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D4.S1 Massive investment in rail and other forms of public transport will be needed if the laudable aims of achieving modal shift away from road transport are to be achieved. How this will be provided is not addressed, but needs to be if the aims are to be anything more than wishful thinking.
D4.S2 Rural issues are inadequately covered. How the Region is to deal with the further demands on the countryside, landscape and character of the rural roads from increasing traffic on rural roads is not addressed. Specific policies are needed to support innovative engineering to improve safety with less impact on rural character, and new guidelines used for the design and use of traffic management infrastructure which is much more appropriate to rural areas and enhances rural character. The use of low noise road surfaces must be encouraged.
D4.S3 It needs to be recognised that room for growth at Southampton Airport is limited if the environmental impact of the airport is to remain acceptable. Policies need to be introduced to tackle the growing adverse impact of light aircraft and helicopters on rural tranquillity.
D5: Sustainable Natural Resource Management
D5.S1 CPRE Hampshire is in favour of the thrust and intent of these policies, but they should move away from "predict and provide" and towards a "plan, monitor, manage" approach.
D5.S2 Each proposed site for infrastructure the countryside must be looked at carefully in terms of its environmental impact and rejected where that impact is too severe, whether in terms of loss of countryside, visual impact, transport impacts or loss of tranquillity, and alternative solutions must be examined which may be more beneficial to the environment.
D6: Countryside and Landscape Management
D6.S1 This Section is poorly integrated with the rest of the Plan and as a result some issues are omitted altogether, such as the impact of noise and light pollution on the character of the countryside. The section also lacks any reference to the area's landscape character.
D6.S2 'Active and creative management' is not an adequate description of how to resolve the potential conflict between development on the scale proposed in the Plan and the statutory duties that SEERA, Local Authorities and statutory undertakers have towards nationally protected landscapes under the terms of primary legislation.
D6.S3 It would be sensible to have a generic policy for all nationally protected countryside that gives the highest priority to their protection and also safeguards their setting in terms of visual and noise intrusion.
D6.S4 The impact of light pollution and noise on the countryside is not mentioned in this section. They should be referred as part of the distinctive character of the countryside.
D6.S5 The indicators in the Integrated Regional Framework relating to the protection of the countryside (Table B1 item 14) do not properly measure the objective they relate to, and there are no indicators relating to the statutory responsibilities regarding nationally protected countryside.
D6.S6 There is a lack of policy at the juxtaposition of the new built environment and the wider countryside. There need to be a policies which ensure that new development adjacent to the countryside minimises its impact in terms of visual, noise, light pollution.
D7: Management of the Built and Historic Environment
D7.S1 We support the broad thrust of these polices, but the needs to be better mechanisms for their delivery on the ground.
D7.S2 The urban/rural fringe needs better management and has the potential to perform a more multi-functional role, but needs to retain a distinctive rural character and not become merely an adjunct to the urban area.
D7.S3 The definition of a "market town" as between 3000 and 10000 population needs to be extended to accommodate important market towns in Hampshire, such as Petersfield, Alton and Romsey, having a population exceeding 10000.
D8.S1 Focussing development on sustainable town centres is supported, but the paragraphs on which town centres will be a focus for growth need clarification. More housing brings a need for more facilities within a town that would otherwise not be necessary. The towns in areas of deprivation should be the focus of more growth than in other areas. More weight needs to be given to the local distinctiveness and architectural value of town centres.
D9: Social, Cultural and Health Dimensions
D9.S1 This section contains many worthy aspirations, but they will not become fact unless mechanisms are in force that allow Local Authorities to move things forward within the LDF and planning process.
D9.S2 High and rising levels of health are seen in much of the region, yet improvement of health is quoted as justifying high levels of growth across the region. Since the areas suffering from poor health are intricately linked with those of deprivation, health improvement should only be used to support growth and regeneration in these more limited areas.
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