How it was added

•    Pre-Submission Building a Better Future Plan (July 2026), Allocation 3: Land south of Havant Road, Emsworth (SHELAA reference EM08a)

•    Havant Borough Council, Consultation Statement, June 2026

•    SHELAA February 2026 Rev A, Appendix 5, p. 90 — EM08a discounted, 85 dwellings

•    SHELAA June 2026 (evidence base reference HS05), Appendix 4 — EM08a “developable”, 85 dwellings; uploaded 23 June 2026

•    Sustainability Appraisal of the Pre-Submission Plan, July 2026 — published 14 July 2026

•    Havant Borough Council, Full Council, 15 July 2026 (minutes)

•    Havant Borough Council, Statement of Community Involvement, March 2025

•    Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, section 19(3)

Landscape harm

•    Sustainability Appraisal, July 2026, paragraph 4.94, and paragraphs 4.92–4.96

•    Sustainability Appraisal, July 2026, Appendix D (site scoring against objective SA8) and Appendix E (negative effects and mitigation)

•    National Planning Policy Framework (December 2024), paragraphs 187–189

•    Pre-Submission Building a Better Future Plan (July 2026), Policy 1(f)

Whose evidence

•    Havant Borough Council, written answers to residents’ questions, August 2026, answer to Q4 — promoter’s information “verified and agreed by the Council’s Landscape Officer”

•    National Landscapes Association, guidance on National Landscapes and plan-making, May 2026, pp. 6–7

•    National Planning Policy Framework (December 2024), paragraph 32

Chichester Harbour

•    Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, section 85, as amended by section 245 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023

•    Correspondence between Havant Borough Council and Chichester Harbour Conservancy, disclosed under the Environmental Information Regulations

•    Havant Borough Council, delegated decision on the Chichester Harbour National Landscape Management Plan 2025–2030, 13 July 2026

•    Chichester Harbour National Landscape Management Plan 2025–2030

Infrastructure

•    Habitats Regulations Assessment, July 2026, paragraph 6.33 and paragraphs 8.3–8.5

•    Southern Water, response to the Regulation 18 Draft Plan consultation, 2025

•    Pre-Submission Building a Better Future Plan (July 2026), Allocations 1, 2 and 3

•    Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board, response to the Regulation 18 consultation, June 2025

•    Infrastructure Delivery Plan, July 2026

    Pre-Submission Building a Better Future Plan (July 2026), Policy 30 (p. 253)

•    Draft Building a Better Future Plan (Regulation 18, May 2025), Policy 29 — the earlier wording, without the exemption

•    National Planning Policy Framework (December 2024), paragraph 190 — major development in National Landscapes

•    Havant Borough Council, written answers to residents’ questions, August 2026, answer to Q6 — the Council’s statement that part of the test can only be assessed at application stage

•    Sustainability Appraisal of the Pre-Submission Plan, July 2026, paragraph 4.18

•    R (Mevagissey Parish Council) v Cornwall Council [2013] EWHC 3684 (Admin), paragraph 52 — an exceptional need for housing is not the same as exceptional circumstances

• Remove the phrase "other than where allocated within the local plan or" extra wording from Policy 30 so that it complies with the NPPF

• Remove Allocation 3 from the Local Plan