So Surely the Development West of Waterlooville Goes Against Government Policy? Yes it does, but there are reasons for this for the increased housing requirements in our area:  Information from the Census and patterns of migration/in- migration used to estimate future population  No. of households estimated (how people are likely to divide into houses)  Average household size is falling. Single person households on the increase  Social change (increase in divorce rate, people living longer, young people leaving home earlier) means we occupy more housing between us than we used to  Social change rather than population growth is primarily fuelling the need for more housing development

Development Requirements West of Waterlooville MDA (Major Development Area)  2000 new homes before 2011  Reserve site for additional 1000 homes  30ha of employment land  Provision for new schools, health care, open space, local shopping and other community facilities  Physical infrastructure: roads, sewerage, water supply, drainage Illustrative Masterplan of the new West of Waterlooville development, used with permission of Winchester City Council.

Why was development at Waterlooville proposed?  94, 290 new homes needed in Hampshire 1996 – 2011 to meet SE England’s housing needs  The Waterlooville MDA forms part of the Hampshire County Structure Plan’s housing strategy  The housing strategy makes best use of existing ‘Brownfield’ or ‘previously developed’ land in urban areas before allocating Greenfield development.  BUT some Greenfield development is needed: four MDAs are proposed at Waterlooville, Basingstoke, Eastleigh and Andover

Why Build MDAs rather than Smaller Developments?  Concentrate development adjacent to existing larger settlements rather than dispersing it  Disadvantages: What do you think?  Advantages: –minimises loss/damage to wider countryside –reduces need to travel/supports public transport –supports new/existing community facilities and services –contributes to regeneration of existing urban areas –economies of scale: infrastructure investment

Advantages of Waterlooville  Free from major constraint e.g. No major environmental constraint/spare transport and service infrastructure capacity  South East Hampshire in need of regeneration – new jobs and investment  Adjacent to Waterlooville Town Centre – completes fourth quadrant of the town  Close proximity to existing facilities and services in Waterlooville reducing need to travel  Adjacent to A3 public transport priority corridor to Portsmouth

What do You Think?  Do you think that the Waterlooville MDA is a good thing?  Do you think that perhaps they could have redeveloped other areas first?  Where would you have built more housing?  Would you have done a number of small developments rather than one big one?  THE KEY QUESTION- WOULD YOU HAVE FAVOURED BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT?  We have to be careful to manage the Rural- Urban Fringe effectively!