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Progress and Achievements
Follow the links below to read about notable progress and achievements made within the core work streams of PUSH
Progress and achievements – Non-Transport Infrastructure
Part of the £3.6 million funding secured by PUSH from the Department for Communities and Local Government’s New Growth Points programme is supporting our work on developing and quantifying infrastructure needs. This includes research and studies on Strategic Flood Risk Assessment, Integrated Water Management, Green Infrastructure Strategy and advanced feasibility studies on the two proposed Strategic Development Areas.
We have been actively involved in work to inform the Government’s comprehensive spending review 2007, working with the Treasury, the Department for Communities and Local Government, the Department for Transport and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in particular. The South Hampshire Development Profile and a working document on infrastructure and service needs (Delivering growth in urban South Hampshire: investment requirements) were developed in large part to inform the spending review (see link below). Working closely with the Regional Assembly we have made a substantial contribution to work on implementation of the Government’s proposals for a Planning Gain Supplement.
We are developing proposals with Southern Water to support their next submission to Ofwat for investment in drainage infrastructure. We continue to work with the Environment Agency and Natural England in particular on matters such as policy on managing flood risk, flood defences, ecology and habitat protection.
Delivering Growth in urban South Hampshire - Investment Requirements 
PUSH Response to the Planning Gain Supplement consultation
Progress and achievements - Housing
- Three PUSH Housing Conferences have been held since 2005 and January 2007 hosted by the PUSH Housing Officers’ and Members’ Groups with over a hundred developers and Housing Association representatives at each event.
- Securing £100,000 from Government for implementation of a Choice Based Letting project for authorities in the South East sector of the sub-region.
- Implementation of the Choice Based Letting scheme in the South East part of PUSH; this development work is continuing.
- Participation in a national pilot research project concerning stock rationalisation. The Housing Corporation has selected two areas of the country (Manchester in the North of England and PUSH in the South) to look firstly at the distribution of management arrangements for social housing, and secondly at how strategies could be planned to improve the efficiencies of management arrangements.
- Review of the work of zone agents for the Homebuy Scheme that operates in South Hampshire.
- Review of potential for greater collaboration and sharing of best practice in relation to empty property issues.
- Securing £10,000 of funding from Government for updating the Housing Market Assessment (HMA) for South Hampshire.
- Completing a Part 2 HMA to comply with new Government guidance.
- A review of existing practice in affordable housing policy across the sub region
- Preparation of a draft consistent policy approach for affordable housing on the basis of draft sub regional policy SH13 and the Part 2 HMA report
- Production of a Sub Regional Housing Strategy with help from a secondee from GOSE
- A Common Approach to Affordable Housing was endorsed at the 28th January 2008 meeting of the Joint Committee with the priniciples of this policy framework to be absorbed into LA's Local Development Frameworks.
Progress and achievements - Planning
The Planning Theme Group has led a major programme of research and policy development to shape the South Hampshire Sub-Regional Strategy and to inform the Draft South East Plan. Key milestones and outputs include:
- November 2004 and June 2005 : interim advice to the South East England Regional Assembly (SEERA) on the appropriate sub-regional strategy for South Hampshire
- December 2005 : final advice to SEERA on the content of the South Hampshire sub-regional strategy. South Hampshire Sub-Regional Strategy Final Advice – December 2005
- June 2006 : supplementary advice to SEERA in respect of city and town centres policy PUSH Policy SH6 Town and City Centres - approved final draft
- October/November 2006 : publication by PUSH of additional background information and feasibility studies.
Sub-Regional Strategy Background Document 1 - Employment Land
Sub-Regional Strategy Background Document 3 - Statement of Consultation
Sub-Regional Strategy Background Document 4 - Critical Other Infrastructure
SHS Background Report - Rationale for the housing dsitribution
- November 2006 – March 2007: PUSH is represented at the Examination-in-Public of the South East Plan to explain and justify the South Hampshire Strategy
- Summer 2007 : planned publication of employment floorspace figures for individual PUSH authorities and publication of the economic monitoring framework.
- Autumn 2007 : PUSH consideration of the report of Panel which conducted the Examination-in-Public.
Progress and achievements - Sustainability
Common Policy on Sustainability
Policy SH 14 of the South Hampshire Sub Regional Policy was prepared and submitted to the South East Regional Assembly and has now been considered in the Examination in Public (EIP) of the South East Plan. The Panel’s report on the EIP is now awaited. A copy of the sub regional strategy with the details of SH14 can be found on the SEERA website at http://www.southeast-ra.gov.uk/southeastplan/plan/march_2006/core_document/015_seera_sep_e01.pdf
Core Strategy Policy on Sustainability
PUSH partner authorities have resolved to endorse and support the Sustainability Policy Framework taken to the PUSH Joint Committee held on the 18th March 2008. Following the decision each PUSH partner authority will integrate the Policy Framework, set out in the report to the Joint Committee, into their Local Development Framework, at the earliest opportunity.
A copy of the policy report is available.
The framework has been compiled following extensive consultation with stakeholders from the private sector and other relevant public agencies.
Suspurpol Project
A series of newsletters can be found on this web link that provide more detail of the many training, policy development and best practice events that have been held through this project. http://www.environmentcentre.com/SusPurPol/SusPurPolHome.php
Sub Regional Energy Services Company (ESCo)
A brief has been prepared for the appointment of consultants to undertake a feasibility study on the establishment of a Sub Regional ESCo to facilitate the provision of renewable and low carbon energy supplies especially for new development proposals anticipated in the sub regional strategy. A link will be provided in due course to the brief
Green Infrastructure Strategy
Consultants TEP have been appointed to undertake the preparation of a Green Infrastructure Strategy. A copy of the brief is available. Details of the strategy will be available on this site when the work is completed.
Sub Regional Strategic Flood Risk Assessment
Consultants WS Atkins have undertaken the preparation of a Strategic Flood Risk Assessment Access to the SFRA website providing a universal GIS to host the SFRA outputs can be found at the following link: