Housing Capacity of 30 units in Fleet Hampshire
Hart Council has published a booklet as part of its forthcoming consultation setting out its estimate of housing capacity for each parish in the district. There are a number of strange anomalies in that booklet, including stating the capacity of Bramshill to be zero, when there is the old Police College ripe for redevelopment and Elvetham Heath, again set to zero when Hart even identify a capacity of 45 homes in their main consultation document.
But the most egregious anomaly is the estimate of only 30 units in Fleet itself. This misses out many brownfield sites that are ripe for redevelopment such as:
- The complex of offices that includes Admiral House, Flagship House, Hart Council Offices and the Harlington Centre that were identified and promoted by Fleet Future:
Admiral House, Harlington Way, Fleet, Hart District, Hampshire
Harlington Centre, Fleet, Hart District, Hampshire
Vacant Office Flagship House, Fleet, Hart District, Hampshire
Hart District Council Offices
2. The derelict offices on Fleet Road, again identified by Fleet Future:
Derelict Offices on Fleet Road in Fleet, Hampshire
3. Fleet Police Station:
Old Police Station in Fleet, Hampshire
4. The still vacant units on Ancells Farm that have not yet been taken up by Stonegate:
Vacant Office at Ancells Farm, Fleet, Hampshire
5. The 119-acre Pyestock (aka Hartland Park), which has capacity for thousands of homes and where development of a new warehouse has stalled:
Brownfield site: Hartland Park (Pyestock) near Fleet, Hart District, Hampshire, warehouse development not started
It is ridiculous, and some might say negligent, that Hart Council should be promoting a new town at Winchfield and/or urban extensions in Fleet or Hook for the Local Plan when there is plenty of vacant and derelict land that could form a more sustainable solution. Please do get involved with this consultation and respond to it using our guide on our dedicated page about this consultation here.
What has Steve Forster said?
Steve Forster How ridiculous! And it is because of stupidity by Hart Council like this that will ensure the next draft LP fails
Unbelievable. Post.
And so the bullshit train rolls on. Honestly who thinks that anyone with even a passing interest in the town believes this utter bollocks. How can such obvious duplicity (and in my opinion corruption) go without investigation?
Sums up Hart Planners, Fran Clair
I suspect a cabal of councillors is behind this
Negligent is putting it mildly, totally incompetent I say
As you say, David, ridiculous and egregious. Perhaps HDC Planners need to learn to count … AND this is in a ‘published’ booklet, how much did that cost?
Seriously??????