directly or its setting.

The scope and degree of detail needed in a heritage statement to accompany a formal planning or listed application will vary depending on the exact scope and circumstances of each application. Applicants are advised to discuss proposals in advance with either a planning officer or a conservation officer before making an application. The Council also offers a pre-application advice service that we encourage applicants to use in advance of the submission of a formal application.

For applications for listed building consent (or applications affecting locally listed buildings), a written statement outlining the potential impact of the proposals on the special architectural and historic interest of the building and its historic fabric will be required in support of any application. This should include a detailed schedule of proposed works to the listed building(s), relevant historical information and an assessment of the impact on the overall character of the building or structure. The principles of and justification for the proposed works and their impact on the special character of the listed building or structure, its setting and the setting of adjacent listed buildings may be required. For purposes physically affecting historic properties a structural survey may be required in support of an application for listed building consent and planning permission.

For proposals that have the potential to affect designated and/or non-designated heritage assets or their setting a written statement on the significance of affected assets is required, supported by  plans and photographs showing historic features that may exist on or adjacent to the application site This includes listed buildings and structures, historic parks and gardens, scheduled monuments, conservation areas, protected wrecks, locally listed buildings and other non-designated heritage assets. The written statement should include an analysis of the significance of the affected asset(s), including the contribution their setting makes to their significance the principles of and justification for the proposed works and their impact of the proposed works on the significance of the affected asset(s).

For applications within or adjacent to a conservation area, an assessment of the impact of the development on the character and appearance of the area may be required. Reference should also be made to the Conservation Area Appraisal.

Guidance on Planning and Heritage Assets is available as part of the National Planning Policy Framework and advice on formulating a Heritage Statement is provided by Historic England .

Required for the following types of *major applications:

• Full planning applications
• Outline planning applications
• Reserved Matters

When:

• In areas identified in the local plan as being of special landscape quality.

Assessment

Applications within Areas of Special Landscape Quality (as set out in Policy DS3 of the emerging Local Plan) are expected to submit a proportionate Landscape Assessment, that demonstrates the proposal satisfies the specific development criteria contained within the Council's Landscape Sensitivity Assessment for the character area in which the development is located.

In referring to the Council's Landscape Sensitivity Assessment, this relates to Part 2 of the Landscape Assessment where each Landscape Character Area (LCA) is further broken down into Local Landscape Character Areas (LLCA) and described in terms of sensitivity to development and ability to accommodate change.  This sensitivity relates to four elements:

1. The area as part of the Borough's landscape resources
2. The area as part of the visual environment enjoyed within the Borough (it's visual amenity)
3. The area as part of the setting and identity of urban areas within the Borough
4. The areas as part of the Green Infrastructure Network within the Borough

Enhancement

After providing a sensitivity assessment for each LLCA in the four categories enhancement opportunities should be provided.

Required for the following types of *major applications:

• Full planning applications
• Outline planning applications where landscaping to be considered

Required for the following types of *major applications:

• Full planning applications

When:

• Significant external lighting is proposed, i.e. flood lighting, lit areas of car parking, new street lighting
• Sites are next to areas of woodland.

Required for the following types of *major applications:

• Full planning applications
• Outline planning applications

When:

• The development is in a Minerals Safeguarding Area.

The Hampshire Minerals and Waste Plan contains policies designed to ensure that there are enough minerals to provide for the infrastructure, buildings, energy and goods that Hampshire needs.  It is important that mineral resources which have not been previously extracted are protected from sterilisation.

A minerals safeguarding assessment must demonstrate that:

• The sterilisation of mineral resources will not occur; or
• It would be inappropriate to extract mineral resources at that location, or
• The development would not pose a serious hindrance to mineral development in the vicinity; or
• The merits of the development outweigh the safeguarding of the mineral.
• If appropriate, how the minerals will be extracted prior to development.

Required for the following types of *major applications:

• Full planning applications
• Outline planning applications

When:

• Noise generating development such as Class B2 Uses are located near to noise sensitive areas i.e. residential and Solent Waders and Brent Geese Strategy Sites; and all noise sensitive developments e.g., housing, nursing home etc., located near to a potential sources of noise e.g. licensed premises, busy urban road, motorway, industrial site.

Required for the following types of applications:

• Full planning applications
• Outline planning applications

When:

• For any development that is identified as requiring a contribution to be made as required by relevant policies in the Local Plan and as set out in the Council's adopted Planning Obligations Supplementary Planning Document (SPD).

The Council's Planning Obligations Supplementary Planning Document gives an indication of the type and level of contributions that are relevant to different types of development.

A list of any contributions required should be listed in the summary together with land ownership details and contact details for the applicant's solicitor.  This information will enable the planning obligation to be progressed alongside the planning application.

Required for the following types of applications:

• Full planning applications including change of use
• Outline planning applications

When:

• Where the proposed development is on existing public open space.

Required for the following types of *major applications:

• Full planning applications
• Reserved matter applications for layout

When:

• Where new dwellings and/or floorspace is proposed; where a loss of existing car parking is involved.

Applications must provide details of existing and proposed parking provision together with confirmation of the location of any electric vehicle charging points.  These details should be shown on a site layout plan. Advice on residential car parking requirements is set out in Residential Car & Cycle Parking Standards Supplementary Planning Document November 2009 (732 KB).

Non-residential car parking requirements are set out in Fareham Borough Council's Non-Residential Parking Standards Supplementary Parking Document adopted in September 2015.

Required for the following types of *major applications:

• Full planning applications
• Outline applications

Required for the following types of applications:

• Full planning applications
• Outline applications

When:

• The application involves the loss/partial loss of playing fields.

The Playing Field Checklist must contain all of the information set out in Annex B Information Requirements  required by Sport England's policy and associated guidance on planning applications affecting playing fields.

Retail Impact Assessment

National Planning Policy Framework  provides up to date advice concerning the application of the sequential test for town centre uses.  The level and type of evidence and analysis required to address the key considerations should be proportionate to the scale and nature of the proposal.

Required for the following types of applications where main town centre uses are proposed and the floor exceeds 500 square metres:

• Full planning applications (including change of use)
• Outline planning applications

When:

• Where proposed at edge of centres and out of centre locations National Planning Policy Framework .

The retail impact assessment should include an assessment of:

1. The impact of the proposal on existing, committed and planned public and private investment in a centre or centres in the catchment area of the proposal; and
2. The impact of the proposal on town centre vitality and viability, including local consumer choice and trade in the town centre and the wider retail catchment (as applicable to the scale and nature of the scheme).

Required for the following applications:

• Detailed Planning applications for residential development including applications for changes of use.

A refuse and recycling plan needs to show the proposed route (tracked) for the refuse vehicle (if appropriate) together with bin collection and storage points.

Refuse Storage Design Guidance (23 MB)

Required for the following applications:

• Full planning applications
• Outline planning applications
• Reserved Matter applications
• Change of use applications

When:

• All new residential development with a net increase of 40 or more dwellings or sites that feature as part of a cluster of adjoining development sites which shall be considered cumulatively.

The self and custom build checklist must include:

• A plan showing the location and phased provision of the self/custom build plots together with the access to the self/custom build plots.
• A Delivery Statement confirming the way in which the development will be provided e.g. the sale of plots to private individuals; the sale of plots to private individuals with a 'design and build' contract; the sale of land to a developer to sell to a third party; or a partnership with an enabling developer.  (Required so that it can be ascertained whether the development accords with the Self and Custom Build Housebuilding Act 2015 definition of a custom or self-build dwelling.)
• A Design Code setting out the design philosophy and how the development will integrate with the character and visual appearance of the locality. 
   

Plot passports should confirm: the plot location; plot size, back to back distances; building lines; scale, servicing, utilities, building height, gross internal area parameters, proximity to neighbouring buildings, developable footprint, boundary treatments, parking and cycle storage and side space requirements.

Fareham Self and Custom Build SPD (1 MB)

Required for the following applications:

• Full planning applications
• Outline planning applications
• Reserved Matter applications
• Change of use applications

When:

• Sites that consist of no more than 9 dwellings, and
• Is carried out on a site which has an area no larger than 0.5 hectares, and
• Consists exclusively of dwellings which are self-build or custom housing building as defined in section 1(A1) of the Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015.

The Self and Custom Build Statement needs to show how the proposal meets the definition of Self and Custom Build Housebuilding Act 2015.

The statement also needs to include the following information:

• the pre-development biodiversity value(s), either on the date of application or earlier proposed date (as appropriate); and
• the completed metric calculation tool showing the calculations of the pre-development biodiversity value of the onsite habitat on the date of application (or proposed earlier date) including the publication date of the biodiversity metric used to calculate the value; and
• plan(s), drawn to an identified scale and showing the direction of North, showing onsite habitat existing on the date of application (or earlier proposed date), including any irreplaceable habitat (if applicable).

Required for the following applications:

• Full planning applications
• Reserved Matter applications
• Change of use applications

When:

• All new residential development.

The Fareham Borough Design Guidance SPD and Policy D5 of the emerging Local Plan recommends that the internal dimensions of dwellings meet the minimum sizes set out in the Nationally described space standards .

The space standards checklist needs to confirm and demonstrate that all proposed dwellings comply with the Nationally described space standards.  The checklist needs to include the gross internal floor area of all rooms and built in storage together with the floor to ceiling height.

amenity standards for HMOs (714 KB)

space standards for HMOs (540 KB)

Required for the following types of *major applications:

• Full planning applications
• Outline planning applications

When:

• Where the development has significant transport implications. The detail of the TA should reflect the scale of the development and the extent of the transport implications of the proposal.

National Planning Policy Framework  provides up to date advice concerning the status of Transport Assessments.  The coverage and detail of the TA should reflect the scale of the development and the extent of the transport implications of the proposal. For smaller schemes the TA should simply outline the transport aspects of the application, while for major proposals, the TA should illustrate accessibility to the site by all modes of transport, and the likely modal split of journeys to and from the site. It should also give details of proposed measures to improve access by public transport, walking and cycling, to reduce the need for parking associated with the proposal, and to mitigate transport impacts.

Required for the following types of *major applications:

• Full planning applications
• Outline planning applications

Where:

The development has significant transport implications, subject to following thresholds (National Planning Policy Framework ):

Required for the following types of applications:

• Householder applications
• Full planning applications
• Outline planning applications

When:

• There are trees on the site that are subject to a TPO or within a Conservation Area and may be affected by the proposed development.

Required for:

• Full planning applications including Change of Use
• Reserved matter applications for layout and appearance

When:

• All applications for cafes, restaurants, pubs, take aways or industrial premises.

Details of the position and design of ventilation and extraction equipment, including odour abatement techniques and acoustic noise characteristics, will be required to accompany all applications for the use of premises for purposes within use classes A3 (i.e. restaurants and cafes – use for the sale of food and drink for consumption on the premises), A4 (i.e. drinking establishments – use as a public house, wine-bar or other drinking establishment), A5 (i.e. hot food takeaways – use for the sale of hot food for consumption off the premises), B1 (general business) and B2 (general industrial). This information (excluding odour abatement techniques unless specifically required) will be required for significant retail, business, industrial, leisure or other similar developments where substantial ventilation or extraction equipment is proposed to be installed.

Required for:

• All reserved matters applications at Welborne.

Required for:

• Initial planning application(s) for Welborne.

Comprehensive Master Plans propose the layout and location of land uses, buildings, public and private spaces, streets, pedestrian and cyclist routes. A Comprehensive Master Plan adds a further level of detail to the Structuring Plan.

The Comprehensive Master Plans must:

• Define the distribution of land-uses and activities;
• Define the heights, massing and bulk of buildings including average densities and maximum building heights;
• Define the public spaces, including the streets and open spaces;
• Define the nature of the relationships between buildings and public spaces (i.e. nature of boundaries between private and public spaces);
• Identify the network of streets and routes for people moving by foot, cycle, car or public transport, service and refuse vehicles, as well as access points and connections off-site;
• Identify the provision of key infrastructure elements, such as supply of electricity and disposal of foul water, sustainable drainage measures, green infrastructure, structural landscaping etc;
• Demonstrate an understanding of how well the new community is integrated with the surrounding landscape context and how this is reflected in the character areas of the development.

Required for:

• Initial planning application(s) for Welborne.

The assessment must provide information of all potential impacts on existing biodiversity interests to allow full consideration of them. Where proposals are being made for mitigation and/or compensation measures information to support those proposals will be needed. Where appropriate, accompanying plans should indicate any significant wildlife habitats or features and the location of habitats of any species protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010 or the Protection of Badgers Act 1992. Applications for development in the countryside that will affect areas designated for their biodiversity interests are likely to need to include assessments of impacts and proposals for long term maintenance and management. This information might form part of an environmental statement, where one is necessary. Certain proposals which include work such as the demolition of older buildings or roof spaces, removal of trees, scrub, hedgerows or alterations to water courses may affect protected species and will need to provide information on them, any potential impacts for them and any mitigation proposals for such impacts. Government planning policies for biodiversity are set out in National Planning Policy Framework.  The Council has developed a biodiversity checklist to give detailed validation requirements for biodiversity and geological conservation.

The Council has developed a biodiversity checklist  to give detailed validation requirements for biodiversity and geological conservation.

Ecological assessments should be carried out by qualified ecologists meeting CIEEM's Competencies for Species Survey .  

Required for:

• Initial planning application(s) for Welborne.

Required for:

• All planning application(s) for Welborne.

The Energy Strategy must demonstrate how the development will:

1. Optimise energy efficiency by minimising the use of energy through design, layout, orientation, landscaping and materials;
2. Achieve high energy efficiency standards for all buildings, including meeting the Passivhaus Standard if appropriate; and
3. Secure energy supply, maximising the use of low or zero carbon technologies including district energy networks

Required for:

• Initial planning application(s) for Welborne.

The FRA (Flood Risk Assessment) must apply the risk-based approach regarding the sequential and exception tests specified in the Planning Practice Guidance as appropriate. The FRA should identify and assess the risks of all forms of flooding to and from the development and demonstrate how these flood risks will be managed, taking climate change into account.  The FRA should identify opportunities to reduce the probability and consequences of flooding.  The FRA should include the design of surface water management systems including sustainable drainage systems (SUDs) and address the need for safe access to and from the development in areas at risk of flooding.  The FRA should be prepared by an applicant in consultation with the local planning authority with reference to their published local development documents and any strategic flood risk assessment.

The FRA should form part of an environmental statement when one is required by The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011 . The National Planning Policy Framework  provides guidance for both local planning authorities and applicants in relation to the undertaking of FRAs and the responsibilities for controlling development where it may be directly affected by flooding or affect flooding elsewhere.

Further guidance  is also provided by the Lead Local Flood Authority

You can determine whether your site is at risk from surface water flooding by referring to the Environment Agency's flood risk for surface water map .  

Initial or outline planning applications for Welborne must include a site-specific flood risk assessment for the development site, to demonstrate that the proposed development will not increase flood risk on the Welborne site or elsewhere.

The development of Welborne shall manage flood risk, in accordance with the findings of the site-specific flood risk assessment through the integration of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS). A comprehensive SuDS Strategy showing the principles of delivery, future management and maintenance across Welborne, shall be prepared and submitted with the initial planning applications.

Required for:

• Planning application(s) for all or part of Welborne.

Required for:

• Initial planning application(s) for Welborne.

Initial or outline planning applications shall be accompanied by a heritage strategy and an historic environment management plan, which sets out the broad principles and options for how the following might be addressed:

1. How the heritage assets will be assessed and identified;
2. The significance of the known heritage assets and their setting;
3. How the heritage assets will be preserved and enhanced;
4. The positive contribution that the conservation of heritage assets will make to a sustainable new community;
5. How the heritage assets have influenced the layout and design of the development should be clearly set out in the supporting documentation;
6. The methodology for recording and storing any archaeological finds of lesser importance;
7. How the results of any archaeological investigations and the retained heritage assets will be presented to the public.

Required for:

• Initial planning application(s) for Welborne.

The Infrastructure Delivery Plan will set out what infrastructure is required to support the scale of development envisaged at Welborne, and at what point that infrastructure will need to be delivered or completed by.

The applicants will be expected to base their Infrastructure Delivery Plan on the Plan produced by Fareham Borough Council as part of the evidence for the Welborne Plan. The IDP must be produced to at least the same level of detail as that produced by this Council.

Required for:

• Initial planning application(s) for Welborne.

Structural landscaping schemes must identify how the existing landscape features on and around the site can be strengthened and used to create a unique 21st century model for a new garden community.

Structural landscaping schemes will show how they respond positively to areas of high landscape quality to the north and east of the site and take into account any material impact upon long distance views of the site from Portsdown Hill to the east and across the site from the south.

Required for:

• Initial planning application(s) for Welborne.

The strategy shall identify the exact location, quantity, nature and quality standards of each type of on-site green infrastructure required, together with adequate changing, storage and parking facilities, where appropriate.

Required for:

• Initial planning application(s) for Welborne.

The Phasing Plan will set out what areas of land within Welborne will be developed and in what order. The way in which development comes forward at the site will have a direct link to what infrastructure needs to be delivered and when.

The applicants will be expected to base their Phasing Plan on the Plan produced by Fareham Borough Council as part of the evidence for the Welborne Plan. The Phasing Plan must be produced to at least the same level of detail as that produced by this Council.

Required for:

• Any application(s) for Welborne that include a reduced or delayed provision of infrastructure.

Required for:

• Initial planning application(s) for Welborne.

Strategic Design Codes are technical documents that illustrate the detailed design rules and requirements for the area of Welborne, which they control.

Strategic Design Codes will provide details of the nature of the overarching and consistent character of the whole Welborne site, within which character areas sit. They provide details of each character area, where they are located and how they vary to reflect the site conditions, the different use(s) and spaces proposed. They will include an explanation of each character area and how it relates to the overall character of Welborne. The rationale for the design will be supported by an analysis of the site and surrounding area to demonstrate how the character of the landscape and surrounding area has influenced the design options within the code. Each Strategic Design Code will contain a plan showing where each character area applies, and which sections of the code (i.e. the rules) apply. For each character area covered by the code, an illustrative design with supporting text explaining the type of place proposed will be provided.

For each character area, the Strategic Design Codes will illustrate:

• Typical street design including how highway, footpaths, cycling routes, servicing/refuse, boundaries, planting, lighting and 'on street' parking will be provided;
• Typical housing types with boundary treatments, parking, bin/cycle provision and storage (including corner plots);
• Typical planting species for trees, shrubs and ground cover;
• Treatment of areas of public space;
• Treatment of key views and non residential buildings; and
• Palette of main materials

The Strategic Design Codes should include elevations of the front or side view of a building, and cross sections that slice through a building and the entire street which services the property. They must also clearly show how necessary green and physical infrastructure and utilities can be accommodated, such as underground servicing.

If no Strategic Design Codes are submitted with initial outline planning application(s), then High-Level Development Principles to be submitted with the Structuring Plan, in accordance with this SPD. High-Level Development Principles (which accompany the Structuring Plan) will set out what the design objectives for Welborne will be; the Design Codes will provide detailed instructions on how these principles will be delivered.

Required for:

• Initial planning application(s) for Welborne.

The Structuring Plan is a plan with a supporting evidence base that both shows and explains how the development can come forward on a comprehensive basis at Welborne. It will need to reflect the phasing and delivery guidelines set out in the adopted Plan.

The purpose of the Structuring Plan is to ensure that Welborne is developed comprehensively, and the design process is co-ordinated across site ownership boundaries. It is essential that a Structuring Plan is prepared for all of the land within the Welborne Plan policy boundary as shown on the 'Policies Map'.

The Structuring Plan must show and justify the following:

The disposition of the main land-uses, the location of Welborne's schools, the District and Local Centres and the Community Hub (with a rationale for the location, distribution and amount of different land uses, as well as average densities and maximum building heights shown), together with an agreed land budget (i.e. breakdown of each land use by measured area);
The main pedestrian and cycle routes throughout Welborne, the access points and primary road network, including the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) route (with a rationale for the transport network and hierarchy, including street design/dimensions details to ensure consistency throughout the development);
The areas proposed for SANGs (Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspaces) and strategic green infrastructure, including the green corridors linking them (with a rationale for the location, distribution, type and amount of green infrastructure, including structural landscaping); and
The location of strategic utilities, infrastructure, including for the supply of electricity and disposal of foul water (with a rationale for the location, utility network and nature of provision).

Parameter plans should support the Structuring Plan for the Welborne site; they should also be accompanied by a written explanation of the rationale behind the plans.

Required for:

• Planning application(s) for all or part of Welborne

Demonstration of how the following will be achieved:

1. The delivery of high quality sustainable public transport system, including the extension of the existing Bus Rapid Transit network to serve the new community;
2. Implementation of Travel planning to reduce the reliance on the private car;
3. A development which is southwards-facing in transport terms through the masterplan layout and delivery of access via the A32 and an improved junction 10 of the M27;
4. The rate of development linked to the funding and provision of necessary transport infrastructure;
5. The incorporation of transport interventions to mitigate traffic impacts on the local and strategic road network and to mitigate any environmental impacts.

Required for:

• All planning applications for Welborne.

Planning application(s) for development will be accompanied by details of a comprehensive waste water conveyance and treatment solution for Welborne, including details on the phasing of new waste water infrastructure.