Draft Local Plan 2042
Revised Regulation 18 (2025) Public Consultation
Public consultation on a full draft Local Plan (Regulation 18 Stage 2) took place early in 2024 identifying how the Council were aiming to deliver its housing need at the time. This was prepared in line with national policy and guidance. Since then, national planning policy has been significantly changed to reflect the Government’s ambition of increasing the delivery of housing both nationally and immediately.
This draft Local Plan 2042 Revised Regulation 18 document identifies how the Council is seeking to meet the Government’s increase in housing need for Test Valley. We have sought to publish this as quickly as possible to be clear to our communities on how we aim to meet this need, to help safeguard against speculative development in the future and to coordinate the delivery of the necessary infrastructure.
The public consultation is your opportunity to have your say. The draft Local Plan Revised Regulation 18 document is out to public consultation for 10 weeks from 27 June 2025 to midday on 5 September.
You can comment on the proposals through using the online platform and response form (survey) following this link Test Valley Borough Council. This also provides further explanation of the content of the draft Local Plan. The online platform will be live on Friday 27 June.
If you wish to make comments via email, send this to planningpolicy@testvalley.gov.uk, or in writing to: Planning Policy, Test Valley Borough Council, Beech Hurst, Weyhill Road, Andover, SP10 3AJ.
We do require your name and either a postal or email address and if you are responding on behalf of someone else, please also provide the name of the individual or organisation. If you respond, we will keep you informed of future consultation stages unless you advise us that you want to opt out of such communication.
The Local Plan documents can be viewed below. If you would like to view paper copies, these are available to view at the Council’s Offices (Beech Hurst, Andover and the Former Magistrates Court, Romsey) during office opening hours and at libraries during their respective opening hours at Andover, Romsey, North Baddesley, Lordshill and Chandlers Ford.
Please note that representations cannot be treated as confidential. If you are responding as an individual, rather than as an organisation, we will not publish your contact details (email/ postal address and telephone number) or signatures online, however the original representations will be available for public viewing at our offices by prior appointment. All representations and related documents will be held by the Council until the Local Plan 2042 is adopted and the Judicial Review period has closed and will then be securely destroyed.
Public exhibitions are taking place and these are listed in the table below. This is an opportunity to find out about the draft Local Plan, and have a conversation about any questions you may have. The exhibitions are drop in and there is no need to book.
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Venue |
Address |
Date |
Time |
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East Anton Pavilion |
Ground, Sports Pavilion, East Anton Sports, off Pavilion Road, Andover, SP11 6XU |
Monday 7 July |
3.30pm to 6.30pm |
|
Valley Park Community Centre |
Pilgrims Close, Valley Park, Chandler's Ford, SO53 4ST |
Wednesday 9 July |
3.30pm to 6.30pm |
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Wellow Village Hall |
Buttons Lane, West Wellow, Romsey, SO51 6BR |
Thursday 10 July |
4.00pm to 6.00pm |
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Grateley War Memorial Hall |
Station Road, Grateley, Andover, SP11 8LA |
Thursday 10 July |
4.00pm to 6.00pm |
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Memorial Hall |
Andover Road, Ludgershall, Andover, SP11 9LZ |
Monday 14 July |
4.00pm to 6.00pm |
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Barton Stacey Village Hall |
The Street, Barton Stacey, Winchester, SO21 3RH |
Monday 14 July |
4.00pm to 6.00pm |
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Stockbridge Town Hall |
High Street, Stockbridge, SO20 6HE |
Wednesday 16 July |
3.30pm to 6.30pm |
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North Baddesley Village Hall |
Botley Road, North Baddesley, Southampton, SO52 9DT |
Tuesday 22 July |
3.30pm to 6.30pm |
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Weyhill Fairground Village Hall |
Weyhill, Andover, Hampshire, SP11 0QN |
Thursday 24 July |
3.45pm to 6.45pm |
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Abbotswood Community Centre |
14 Abbotswood Common Road, Romsey, SO51 0BX |
Tuesday 29 July |
3.30pm to 6.30pm |
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Nursling and Rownhams Village Hall |
Joe Bigwood Close, Nursling, Southampton, SO16 0YL |
Wednesday 30 July |
3.30pm to 6.30pm |
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Upper Clatford Village Hall |
Village Street, Upper Clatford, Andover, SP11 7QL |
Thursday 31 July |
3.30pm to 6.30pm |
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Broughton Village Hall |
High Street, Broughton, Stockbridge, Hampshire, SO20 8AX |
Thursday 31 July |
4.00pm to 6.00pm |
Draft Local Plan documents
Local Plan 2042 Revised Regulation 18 draft Local Plan (pdf, 4.5mb)
Northern policies map (pdf, 3.7mb)
Southern policies map (pdf, 3.6mb)
Inset maps 1 – 38 (pdf, 15mb)
Inset maps 39 – 57 (pdf, 6.5mb)
Following Full Council on 18 June 2025, changes of a minor nature were made to the draft Local Plan 2042 Revised Regulation 18 (agreed by the Head of Planning Policy and Economic Development and Planning Portfolio Holder). Details of these changes are set out below:
Schedule of changes of a minor nature to the Draft Local Plan 2042 following Full Council (pdf, 287kb)
Associated Documents
Associated documentation can be accessed here. These include the:
Habitats Regulation Assessment (HRA) (pdf, 6.2mb)
Interim Sustainability Appraisal (SA) (pdf, 1.8mb)
Interim Sustainability Appraisal (SA) Technical Summary (pdf, 125kb)
Statement of Consultation (pdf, 5.6mb)
Statement of Consultation: Appendix 3 (pdf, 8mb)
Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP) (pdf, 982kb)
Equalities Impact Assessment (EQIA) (pdf, 344kb)
Health Impact Assessment (HIA) (pdf, 300kb)
Evidence Studies
Evidence studies have been undertaken to inform the preparation of the draft Local Plan Revised Regulation 18 document. These are set out below. The evidence base studies produced at previous stages of the draft Local Plan, can be accessed on our website here (Draft Local Plan 2042 | Test Valley Borough Council) and here (Evidence Base | Test Valley Borough Council).
- Sequential Test Statement (pdf, 1.6mb)
- Housing Trajectory (pdf, 243kb)
- Interim Accessibility Assessment (pdf, 2.8mb)
- Updated Strategic Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment Documents:
- Main Report and Appendix 1(2025) (pdf, 898kb)
- Appendix 2 Parishes A to C (pdf, 34.4mb)
- Appendix 3 Parishes D to M (pdf, 29mb)
- Appendix 4 Parishes N to W (pdf, 44.1mb)
- Appendix 5 Employment, Leisure and Other (pdf, 10.1mb)
- Appendix 6 Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople (pdf, 2.8mb)
Topic Papers
We have prepared a series of topic papers to summarise policy areas of the Local Plan. Topic Papers provide background information, including relevant national and local policies and summarise the key issues for the relevant matter, taking account of evidence and consultation feedback. We have prepared Topic Papers at previous Local Plan stages. The Topic Papers for this stage, are available below.
Housing Topic Paper (pdf, 467kb)
Duty to Cooperate Topic Paper (pdf, 371kb)
Site Selection Topic Paper (pdf, 290kb)
Site Selection Topic Paper: Appendix 1 (pdf, 11.5mb)
Site Selection Topic Paper: Appendix 2 (pdf, 35.7mb)
Spatial Strategy Topic Paper (pdf, 388kb)