A similar situation obtained in Catherington, Hampshire. Against the backdrop of a recently adopted a JCS that had approved the approach of having a local plan made up of separate documents, the inspector stated that he was not prepared to treat all old settlement boundaries as out of date: conclude in the alternative that all such boundaries “to are out of date would seriously undermine the plan-led system in East Hampshire and would risk severe harm to the objectives of local and national policy for the protection of the countryside which requires the prevention of uncontrolled sprawl.” The important point is that these cases are isolated examples affected by specific circumstances. In the vast majority of cases inspectors have continued to emphasise that in a situation where policies were set to meet housing needs of the past rather than the future those policies cannot by definition be treated as up-to-date, and this is so regardless of whether or not paragraph 49 is triggered by the absence of a five-year supply: Kents Green Farm, Haslington LP was drawn up to cover the –“The period to 2011, and the settlement boundaries it defined would have reflected the need for and supply of land for new development, particularly housing, at the time the plan was drafted. The plan is now time expired and its definition of settlement boundaries can thus be seen as out of date.” Goch Way, Andover - policy SET 03 of the LP provides that “Saved development in the countryside, that is to say outside the boundaries of settlements defined in the LP, will only be permitted if there is an overriding need for it to be located in the countryside, or in other certain limited circumstances. The council’s draft revised local plan has identified sites for new housing which are outside the boundaries of settlements as defined in the LP, and indeed planning permission has been granted an appeal for development on sites in conflict with policy SET03, on the basis of the absence of a five-year supply of land. This clearly indicates that, insofar as policy SET03 seeks to prevent new housing development to meet current housing needs outside the LPs settlement boundaries, that policy and those boundaries are out of date.”
A similar situation obtained in Catherington, Hampshire. Against the backdrop of a recently adopted a JCS that had approved the approach of having a local plan made up of separate documents, the inspector stated that he was not prepared to treat all old settlement boundaries as out of date: “to conclude in the alternative that all such boundaries are out of date would seriously undermine the plan-led system in East Hampshire and would risk severe harm to the objectives of local and national policy for the protection of the countryside which requires the prevention of uncontrolled sprawl.” The important point is that these cases are isolated examples affected by specific circumstances. In the vast majority of cases inspectors have continued to emphasise that in a situation where policies were set to meet housing needs of the past rather than the future those policies cannot by definition be treated as up-to-date, and this is so regardless of whether or not paragraph 49 is triggered by the absence of a five-year supply: Kents Green Farm, Haslington –“The LP was drawn up to cover the period to 2011, and the settlement boundaries it defined would have reflected the need for and supply of land for new development, particularly housing, at the time the plan was drafted. The plan is now time expired and its definition of settlement boundaries can thus be seen as out of date.” Goch Way, Andover - “Saved policy SET 03 of the LP provides that development in the countryside, that is to say outside the boundaries of settlements defined in the LP, will only be permitted if there is an overriding need for it to be located in the countryside, or in other certain limited circumstances. The council’s draft revised local plan has identified sites for new housing which are outside the boundaries of settlements as defined in the LP, and indeed planning permission has been granted an appeal for development on sites in conflict with policy SET03, on the basis of the absence of a five-year supply of land. This clearly indicates that, insofar as policy SET03 seeks to prevent new housing development to meet current housing needs outside the LPs settlement boundaries, that policy and those boundaries are out of date.”
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