We would like your opinion on Shapley Heath

Where is Shapley Heath?

Where is Shapley Heath?

In 2019, the Planning Inspector ordered the planned development at Shapley Heath be removed from the Local Plan. The Inspector said that the houses were not needed, and no consideration had been made for the effects on local communities and the environment.

Immediately after the Hart Local Plan was finalised, the LibDem/CCH relaunched their project to build up to 10,000 new houses at Shapley Heath, as detailed in both their Ministry for Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) bid document (November 2018) and their supporting Shapley Heath Garden Community Vision Document (November 2018).

The Shapley Heath Garden Community would be a sprawling new town that would effectively join up Fleet with Hartley Wintney, Winchfield and Hook. Developments such as this can have a devastating impact on local infrastructure such as schools, roads, railways, medical centres, and leisure facilities for many years to come. It could also deprive local communities of much needed investment for the future and lead to further inevitable decline of our existing town and village centres.

There are alternatives to destroying the Hart countryside, such as a focus on brownfield development together with investment in an appropriate level of supporting infrastructure.

The LibDem/CCH led Council have launched a communities’ survey on their plan to build up to 10,000 new houses at Shapley Heath. It fails to ask whether you are for or against this development. Hart Conservatives believe you have a right to express your views.

Their survey specifically locates the development at Shapley Heath, explores no alternatives for meeting future housing demand and asks no questions about whether people want Shapley Heath to go ahead.

Residents must be allowed to voice their true opinions on this development plan.

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1. Do you support the plan to build up to 10,000 new houses at Shapley Heath?
2 To what extent do you believe that the Shapley Heath development will adversely impact existing local infrastructure (schools, roads, railways, medical centres, leisure facilities etc)?
Not at all
Significantly
3. To what extent do you believe that a development at Shapley Heath would restrict future investment in our existing town and village centre?
Not at all
Significantly
4. Do you believe that we should prioritise brownfield development over greenfield development and protect the countryside in Hart?
6. Which of these local issues are most important to you and your family? Pick three
7. Thinking ahead to the Hart District elections in May 2022, how likely are you to vote?
No chance of voting
Certain to vote
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
On the scale of 0-10, 0 means there would be no chance of you voting for the party and 10 means you would be absolutely certain to vote for the party.
9. In order to make this survey representative, how did you vote in the 2019 General Election?
10. Was the 2019 General Election the first time you voted for this party?