Constraints & Issues

The major constaints to development of any sort in Yateley are mainly derived from SUSTAINABILITY considerations.

The only major potential development sites for large scale residential development are outside the Yateley settlement boundary as defined by the current Hart Local Plan 1996-2006.

Every single one of these green field sites was promoted by a would-be developer as an objector at the Local Plan Inquiry into the Local Plan 1996-2006. Several of these major sites had also been subject to separate Planning Inquiries following normal planning applications, but planning permission was refused.

To the south of Yateley, constraining development, is Yateley Common. The common land is registered under the 1965 Act, and is all subject to section 194 of the Law of Property Act 1925. This law states that works and erections cannot be built on the common land unless permission is granted by the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State can only give permission if he considers that the 'works and erections' contribute "to the health, confort and convenience of the inhabitants of the inhabitants of any cities, towns or villages or populous places in or near any parish in whic the land may be situate.' Futhermore in giving the decision the Secretary of State must also consider whether the proposed development with be for the enjoyment of the common as an open space.

As a direct result of its historical protection as common land much of Yateley Common is now designated as a Special Protection Area for Wild Birds [SPA/SSSI] under a European Directive.

Yateley is bounded to the north by the Blackwater River, which also forms the Hampshire county boundary. The Floodplain of the Blackwater creates another major constraint to development

SpatialPlanningKeyIssues

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Greenfield Sites previously put forward by Developers

New Housing Development