Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs)

National planning policy confirms that authorities may prepare Supplementary Planning Documents to provide greater detail on the planning policies within its Development Plan Documents. SPDs cannot create new planning policy (which should be subject to independent examination), but they can supplement and provide further detail on adopted policies in a Development Plan Document. Once formally consulted on, SPDs are material considerations in determining applications.

Public consultation on the draft Hyde Village Design Statement SPD: Closed 30 April 2012

A draft Village Design Statement has been produced by the local community in the parish of Hyde to help conserve the character of the area. The Parish Council would like the document to be adopted by the New Forest National Park Authority as a Supplementary Planning Document and details of the public consultation can be viewed on the Hyde village design statement page.

Following the adoption of the Core Strategy & Development Management Policies DPD in December 2010, the Authority has produced and adopted a number of SPDs to provide greater detail on particular aspects of the Core Strategy. Details of the adopted SPDs are below.

• Wellow Village Design Statement SPD (adopted March 2011)
  Adopted by the National Park Authority to help influence the design of new development within the area of the Parish of Wellow within the National Park.
  Wellow Village Design Statement SPD
  

• Landford Village Design Statement SPD (adopted March 2011)
  Adopted by the National Park Authority to help influence the design of new development within the area of the Parish of Landford within the National Park.
  Landford Village Design Statement SPD

• Guidelines for Horse-Related Development SPD (adopted September 2011) 
  Adopted by the National Park Authority to provide more detailed guidance to ensure that horse-related development conserves the special landscape of the New Forest. The SPD supplements the Core Strategy policies on recreational horse keeping, stables and field shelters and maneges.
  Guidelines for Horse-Related Development SPD
  

• New Forest National Park Design Guide SPD (adopted December 2011)
  Adopted by the National Park Authority to provide design guidance to help achieve high standards of design in new development proposals. Details can be found here.
  

Work is also progressing on the production of a further SPD, as set out below.  The Authority is continuing to work alongside the local communities preparing Village Design Statements, which will be presented for adoption as SPD where they complement the Authority’s planning policies and have fulfilled the statutory requirements for public consultation.

• Standards SPD
  This document will provide further guidance on the Authority’s development standards relating to open space provision, affordable housing, sustainable construction and car parking. The current target for adoption is March 2012.