Neighbourhood Plan
Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council confirm making of the Neighbourhood Plan
Neighbourhood Plan for Old Basing and Lychpit
Basingstoke and Deane’s draft Local Plan sets out how they want to see development proceed up to 2029. It proposes at least 550 houses in the parish over this period, at Swing Swang Lane and east of Pyotts Hill. All large development comes with challenges, like the desire to maintain the special character of the parish, its landscape, its environment, our close-knit community and rich heritage, while avoiding exacerbating problems of traffic, transport and demands on important local facilities.
Old Basing & Lychpit Neighbourhood Plan - Referendum on 7 June
The final version of the Neighbourhood Plan is now available and can be viewed here. Hard copies are available to view at Old Basing Health Centre, Old Basing Village Hall, Chineham Library and Basingstoke Discovery Centre. Electronic copies are also available on the Basing and Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council websites.
This is the last opportunity for residents to have their say on the Neighbourhood Plan so please be sure to vote on 7 June.
Old Basing and Lychpit can make its voice heard in the Local Plan by producing a Neighbourhood Plan for the parish.
The Parish Council has started its Neighbourhood Plan by involving residents, businesses and organisations to establish policies to achieve a vision. We cannot override the Local Plan but we can stipulate policies to see the parish develop so that protects what is best about our parish and moves to solve the problems created by development. The Neighbourhood Plan will have statutory powers alongside the Local Plan, to refine development and its impacts.
How will the Neighbourhood Plan be put together?
Firstly, we will ask the people what they value about the parish and what concerns they have. We are starting with exhibitions to make clear what the Local Plan means for us and to seek residents’ views. This will enable us to create a vision of the parish for 2029 when the Local Plan lapses. The pictures shown here are displays from the exhibitions we are holding. A Neighbourhood Plan gives us all – residents, businesses, clubs and organisations – a voice in the how development happens. It also gives us increased facilities through the Community Investment Levy for infrastructure associated with development, things like play areas, cycleways and footpaths and the like.
After that we can focus on details to develop policies for the Neighbourhood Plan. Finally the draft Neighbourhood Plan will go to Basingstoke and Deane Council. They will examine the Neighbourhood Plan with an independent Examiner before it comes back to the parish in a referendum for adoption.
Further reports will follow as we progress. For more information, contact the parish Office.
Submission Documents
The Neighbourhood Plan is now ready for Submission. The final round of consultation and the submission to the Examiner is handled by Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council. We will post details of this process as they become known. The documents to support this round of consultation can be found by using the links below, the previous rounds and supporting documents are further down the page.
- View the submission version of the Neighbourhood Plan here (4MB, PDF)
- View the Old Basing and Lychpit Conditions Statement here. (810KB, PDF)
- View the Neighbourhood Plan Area Map here. (1013KB, PNG)
- View the Consultation statement here. (2MB, PDF)
- View the Borough Council Regulation 14 comments here (361KB, PDF), and view the responses from the team here (474KB, PDF).
- View the submission of the plan to the Borough Council letter here (350KB, PDF).
- Following further inspection by the Borough Council they have asked to add an Equality Impact Assessment. View the Equality Impact Assessment here (455KB, PDF).
- The Borough Council has confirmed that the Plan is compliant, view this check is here (312KB, PDF). View the covering letter to the Parish here (141KB, PDF).
As detailed, consultation is now under way and will run until 4pm on Monday 11th December 2017.
Pre-Submission Consultation
Click here to download the Pre-submission version of the Neighbourhood Plan. An Executive Summary is available here, please note this is a 'booklet design' document and should print as such on many printers using 'print on both sides'. A comment form to return to the Parish Office (by post or email) is here.
- 14 November 2014 (352KB, PDF)
- 6 January 2015 (349KB, PDF)
- 27 January 2015 (369KB, PDF)
- 17 February 2015 (332KB, PDF)
- 3 March 2015
- 31 March 2015 (353KB, PDF)
- 28 April 2015 (358KB, PDF)
- 2 June 2015 (356KB, PDF)
- 21 July 2015 (356KB, PDF)
- 12 August 2015 (358KB, PDF)
- 1 September 2015 (351KB, PDF)
- 30 September 2015 (370KB, PDF)
- 24 November 2015 (356KB, PDF)
- 15 December 2015 (360KB, PDF)
- 21 January 2016 (368KB, PDF)
- 16 February 2016 (361KB, PDF)
- 22 March 2016 (352KB, PDF)
- 26 April 2016 (357KB, PDF)
- 20 July 2016 (360KB, PDF)
- Results Of Survey Carried Out In July 2015 (510KB, PDF)
- Public Feedback 1 – 9th May 2015 (37KB, PDF)
- Public Meetings (March – April) – 17th March 2015 (1MB, PDF)
- BDBC Additional Homes Letter (833KB, PDF)
- Environment Agency Letter (613KB, PDF)
- Natural England Letter (581KB, PDF)
- Display Board 1 material (351KB, PDF)
- Display Board 2 material (355KB, PDF)
- Display Board 3 material (4MB, PDF)
- Display Board 5 material (3MB, PDF)
- Display Board 6 material (357KB, PDF)
- Display Board 7 material (269KB, PDF)
Village Design Statement
Declaration of Result of Poll
The result of the Referendum was a resounding YES in favour of the Neighbourhood Plan. This will now go to a Borough Council meeting on 19 July where the plan will be “made”.