NM1: A Spatial Plan for New Milton
Policy NM1: Spatial Strategy
The Neighbourhood Plan directs all significant residential, employment, commercial and cultural development to the town of New Milton, as shown on the Policies Map.
Barton-on-Sea, as shown on the Policies Map, is mainly suited to small scale, infill residential and tourism development, as opportunities arise.
Development outside New Milton town and Barton-on- Sea will only be supported if it accords with the development plan policies relating to the Green Belt or the New Forest National Park, as relevant.
This policy is proposed to remain unchanged from the current Neighbourhood Plan
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6.4 This policy establishes the essential spatial principles for development across the designated Neighbourhood Area, which comprises three distinct parts:
- New Milton (including Ashley and Old Milton)
- Barton–on-Sea
- the countryside around Bashley, which lies in the New Forest National Park, and to the east of Barton-on-Sea, which lies in the Green Belt.
6.5 In doing so, it provides a policy bridge between the vision and objectives of the Neighbourhood Plan and all its other policies. The policy boundary excludes the minerals area as defined by Local Plan Part 2 Policy NMT6.
6.6 As the second largest settlement in the District, New Milton is an especially sustainable location to accommodate proposals for major development, either on brownfield land within the settlement (especially the Town Centre) or on land at its edges to be released from the Green Belt. A key feature of those proposals will be the contribution they make to achieving the shift in the demographic profile of the town.
6.7 Barton-on-Sea is a distinct community lying between New Milton and the coast. It is fully laid out in regular residential plots with few opportunities for anything other than infill schemes (see Policy NM13).
6.8 The rural area to the north of the Sway Road lies in the National Park around the small village of Bashley and is therefore only suited to the types of countryside development that are consistent with the adopted policies for the National Park (see Policy NM14). The remaining area of countryside to the east of Barton-on-Sea and south of Ashley lies in the Green Belt and contains no settlements and is therefore subject to national Green Belt constraints.