Local Plan Draft Spatial Strategy have your say
Consultation open until 5pm on Friday 23 January 2026
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council is consulting on the Local Plan 2024 to 2042: Draft Spatial Strategy (Regulation 18 consultation). The consultation is your chance to get involved in shaping the future of the borough, including where homes, employment land and infrastructure should be planned for in the future.
Visit Local Plan Draft Spatial Strategy Regulation 18 Consultation (November 2025) | Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council Online Consultation Portal to submit your views.
Why is a Local Plan needed?
National policy requires an increase in the delivery of housing numbers. Under this policy, Basingstoke and Deane are required to deliver approximately 21,000 new homes by 2040. Despite its own concerns regarding housing numbers and the lack of associated infrastructure, the Borough Council has had to progress the current draft Local Plan to facilitate this housing requirement. Without an up-to-date Local Plan in place, the Borough would be exposed to speculative, unplanned development led by developers, leaving local communities with far less ability to shape outcomes.
What development is being proposed near North Waltham?
- Oakdown Warehouses (approved) – Eight warehouses totalling around 920,000 sq ft of logistics space
- Southern Manydown – proposed 2,750 homes along the A30 from North Waltham (Trenchards) Lane towards Maidenthorne Lane (6,000 in total after the plan period)
- Southern Manydown – proposed industrial/logistics area (between proposed houses and hospital sites)
- New hospital and health campus on the A30 adjacent to Maidenthorne Lane
- Popham Airfield – proposed 1,800 houses (4,250 in total after the plan period)
Why should you submit your views? Given the scale of what is being proposed, it is essential that every resident takes part in the consultation. While it is understood that the overall housing requirement cannot be challenged through this consultation, there is scope for residents to highlight the cumulative impacts of the proposed developments.
Need more information?
The Parish Council will be hosting a meeting with Cllr Paul Harvey, Leader at Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council to speak to North Waltham residents on Tuesday 16th December at 7.30pm at the Rathbone Pavilion. He will provide a summary of the Local Plan update, what it means for North Waltham and answer any questions you may have.
Following the meeting, the Parish Council will issue a bullet point summary of what we believe are the key points in the Local Plan that will affect the village. Residents are welcome to refer to this when making their own comments.
