Village and Neighbourhood Design Statements

Upham Village Design (UVDS) Consultation

Upham Parish Council has submitted the Upham Village Design Statement (UVDS) to the South Downs National Park Authority and Winchester City Council to be considered for adoption as a Supplementary Planning Document.

We are now carrying out a public consultation on the draft UVDS as required under the Local Planning Regulations of 2012.  Following this, the two local planning authorities will need to consider whether to adopt the UVDS for their own planning purposes respectively, taking account of the issues raised in the consultation.

As most of the UVDS area is within its local planning authority area, the South Downs National Park Authority is leading on the joint public consultation and all responses will be co-ordinated by them.

Please note that, although the South Downs National Park Authority is leading on the public consultation process, the consultation is on the UPVDS as a whole and both authorities will consider any comments made.

The public consultation will run for a period of 6 weeks from Monday 11 November 2024 (starting at 09:00am) to Monday 23 December 2024 (closing at 23:59pm).

Please submit any comments and representations to the South Downs Planning Authority by this deadline, ideally using the link below:

https://www.southdowns.gov.uk/planning-policy/neighbourhood-planning/village-design-statements/current-consultations/

The Upham Village Design Statement (UVDS) – along with its appendices, consultation statement, and public notice – is available at the side of this page:

• Upham Village Design Statement (UVDS).
• Upham Village Design Statement (UVDS) – Appendices 1-6.
• Upham Village Design Statement (UVDS) – Consultation Statement.
• Upham Village Design Statement (UVDS) - Public Notice.

Copies of the UVDS and associated documents are also available at the Winchester City Council, South Downs National Park and Upham Parish Council offices.  Please see the Public Notice for details of the availability.

Village and Neighbourhood Design Statements are produced by local groups within each parish/residents group. Design statements are adopted by Winchester City Council as Supplementary Planning Documents to the Local Plan. For further details please contact the relevant parish clerk.

Many Parish Councils are starting to think about updating their Village Design Statements (VDS) and guidance on matters to include is available using the link on the right hand side of this page.

Timing of updating Village Design Statements.

The Local Plan currently consists of LPP1 & LPP2.  Any VDS adopted at the present time will therefore be supplementary to the adopted policies within that plan.  The Council is currently undertaking a review of the existing plan with the intention of adopting a new Local Plan by mid-2024 which would supersede the content and policies of the current plan.

You may wish to bear this timetable in mind when considering any updates or preparation of new design guidance as any supplementary planning guidance adopted between now and the adoption of the new local plan will need to be refreshed to make reference to Local Plan 2039 policies once that plan has been adopted. Please contact planning policy for further advice on this.

If you wish to discuss any updates to existing VDS/LADS please get in touch to discuss. planningpolicy@winchester.gov.uk

Below are the adopted Design Statements within Winchester District:

• Alresford Town Design Statement (2008) ^{(pdf, 3.6mb)}
• Bishop's Waltham Village Design Statement (2016) ^{(pdf, 2.8mb)}
• Boarhunt Village Design Statement (2002) ^{(pdf, 7.7mb)}
• Bramdean and Hinton Ampner Village Design Statement (2000) ^{(pdf, 4.5mb)}
• Chilbolton Avenue Local Area Design Statement (2006) ^{(pdf, 813kb)}
• Colden Common Village Design Statement (2022) ^{(pdf, 2.7mb)} (Adoption notice 2022) ^{(pdf, 276kb)}
• Compton and Shawford Village Design Statement (2011) ^{(pdf, 7.1mb)}
• Compton Down Local Area Design Statement (2007) ^{(pdf, 333kb)}
• Corhampton and Meonstoke Village Design Statement (2002) ^{(pdf, 5.7mb)}
• Crawley Village Design Statement (2020) ^{(pdf, 3mb)} (Adoption Notice Dec 2020) ^{(pdf, 263kb)}
• Curdridge and Curbridge Village Design Statement (2002) ^{(pdf, 6.2mb)}
• Denmead Village Design Statement (2016) ^{(pdf, 2.3mb)}
• Exton Village Design Statement (2010) ^{(pdf, 4mb)}
• Hambledon Village Design Statement (2021) ^{(pdf, 6mb)}
• Itchen Abbas Village Design Statement (2001) ^{(pdf, 7.1mb)}
• Kings Worthy and Abbots Worthy Village Design Statement (2007) ^{(pdf, 2.2mb)}
• Littleton Village Design Statement (2023) ^{(pdf, 5.8mb)} (Adoption Notice September 2023) ^{(pdf, 164kb)}
• Micheldever Village Design Statement (2022) ^{(pdf, 45.8mb)} Micheldever adoption notice (October 2022) ^{(pdf, 276kb)}
• Oliver's Battery Village Design Statement (2008) ^{(pdf, 4.3mb)}
• Otterbourne Village Design Statement (2008) ^{(pdf, 7mb)}
• Shedfield Village Design Statement (2016) ^{(pdf, 2.1mb)}
• Sleepers Hill Local Area Design Statement (2007) ^{(pdf, 1.2mb)}
• Soberton and Newtown Village Design Statement (2002) ^{(pdf, 4.4mb)}
• South Wonston Village Design Statement (2014) ^{(pdf, 10.1mb)}
• Sparsholt Village Design Statement (2012) ^{(pdf, 6.6mb)}
• Springvale Road Local Area Design Statement (2007) ^{(pdf, 790kb)}
• St Barnabas West Neighbourhood Design Statement (2007) ^{(pdf, 1.5mb)}
• St Giles Hill Neighbourhood Design Statement (2020) ^{(pdf, 3.6mb)} (Adoption Notice Dec 2020) ^{(pdf, 263kb)}
• Swanmore Village Design Statement (2019) ^{(pdf, 2.9mb)}
• Upham Village Design Statement (1999) ^{(pdf, 3.1mb)}
• West Fulflood and Oram's Arbour Neighbourhood Design Statement (2008) ^{(pdf, 7.7mb)}
• West Meon Village Design Statement (2002) ^{(pdf, 14.9mb)}
• Wickham Village Design Statement (2001) ^{(pdf, 5.2mb)}

Last Updated: Monday 11 November 2024