The Challenge

One of the constraints on the economy of South Hampshire is getting infrastructure improvements moving at the same pace with development in South Hampshire.  Getting the right community infrastructure in place, both in regeneration and new communities, is crucial to inward investment and the effective delivery of urban regeneration. Furthermore, climate change is a major challenge to the resilience of infrastructure for both existing and new communities.

South Hampshire has a wealth of environmental, historical and cultural assets and consequently one of PUSH's key priorities is to ensure that its strategy for economic growth protects and enhances these assets whilst being environmentally sustainable.

Where development is proposed to stimulate growth, effective planning controls will be vital to minimising the environmental impacts and influencing good design to ensure sustainability principles are central to all decision making.