Former police college, Bramshill House in Bramshill Parish Hart District Hampshire 16/00720/FUL
We wrote earlier about the new proposed redevelopment of the brownfield former Police College at Bramshill House. We have now gone through the proposals in more detail and found that the developers are intending to build fewer smaller properties and more larger properties than would be suggested by Hart’s housing need. Moreover, CIty and Country’s document does not mention affordable housing at any point in its document.
To recap, Figure 9.8 of the SHMA sets out the estimated housing need by size of dwelling. Applying these figures to the proposed 283 units and comparing them to the plans set out by the developers shows the following results:
This shows that they propose to build 9 fewer 1-bed properties than needed, 20 more 2-bed properties, 61 fewer 3-bed properties and 50 more 4+bed properties than indicated by the Housing Needs Assessment.
We think that Hart District Council should take this into account in their evaluation of the proposal and also ensure that suitable affordable housing is built on this site or elsewhere as part of the overall proposal.
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