Botley Neighbourhood plan

Botley Neighbourhood plan

Examination update October 2024

The Regulation 16 consultation has now closed, and all responses have been shared with the independent examiner. The examiner has reviewed the representations and provided a clarification note: Botley Neighbourhood Plan Clarification Note

Consultation responses can be viewed below:

Examination update - August 2024

Eastleigh Borough Council will undertake a second Regulation 16 consultation on the Botley Neighbourhood Plan. This reflects the changes made to the Plan by the Committee. In January 2023, the examiner paused the examination to enable the Committee to respond to representations made during the first Regulation 16 consultation (held August to October 2023), regarding the Habitats Regulation Assessment, the Sustainability Appraisal of the Plan and the site selection process.

In summary, the changes the Committee have made to the overall package of information include:

Combining Policies 7 and 8 (Site Allocation at Woodhill School north and south) into one policy: ‘Policy 7 Woodhill School’ (page 54);
Addition of information regarding habitat mitigation in the ‘Development in Botley’ section (page 53), and evidence in Policy 7(page 57);
Addition of Policy 8: ‘Mitigation in Development' (Page 61)
Updates to the Strategic Environmental Assessment to reflect change to policies and appendices added to reflect new site assessments undertaken;
Updates to the Habitats Regulation Assessment to take account of new mitigation measures and the additional policy; and
New map of the Local Greenspaces included as Appendix 9.

Second Regulation 16 consultation

Botley Neighbourhood Plan Committee has resubmitted the draft Botley Neighbourhood Plan along with its supporting evidence and documentation to Eastleigh Borough Council for public consultation. Consultation will take place between Wednesday 4 September and Wednesday 16 October 2024 in accordance with Regulation 16 of the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012.

Submissions documents

Botley Neighbourhood Plan Submission Draft

Appendix One – Listed Buildings in Botley
Appendix Two – Demographic Data
Appendix Three – Community Aspirations
Appendix Four – Botley Housing Needs Assessment
Appendix Five – Consultation Statement
Appendix Six – Botley Strategic Environmental Statement (SEA)
SEA Appendix 1 Review of Sites
SEA Appendix 2a,2b and 2c - Site Assessments
Appendix Seven – Botley Parish Neighbourhood Plan Design Guide
Appendix Eight - Botley Habitat Regulatio assessment
Appendix Nine - Local Green Space Map

Where to view the documents

Hard copies of the submitted plan and its supporting evidence and documentation can be inspected at:

Eastleigh House, Upper Market Street, SO50 9YN (8.30am to 5pm, Monday to Friday) Telephone: 023 8068 8000
Botley Parish Council, Botley Centre, High Street, Botley, SO30 2ES (open 9.00am to 4.30pm Monday to Thursday, 9.00am to 1.00pm Friday) Telephone: 01489 787181

Making comments

Download a regulation 16 response form

Representations should be completed on the response form and sent to:

Email: [email protected]
Or
Post: Planning Policy team, Eastleigh House, Upper Market Street, Eastleigh, SO50 5YN

Please note, all representations must include a name and address. We also cannot accept representations submitted after the consultation period ends.

Examination

Eastleigh Borough Council appointed Andrew Ashcroft to examine the submitted Botley Neighbourhood Plan along with its supporting evidence and documentation. This appointment has been agreed with Botley Parish Council. The examiner will address the resubmitted Plan and will take account of the representations received to the second Regulation 16 consultation.

The examiner’s report will assess whether the Plan meets the basic conditions and other statutory requirements. The examiner will also recommend whether the Plan should proceed to a public referendum stage. The examiner’s report will be published on the Council’s website once the examination has finished.

The arrangements of the examination can be viewed here:

Arrangements for the examination of the Botley Neighbourhood Plan

Previous Regulation 16 Submission Consultation 2023

Consultation on the submitted Botley Neighbourhood Plan along with its supporting evidence and documentation took place between Thursday 31 August and Thursday 26 October 2023 in accordance with Regulation 16 of the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012. Representations received in response to the consultation have been sent to the examiner.

These can also be viewed below:
Representations received during the consultation on the Regulation 16 submission consultation on the Botley Neighbourhood Plan 2023

The submitted Botley Neighbourhood Plan, associated submission documents and supporting documents are available to view below.

Submission documents

Supporting Documents

Appendix One – Botley Listed Buildings 2023 (pdf)
Appendix Two – Botley Demographic Data 2023 (pdf)
Appendix Three – Botley Community Aspirations 2023 (pdf)
Appendix Four – Botley Housing Needs Assessment 2023 (pdf)
Appendix Five (a) – Botley Site Assessment 2023 (Excel)
Appendix Five (b) – Botley Site Assessment 2023 (pdf)
Appendix Six – Botley Design Guide 2023 (pdf)
Consultation Statement Appendix 2 Regulation 14 Summary 2023

Background

Eastleigh Borough Council approved the designation of the Botley Neighbourhood Area at a meeting of Cabinet on 30 November 2015. The designation of a Neighbourhood Area enables a Neighbourhood Plan to be prepared for the designated area.

Following the designation of the Botley Neighbourhood Area, Botley Parish Council consulted on the draft Botley Neighbourhood Plan, its supporting evidence and documentation between 24 October and 12 December 2022. Please see the Botley Parish Council website for further details.