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Bohunt Manor - stacey (9th Sep 2014 - 15:48:30) I found my copy of the Liphook magazine in my postbox today, and I was interested to read the paragraph by Angela Glass, regarding Liphook, The SDNP, and Neighbourhood Plans. It is my understanding that these plans can cost upwards of 30k to the taxpayer, take 2 years to do, and have to be voted on and approved by the local community via a referendum. Is this really necessary? Surely we have enough sites coming forward within Liphook upon which to fulfill our allocation of 175 houses without needing to encroach on the Park, which has a separate housing allocation. This approach would end up with more houses being built, as developers would just appeal if their development is turned down for no good reason. A neighbourhood plan, is primarily concerned with getting houses built, and by suggesting one is done for the Liphook area of the SDNP, shows where she thinks houses should be built. The housing allocation for the EHDC area has to be set by next year so surely a neighbourhood plan now would have no effect on that? As she is a remunerated portfolio holder at EHDC for planning, surely this is exceeding her supposed impartiality?

Re: Bohunt Manor - Sarah (9th Sep 2014 - 18:22:59) Whilst neighbourhood plans are focused on growth and they must conform to the local plan, they are an opportunity to shape development of all sizes. Additionally, I imagine that whilst the SDNP seems to think any housing within the boundary would not contribute to the 175 units needed in the EHDC area, the neighbourhood plan should give some level of consistency for the whole of Liphook. My view is that if it's done properly a neighbourhood plan could be really beneficial for Liphook - but it will not prevent development.

Re: Bohunt Manor - Jt (9th Sep 2014 - 21:13:18) Omg all this building in liphook is too much. It is becoming a town. I used to love living in this village but now it's becoming suffocating. There is not enough parking for the school, not enough for the station please can this all stop!!

Re: Bohunt Manor - stacey (10th Sep 2014 - 00:15:58) Yes, the point of the article was that a neighbourhood plan should be done in the SDNP. That is saying please put the houses there and not in the rest of Liphook. There is no option to say no to extra housing, there is no choice for that, the only leeway is possibly to decide where to put the houses, and obviously Mrs Glass is directing us to build in the Park. With a neighbourhood plan, the choice to make is only "where shall we put the required houses." Because the Park has to build less houses than EHDC, there is no neccesity to do a neighbourhood plan there.

Re: Bohunt Manor - Question 7 (10th Sep 2014 - 12:29:45) Please note: i) The 175 houses are to meet the 2028 target, this is the difference between the 624 houses already agreed and the 799 allocated for the area in that time frame. Thus we have already agreed 78% of the allocation, thus have enough houses to 2024. EHC have a legal obligation to put in a five year plan to Government which they will not achieve until the Bordon scheme goes live. So developers are throwing applications in prior to this schemes approval. Even the Head Planner had sympathy with Liphook's plight as no one has any idea what the 624 houses will do to the infrastructure. ii) The Bohunt development is in SDNP, thus in theory could be in addition to the 799 already allocated for Liphook. What joy! Whilst we have Parish Council waving through Chicken Farm development against local wishes, commuters making the trip from Bordon to the train station, an additional 175 houses above the allocation being authorised by SNDP.

Re: Bohunt Manor - SOS Bohunt Manor Community Action Group (10th Sep 2014 - 14:15:26) Further to the post on the subject of building houses on the Bohunt Manor Estate readers of Talkback will be interested in the Local Interim Planning Statement [LIPS]prepared by EHDC in respect of Liphook. Liphook Sustainable Future - Local Interim Planning Statement It should be noted that this LIPS will form the basis of the EHDC’s local plan which recognises that housing will not be built on the Bohunt Manor Estate. Sections 20 to 24 are applicable in this respect. Sections 17 and 18, relating to the organisation & administration of the Exhibition on 17th June 2014, have been the subject of discussion and formal complaint to EHDC by our Group and other individuals. Roger Miller Chairman SOS Bohunt Manor Community Action Group

Re: Bohunt Manor - bdavies (11th Sep 2014 - 10:50:39) Can someone explain the reason why the owners of the site have been allowed to tear it? I know the rules about breaking ground and lapsed planning permission but since no-one is going to be funding a new medical centre there will this be the state of the place for years to come - a couple of shallow holes with fencing around them? This is the entrance to our town!

Re: Bohunt Manor - stacey (11th Sep 2014 - 11:38:06) Ask the Liphook Herald, they are usually the advertorial mouthpiece for the owners of the land.

Re: Bohunt Manor - Andy (11th Sep 2014 - 13:07:24) Liphook is a village and wants remain a village it doesnt need or want all the proposed new residential development. Its needs to be left alone and not ruined by planners who have no sense or idea of village life or its needs

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